Here is how to create your own “Open with…” right-click menu item under MacOS’s “Quick Actions” menu: Open the Automator app on your Mac Choose “New Document” -> “Quick Action” On the left-hand column, search for “Run Shell Script” and add it to the workflow on the right. For the shell script, you’ll want to…
Category: Mac
How to combine videos on macOS’s Terminal
Here’s a quick tech tip on how to combine multiple small videos into one on the Mac with the command shell (Terminal). Let’s say you saved an Instagram story that contains multiple videos to your phone and you want to combine them into a single video to share with your loved ones. It’s pretty simple….
Clean up your Desktop with Folder Actions
Familiar with the scenario of “Screen Shot” files filling up your Desktop space? Sick and tired of manually moving them to a folder? What about moving all images on your Desktop to a custom folder? What about documents? Well, you can with Apple’s “Folder Actions” using Automator. It’s very simple! Start with creating a folder…
Mac OS and the Keychain Experience
“So, I’m getting these prompts when I log in that I need to enter my Keychain password? Like, does it want my new password or my old one?” This is a typical question I’ve been hearing for almost 10 years in regards to Macs that are bound to a directory of some kind (usually Windows…
Troubleshooting Apple’s PackageMaker
Troubleshooting Apple’s PackageMaker can be a hassle. Especially when you’re getting generic errors, such as The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance Recently, I ran into an issue with compiling packages on a Mac that was bound to an Active Directory environment. When I was…
What doesn’t kill you, Mokes you vulnerable.
Recently I read an article about a sophisticated multi-platform piece of malware that works on OS X (read the article here). I wanted to share a supplemental bash script I wrote to detect evidence of this malware on your system. See below for the goodies: