OSX features I wish Windows had
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Migrating back to Windows after years of using OSX, there are some features I miss.
Default Folder X (link)
Right click on the file name in the title bar to find out what folder that file came…
Tag: osx
AutoHotKey for repetitive tasks
This the favorite tip Labrigger has received this week. Here it is, unedited, and in its entirety:
I often use autohotkey for repetitive file naming and key remapping when I am forced to use clunky…
ZappyLab Kickstarter: 1 week left!
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This is exactly up the alley of what Labrigger is interested in supporting. There’s just one week left in their Kickstarter campaign. As of this writing, 300 people have contributed $30,000. With one final push this last week, they’ll meet their goal.
They want to crowd…
StimFit
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Christoph Schmidt-Hieber and his collaborators Guzman and Schlogel have developed a cross platform (Linux, Windows, and OS X) application for analyzing electrophysiology data. Here’s the paper (open access). And here’s the…
Stop Safari from reloading tabs
Apple’s Safari web browser v5.1 has an annoying behavior where tabs reload/refresh like crazy. This can cause lost work and data.
Disable the problematic behavior this way:
1. Close Safari
2. Open a terminal and enter this command
defaults write com.apple.safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1
3. Restart Safari. You should see a new menu to the right of…
Synchronizing multiple computers for experiments
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In many rigs, multiple computers are used, and they need to talk to each other. For example, one computer handles…
OSX: Spotlight problem
Quick OSX tip: if you’re finding that your OSX system is quite busy even though you haven’t asked anything of it, check to see if the processes “mds” and “mdworker” are chewing up CPU cycles (view active processes in Activity Monitor).
If so,…
NEURON + Python in OSX
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Post by Christoph Schmidt-Hieber
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Here are some relatively pain-free instructions to get NEURON to run with Python support on OS X.
1. Install XCode 3.x. XCode 4 will not work (*). You…
Baudline: Signal analysis
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Baudline software (Linux/OSX) is free software for analyzing the spectral components of signals. It’s really well-made and has a lot of features. This can be useful for…
Apps
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You probably caught the article about the group who runs their laser-trapping experiments using an app they wrote for iOS on the iPad. This sparked a commentary about apps in science. What about some other apps for handheld and tablet computing?
Reference organization
In general, when it comes…
Hopes for the New Year
Posted in Tips
Here’s the news Labrigger hopes to see in 2011.
New developments with optical indicators
A new, super bright fluorescent protein that blows the doors off of GFP-based proteins.
Bright, far-red dyes with huge 2p cross-sections.
Higher S:N genetically-encoded…
Some OSX programs & tips
This is just a quick post to highlight a few Mac OSX programs & tips that you might find useful.
Programs
Default Folder – This is how all save file dialogs should work. Watch…