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Synchronising Filezilla Settings via Dropbox

I use multiple machines so it is easier if everything syncs automatically. While Filezilla doesn’t have this built in, there is the option to move all the settings to another location so it can be done with Dropbox etc. On OSX right click the Filezilla app and show package contents. The file Contents/docs/fzdefaults.xml.example contains instructions […]

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September 8, 2015September 7, 2015 JohnNo Comments

Heroku error with conditional rb-fsevent gem

Using the guard gem to run tests etc in your Rails app normally requires some form of file system monitoring. The monitoring will be OS dependant and rb-fsevent is the gem for OSX. This can be added to the Gemfile conditionally with: gem ‘rb-fsevent’, :require => false if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i Unfortunately when you next […]

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February 16, 2012February 15, 2012 JohnNo Comments

Recovering from ‘the application finder can’t be opened’

Every now and again I get an error when opening finder: ‘the application finder can’t be opened’ Whilst I am sure a restart would fix it, I normally don’t want to restart as I am in the middle of something. The solution is to run the following in terminal: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder & (don’t forget the &) […]

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May 19, 2011November 3, 2011 John10 Comments

Installing WordPress on your Mac for Development

The Stack To run WordPress locally you will need Apache, MySQL, and PHP installed. Although OS X comes with some of these it is more convenient to use MAMP. MAMP comes in a free version and a Pro version, for my purposes the free version should be fine. Installation is just copying a folder from […]

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May 4, 2011December 6, 2011 John2 Comments

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