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Keyboard shortcut for Service in OS X doesn't work
I just wrote a script through Automator to make a keyboard shortcut under the title "New Finder Window Home":
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
activate
make ...
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How to create a service to zip files in Mac OS X Lion
I have to create services for two different use cases:
Mark a folder or file and zip it using an archiver tool such as rar7zip.
Mark a text and open a translator app.
I've been trying to use ...
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How do I set up a OSX service to delete the first page of a PDF?
I frequently receive PDF files where the first page is either empty or is just a cover page for which I have no use. Can you suggest a quick and efficient way (Applescript, Service, or ???) for me to ...
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Context menu item to lock/unlock files in Finder more quickly
I can change the file locking ("read only") status in a file's context menu:
There's no menu item for this.
How can I create a Finder (context) menu item to set, remove, or toggle this flag more ...
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Can I move the services menu to the top of the contextual menu?
Is it possible to move the services section of the contextual menu from the bottom to the top?
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Assign a shortcut for creating and opening a dated text file on OS X
I used to use tomboy wiki and they allowed you to bind opening a new note to a keyboard combination.
I use emacs on Lion and I want replicate this behaviour. I want to visit a new/existing file in ...
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How do I remove services for applications that I have uninstalled? They persist no matter what I've tried
Since Snow Leopard and now Lion, services can be controlled via System preferences > Keyboard. I have plenty of apps which have installed services and when I uninstall them, with cleanapp, they still ...
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osx: how to manage Services menu, reorder items?
The ordering of services in the Services context menu seems totally random. Is there any way to edit it?
In addition, sometimes added/modified services (that I created) don't show up immediately.
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Can I use a bash script as a Service in OS X without having to set it up trough automator?
How can I use a bash script as a Service in OS X without having to set it up trough automator? I'd basically like to write a bash script, save it in ~/Library/Services and then just have it show up ...
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Remove services on OS X
I'm looking to remove some services completely, or at least from the list in the Keyboard preference pane. I've tried:
Service Scrubber. It only removes services from the menu — something you've been ...
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Added and removed a custom service, but the keybinding is still stuck?
I created a custom service in Automator to open a new finder window from whatever app I'm in, and assigned it to CMD+E (I was trying to get the WIN+E effect from Windows.) I tried it for a few days, ...
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ruby script as a service on OSX 10.6.2
I have a sinatra ruby script that I want to be running at all times.
Would it be the best to run it as a service? So I can restart it easily.
How can I install my script on OSX 10.6.2 as a service?
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Mac Automator Save to Current Directory
I am creating a basic Automator service so that I can select a group of images and resize them for our CMS. The thing that keeps messing me up is that I can't find a good way to make the resized ...
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UIDs for service users in Mac OS X
Some third-party servers should be run under a special user for security reasons (eg, PostgreSQL is typically run by "postgres"). Of course, these service users should not show up in the Mac OS X ...
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how to kill process in Mac OS X and not have it restart on its own
When I run sudo kill -9 [PID] with the proper process ID, the process stops but then is restarted and has a new PID. I'm trying to kill the mysqld process.
How can I mimic the Activity Monitor in ...
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