Viele der Programme, die Mac OS X standardmäßig mitbringt sind um einiges mächtiger, als es zunächst den Anschein hat. Zu diesem Programmen zählt unter anderem Digitale Bilder¹.

Mit diesem Programm kann man einige simple Aktionen deutlich schneller durchführen, als mit iPhoto oder Aperture. Oder auch eine Kamera über das Netzwerk mit einem anderen Mac verbinden.

Dazu muss man einfach die Netzwerkfreigabe in Digitale Bilder einschalten. Schon können alle Macs im lokalen Netz auf die Kamera zugreifen. Dort erscheint die freigegebene Kamera dann sinnigerweise unter Freigaben.

Das Vorgehen ist hier besonders sinnvoll, da die iPhones immer am Mac mini über ein Dock gesynct werden, die Fotos aber auf dem MacBook Pro bearbeitet werden. Auf diese Art und Weise ist schon wieder ein Kabel weniger nötig um die ganzen digitalen Schätze von hier nach dort zu bringen.

Neben dieser praktischen Eigenschaft lassen sich mit Digitale Bilder auch schnell und simpel Fotos als Mails versenden oder schicke Kontaktabzüge ausdrucken. Noch ein paar mehr Hinweise gibt es bei der Macworld unten im via.

Wie sinnvoll das alles noch für iOS basierte Geräte sein wird, wenn iCloud Einzug in das Apple Ökosystem hält und den Fotostream mitbringt ist bisher noch nicht wirklich klar, aber alle Features werden sicher nicht so schnell in der Wolke auftauchen…

Daher ist es gut, ein solches Werkzeug für die Bildbearbeitung im Lieferumfang des Betriebssystems finden zu können. Die Windows Bild- und Faxanzeige² schaut daneben auf jeden Fall eher dünne aus.

(via: MacWorld)

1. Das im englischen den passenderen Namen Image Capture trägt. [↩]
2. bzw. der Nachfolger unter Windows 7 dessen Name ich gar nicht kenne [↩]

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 3. Mai bis zum 25. Mai:

• Sosumi – is a simple way to find your iPhone using your Mac.
• NirCmd – is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
• GeoNamesTagger – is a Mac OS X docklet to easily update image EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata with location specific information.
• Oolite – is a space sim game, inspired by Elite, powered by Objective-C and OpenGL, and designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up, modify and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be changed by using simple, free graphics packages and text editors.
• DTerm – provides a context-sensitive command line that makes it fast and easy to run commands on the files you're working with and then use the results of those commands.
• Using p4merge with Git – Although it is correct that git doesn't come with a nice merge tool, it is quite happy to use any merge tool that you have on hand. And since Perforce's merge tool is available free, you can use p4merge with git.
• Rubular – is a Ruby-based regular expression editor. It's a handy way to test regular expressions as you write them.
• 5 Best Dropbox WordPress Plugins – Nice list, Dropbox Sync looks especially nice for a backup of all images.
• Vagrant – is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox, Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments.
• Blueprint – is DevStructure's workhorse tool that looks inside popular package managers, finds changes you made to configuration files, and archives software you built from source to generate Puppet, Chef, or shell code. Everything blueprint sees is stored in Git to be diffed and pushed. It runs on Debian and RPM based distros with Python 2.6.

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 8. April bis zum 30. April:

• flickrtouchr – A Python script to grab all your photos from Flickr and dump them into a directory, organized into folders by set name.
• Scrup – Take a screenshot in OS X and have a URL to the picture in your pasteboard a second later.
• SuprSetr – Advanced, cross-platform set management for your Flickr photosets.
• MediathekView – durchsucht die Online-Mediatheken verschiedener Sender lädt Beiträge mit einem Programm eigener Wahl und kann Themen als Abos anlegen und neue Beiträge automatisch herunterladen
• LSCOLORS Generator – Color generator for ls with preview
• DVCS-Autosync – A personal Dropbox replacement based on Git
• PasTmon – is a passive network traffic analyser that can measure user transaction response times of web, ftp, dns, irc, pop, mail, postgresql, and mysql database servers. You can even define your own signature rules to monitor custom TCP based applications.
• Enso Launcher – is designed to give you instant access to your applications and windows. With a few easily remembered keystrokes, you can launch an application, switch to a window by name, and control the state of your windows.
• Cntlm – is an NTLM / NTLM Session Response / NTLMv2 authenticating HTTP proxy intended to help you break free from the chains of Microsoft proprietary world.

Meine pinboard.in-Links vom 9. März bis zum 20. März:

• Colored word-based diff – A wrapper that does what I want most of the time, and colorizes the output is cwdiff. Version control systems can easily be coerced into using this wrapper instead of diff.
• Meslo-Font – Customized version of Apple's Menlo font. Great monospaced font for development work. Should also work with the Windows Console
• The Ultimate Wget Download Guide With 15 Awesome Examples –
• Threshold – A universal quick entry field for OS X
• Sidestep – is an open-source application for Mac OS X that sits quietly in the background, protecting your security and privacy as you browse the web.
• blueMarine – An open source application for the digital photo workflow, the blueMarine project will provide you an all-in-one tool for managing your photos, from the shoot up to the archiving and beyond. blueMarine is an expandable, open platform and includes specific support for different photographers communities, as well as the latest technologies.
• Insufficiently known POSIX shell features – all the tricks below work in every POSIX shell I know of. None of them are bashisms.
• lipsync – is an open source, lightweight service that provides command-line, Dropbox – like syncing in Linux using OpenSSH, rsync, unison and lsyncd.
• gfxCardStatus – is a menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your unibody, dual-GPU MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them on demand.
• Darik's Boot And Nuke – ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 21. Juli bis zum 30. Juli:

