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Artwork of Battery Guardian
With Battery Guardian it took a while to narrow down both the product name and associated artwork. The samples below show a couple of the designs and variations we tried.
I built Battery Guardian to help my wife maintain her new MacBook Pro. Laptops are expensive purchases and some care is needed to get the most from the internal battery. Our prior Mac laptop is in our kitchen, permanently attached to the power, acting as a music and spoken word player – often streaming BBC Radio 4. …
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Battery Guardian - Extend Your Mac Battery Life
We are pleased to announce the immediate release of Battery Guardian for Mac OS X. Battery Guardian is an assistant for helping you get the most from your Mac battery. If you have a MacBook, please download and use Battery Guardian. It is never too late to start improving your battery life.
We are pleased to announce the immediate release of Battery Guardian for Mac OS X. Battery Guardian is an assistant for helping you get the most from your Mac battery. Battery Guardian is free and essential for all MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro owners. …
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How to Schedule an Application to Quit
Applications can be scheduled to launch using Power Manager's built-in Schedule Assistant, but what if you need to schedule an application to quit? In this recipe we will walk through how to ask an application to quit.
Applications can be scheduled to launch using Power Manager’s built-in Schedule Assistant, but what if you need to schedule an application to quit? In this recipe we will walk through how to ask an application to quit. There are a handful of ways to quit a running application in Mac OS X. …
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How to Schedule an AppleScript Minutes After Login
Power Manager can schedule actions relative to a trigger. In this article we will walk through scheduling an AppleScript to run 10 minutes after logging in.
Power Manager can schedule actions relative to a trigger. In this article we will walk through scheduling an AppleScript to run 10 minutes after logging in. Most events are created to occur alongside a specific trigger. These triggers are typically at predetermined times, when the user logs in or out, or when the computer wakes up. …
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How to Install Subversion for Trac on Mac OS X
Trac is a project management system from Edgewall. It also offers the ability to browse source code and project materials managed by Subversion (svn). This article shows to set up svn support in Trac on Mac OS X.
Trac is a project management system from Edgewall. It also offers the ability to browse source code and project materials managed by Subversion (svn). This article shows to set up svn support in Trac on Mac OS X. This article builds on my earlier installing Trac guide. …
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How to Install Trac on Mac OS X
Trac is a project management and bug tracking system from Edgewall Software. This article walks through how to install Trac on Mac OS X.
Trac is a project management and bug tracking system from Edgewall Software. Trac is free, open source, and popular. However, Trac lacks a good Mac OS X install guide. This article walks through how to install Trac on Mac OS X. …
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How to Add Error Checking to Your Shell Scripts
Working out why a shell script is failing or not working as expected is frustrating. This article shows how to add error checking to highlight problems you might otherwise miss.
Working out why a shell script is failing or not working as expected is frustrating. This article shows how to add error checking to highlight problems you might otherwise miss. Access the shell on Mac via the Terminal.app Unlike more recently designed languages, shell script does not have an easy answer for error handling. …
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Versions
We recommend running the latest version of our software. The latest version represents the most complete, stable, and best version we have built.
We recommend running the latest version of our software. The latest version represents the most complete, stable, and best version we have built. To make it easier to stay up-to-date with the latest version, most of our software includes the ability to automatically check for new versions. …
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Serving svn with httpd on OS X
With the move from Mac OS X 10.7 to OS X 10.8, Apple removed user facing support for the Apache httpd and the svn modules. This article shows how to restore this ability and serve svn over http in Mac OS X.
With the move from Mac OS X 10.7 to OS X 10.8, Apple removed user facing support for the Apache httpd and the Subversion (SVN) modules. This article shows how to restore this ability and serve svn over http in Mac OS X. …
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Setting Up glacier-cli on Mac OS X
glacier-cli is a command line tool for Amazon Glacier. This article walks through how to set up this tool on Mac OS X 10.8.
glacier-cli is a command line tool for Amazon Glacier. This article walks through how to set up this tool on Mac OS X 10.8. Glacier a service from the Amazon Web Services (AWS). Glacier is a long term storage service designed for keeping large amounts of your information safe for long periods of time. …
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