OpenSource-Ideas

Save VPN Password in Keychain

babouyes — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:34:24 +0000

Hi, for all my friends in the universtiy of munich: there is a way to let keychain store your password for the vpn-connection to lrz. With this, there is no need to enter your password every time you connects to the lrz-network. more information can be found here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2009082703155512

How to “navigate” in a cell array down to the bottom

babouyes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:39:50 +0000

The Problem

You have a cell array and you want to acces to a subpart of one item. For example if you have the cellarray

myCell = {'asdf';'lkeikdfwer'}

and you want to read the first letter of the first word. How to do that?

The solution

it’s easy… but i didn’t knew that for long… now i’m shure my codes are going to run faster!!! Here is how:

First_letter = myCell{1,1}(1)

How to insert a formula in a cell with text

babouyes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:51:55 +0000

Hi there,

today, i have made a small macro to add a formula in a cell with a text inside.Difficult to explain… mabe i’ll try with with an example:

The cell has the content

text over here

. At the end, the cell has the content:

="text over here" & A1

The macro is very easy:

Sub Macro1()
    tmp = ActiveCell.Value
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=" & Chr(34) & tmp & Chr(34) & " & R156C27"
End Sub

converting dmg to iso

babouyes — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:07:53 +0000

have you ever tryeid to convert a dmg file into a iso file? here is how:

hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso

IPhone trick: Don’t worry about data trafic when abboard

babouyes — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:31:31 +0000

In the iPhone with OS 3.0 and 3.0.1 you turn off Data roaming. Actually, it’s Turned off per default. You can find this Setting under:

Settings/General/Network/Data roaming

Enjoy your iPhone!

Babouyes

cmd Symbol for Websites

babouyes — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:15:46 +0000

Hi there, have you ever tryied to put the command symbol (cmd, or “apple”) in a webpage? now you can. just insert this code:

⌘ and you’ll get ⌘

Screenshot under Mac OS X

babouyes — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:54:23 +0000

Hi there,

There are some ways to do screenshots in Mac OS X. The easiest way is to hit command+shift+4, drag the area with the mouse and… that’s it. You’ll find the file on the desktop (Something like “Picture 1.png”)

Let me know if you have any problems with your mac, i’ll try to explain it here.

bye

babouyes

Introduction to the mac-tips series

babouyes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:06:27 +0000

Hi!

i have some friends that have a mac, and don’t really use it at its full power. There are a lot of cool tricks that helps you to work with your mac more easy.

I’m starting this series for this friends, and friends of my friends… i hope i can help to simplify your life with your mac.

as allways, feel free to comment and ask me questions. i’ll see how i can help you. If you like it, just recomend it to your friends

babouyes

New Page – New Hosting

babouyes — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:36:56 +0000

Hi people, now it’s true. i have a new page and a new hosting.

i’m very happy to announce that. please keep in touch.

more information about my hosting here: webhostingpayments.com

Warning: Variable ‘info’ cannot be saved to a MAT-file whose version is older than 7.3.

babouyes — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:24:01 +0000

this is a error that we had while saving big variables (over 2GB).

the solution is easy:

save(filename, ‘data’, ‘-v7.3′)