• CloudBerry Backup – provides a powerful Backup and Restore programfor Windows, designed to leverage Amazon S3 storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.
• TaskMate – Very simple, minimal and free ToDo-List manager…
• sigil – is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.
• Fossil – Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management
• pymacadmin – A collection of Python utilities for Mac OS X system administration.
• Notes – is designed to focus on organizing plain text notes that are saved automatically. Just write your note and don't worry about saving them.
• Shotwell – Open source photo manager for GNOME which looks a lot like iPhoto…
• Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud im Test – Windows Pro blickt über den Tellerrand und testet die Ubuntu Cloud Lösung auf Basis von Eucalyptus.
• The version controlled home directory – managing dotfiles using Git, MR and a few handy scripts…
• Versioning dotfiles in git –

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 30. Juni bis zum 9. Juli:

• Your PasswordCard – is a credit card-sized card you keep in your wallet, which lets you pick very secure passwords for all your websites, without having to remember them! You just keep them with you, and even if your wallet does get stolen, the thief will still not know your actual passwords.
• sslh – ssl/ssh multiplexer – lets one accept both HTTPS and SSH connections on the same port. It makes it possible to connect to an SSH server on port 443 (e.g. from inside a corporate firewall) while still serving HTTPS on that port.
• An introduction to git-svn for Subversion/SVK users and deserters – This article is aimed at people who want to contribute to projects which are using Subversion as their code-wiki
• Meerkat – An easy-to-use SSH tunnel manager built specifically for the Mac. Shareware, $19,95…
• Add to Google Reader Safari Extension – captures a click on the RSS button and redirects the feed preview page in Google Reader where the user can subscribe immediately.
• Test: Windows 7 Backup – was es kann und was nicht – So was kann man offenbar nicht auf gewöhnliche Enduser los lassen…
• Little 'ruby' photo organizer – Place this script in a folder full of pictures, run it, and it will organize the pictures into folders by the day they were taken.
• Tarsnap – is a secure online backup service for BSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris, Cygwin, and can probably be compiled on many other UNIX-like operating systems. The Tarsnap client code provides a flexible and powerful command-line interface which can be used directly or via shell scripts.
• Git Extensions – is a toolkit to make working with Git under Windows more intuitive. The shell extension will intergrate in Windows Explorer and presents a nice context menu on files.
• Fraise – is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.6 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs – like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on..

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 28. August bis zum 3. September:

• Principia Discordia – Principia Discordia, 1st Edition.
• Backing Up Flickr – Backing up Flickr with Python…
• A Guide on Advanced Logging and Benchmarking with FirePHP –
• 4-minute Chocolate Mousse – This incredibly decadent, luxurious chocolate mousse recipe comes to us from Gordon Ramsay (to whom I lovingly refer as Angry Chef). You have to try this! It's worth every single minute of effort.
• Burning Man And Its Radical Links To Silicon Valley And Geek Culture –
• TweetMyMac – lets you get screenshots, iSight snapshots, and your IP address from your Mac just by sending a direct message to your specially setup Mac controlling account. You can start torrents remotely, shutdown your Mac and more.
• How to Actually Make Coffee – You probably brew coffee, like most people, the most insipid way possible: Using a Mr. Coffee that you fill with pre-ground coffee from the supermarket. There's a million other ways to make coffee, and they're all better.
• MiniBatteryStatus Widget – is a small Dashboard widget that monitors battery status, charge percentage and remaining battery life. Integrated with Growl to alert you when it's time to recharge your battery.
• DateLine – is a small, simple app which displays a linear calendar on your desktop in a transparent window. It provides easy access to iCal by double clicking on a day. The background and text colors are customizable with support for transparency.
• Ye Olde Map Maker – Very cool online tool to create maps for table-top role playing games.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 18. August bis zum 19. August:

• Using Subversion to Maintain your Configuration Files – Dipping into the topic, nice starter…
• A Visual Guide to Version Control – Version Control with Subversion in plain english topped with some great diagrams.
• shootShifter – … redate and rename folders of images on a Mac. Perfect for events with multiple cameres around.
• Mediathek – Das Programm durchsucht die ARD-, ZDF-, Arte und 3Sat-Mediathek, lädt Beiträge mit einem Programm eigener Wahl und kann Themen als Abos anlegen und neue Beiträge automatisch downloaden.
• Wenn Unternehmen twittern – (…)Im Übrigen wäre es zu begrüßen, wenn ihr einen Kommunikationsplan für die tweets der kommenden 14 Tage erstellen könntet. Dann haben wir mehr Planungssicherheit.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 18. Mai bis zum 27. Mai:

• CalendarServer – CalendarServer ohne OS X 10.5 Server…
• Power Management and Scheduling via the Command Line – Very nice pmset howto…
• Intel Social Media Guidelines – Every company will need something like this sooner or later. I bet sooner…
• gpicsync – automatically inserts location in your photos metadata so they can also be used with any 'geocode aware' application like Picasa/Google Earth, Flickr, loc.alize.us, etc.
• yUML – Create UML diagrams online in seconds, no special tools needed.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 28. April bis zum 30. April:

• OpenID for non-SuperUsers –
• 10 Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice) – Most are easy to read but some are rough going – they drop off into math after the first few pages. Take the math to tolerance and then move on. The ideas are the important thing.
• wmd – The Wysiwym Markdown Editor – is a simple, lightweight HTML editor for blog comments, forum posts, and basic content management.
• Shape Collage – Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
• Automatic build date adjusting with SVN and bash // Automatic build date adjusting with SVN and bash –
• ordnr.de – Ordnerrücken bedrucken 2.0 mit Panoramabildern und anderen tollen Sachen.