Computing

How To Force Your Mac To Stay Awake Indefinitely Via The Command Line

Menubar app Caffeine can keep your Mac from falling asleep for a set amount of time, but if you want to control sleep yourself, through the OS X Terminal, you can do so very easily with a simple command.


January 27, 2011
Computing

Become A Command Line Ninja With These Time-Saving Shortcuts

The command can be quite powerful, but typing in long commands and file paths gets tedious pretty quickly. Here are some shortcuts that will have you running long, tedious or complex commands with just a few keystrokes.


June 23, 2010
Software

5 Useful Google Command Line Tricks

Last week, Google rolled out a fun new feature that lets users interact with Google Apps via command line. Naturally, our friends at Lifehacker geeked out with it over the weekend and found these five handy GoogleCL tricks. [Lifehacker]


June 19, 2010
Software

Google’s Command Line Tool Reconciles Web App Convenience, Geek Credibility

You recognise the convenience of Google’s cloud-based apps but remain a command line devotee. Thankfully, Google’s new command line tool lets you edit Google Docs, upload photos to Picasa and post to Blogger while maintaining your geek cred. [Google]