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What to do if you have no Admin password

tneveu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:11:28 +0000

Some people love their Macs, but actually love them more when they don’t have to type in an Admin password every time they install new software or run certain programs. The Mac OS DOES allow you to have a blank password in which you don’t have to type anything, or when necessary, just the option+space keys. When it comes to the Terminal and Applescripts (those that require an Admin password), this is a no-no. Apple, in it’s infinite, and mysterious wisdom, chose to leave those with blank admin passwords in the dark.

So if you’re trying to use a script like Trash It! or one of the other system level scripts, and you have a blank admin password, there is a workaround: Go into your System Preferences, Accounts, highlight your name, and use the change password button. Use the script you need to, like Trash It!, go back into your Accounts, and revert back to your blank password.

Keep in mind this is not a limitation of the scripts, but part of the wonder of Applescripts. I’m not sure if this applies to Applescript Studio apps (as I don’t use it), but it is true of Applescript and even the utility application, Terminal. If and when there becomes a change in this status, I’ll be sure to post an update here.

As a side note, I can’t recommend enough that you if you’re connected to the Internet, whether by broadband or Dixie cups, you are leaving yourself horribly open to attack, viruses (yeah, I know, the few out there), and mail bots. If you still insist on having a blank password, Vaya Con Dios!

How to uninstall 24U Appearance OSAX

tneveu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:02:05 +0000

Some of the scripts we have here require the 24U scripting addition in order to work. If you decide you no longer want or need one of the scripts offered and want to get rid of the 24U OSAX, simply go to the following directory:

Home / Library / ScriptingAdditions

Find the 24U Appearance OSAX and move it to the trash. That’s it! You can also check the scripting additions folder in:

Macintosh HD / Library / ScriptingAdditions

If you find a copy of the OSAX in there, simply delete it. You may need an admin password to remove it. Couldn’t be simpler.

New version of Drop ‘n Mail!

tneveu — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:39:22 +0000

Have you ever wanted to email a web page to someone, only to realize you can’t do it unless you’re using Apple’s Mail? Drop ‘n Mail solves this by allowing you to email any open web page in Safari, as true HTML, with all the links and images included, using Entourage. This way the recipient will see the web page the way it should be. Drop ‘n Mail does NOT email the web page as an attachment. It sends the web page the way the designer made it.

Drop ‘n Mail also allows you to drop a file, folder, or multiple files on the script, enter your email address(s) or search for a contact, enter a subject (optionally keeps file’s name in there), a message, select your brand of compression/encoding, and then have Entourage compose a new mail window with all of the elements ready for sending now or later.

Support for Apple Mail has been dropped as the latest version of Mail now supports the emailing of web pages (with Safari). If you still need it, you can download version 3.2 on the Downloads page.

Please report any bugs you may find and don’t hesitate to contact us with any problems. Thanks.

Cache Out X has officially launched first beta

tneveu — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:47:24 +0000

I’m very pleased and excited to be able to finally announce publicly that development of Cache Out X has been taken over by Christopher Thompson of TriLateral Systems.

Christopher has already hit the ground running with a new public beta which fixes some outstanding Tiger and Leopard related issues in the software. In addition to that, he’s taken over full hosting of all released versions for OS X versions 10.2 through 10.4 and beyond. You can consider him the goto guy for all things Cache Out X now.

So with this official passing of the torch, I would like to extend a huge thanks to Christopher for being the guy to step in and keep the dev fire burning, to Xavier Moulia for taking the COX torch from me and adding the AppleScript Studio overlay, logo and much more, to Jim Mitchell for picking up where Xavier left off and making it even better and more user friendly, and to all the users who’ve been so supportive along the way.

Join me in wishing Christopher all the best as he breathes new life into Cache Out X.

Trash It! Saves The Day!

tneveu — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:35:35 +0000

Ok, maybe that’s a bit melodramatic. But based on user comments sent via email, Trash It! is a lifesaver for many people. What does it do exactly? Simply speaking, if you have items in the trash or anywhere on your computer that just refuse to be deleted, Trash It! takes care of the problem quickly and easily. Keep in mind we developed Trash It! for deleting stuck items, or deleting items using enhanced overwriting security measures (for sensitive items you don’t want recovered!). It should not be used as a trash can replacement as that would be like shooting a mouse with an elephant gun. Plus, we like mice. You can get it here.

Tired of Command+Shift+N for new folder?

tneveu — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:22:51 +0000

Then you need to download Hack to the Past II. This simple AppleScript will swap the keyboard shortcuts for New Folder and New Finder Window as they were for decades in pre-OS X. If you decide later you want to go back, just run the script again. Works with all versions of OS X’s Finder, and it keeps these settings through OS X updates and upgrades. This is one of NoName’s more popular scripts. You can get it here

John Stossel goes to the mat with AIT

tneveu — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:09:33 +0000

Inside Leopard: 10 Overlooked Gems of the Apple OS

tneveu — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:04:36 +0000

OS X 10.5 has plenty of things to love that are flying under the radar. Here are Macworld’s 10 favorite low-profile features.
read article

Mr. Gore, Say It Isn’t So?

tneveu — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:50:18 +0000

Washington Post Foreign Service

A British judge has ruled that Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” contains “nine errors.”

High Court Judge Michael Burton, deciding a lawsuit that questioned the film’s suitability for showing in British classrooms, said Wednesday that the movie builds a “powerful” case that global warming is caused by humans and that urgent means are needed to counter it.

Rest of article…
Interesting commentary
Weather Channel Founder speaks out

The State Of Cache Out X

tneveu — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:33:57 +0000

As stated previously, you can learn more from Cache Out X’s new developer from this post.