osx-mountain-lion

Set default web browser via command line?

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I found this tool. After installing it, you can do this: defaultbrowser chrome Here’s the entire source-code in case the link 404s in the future. It is licensed under the MIT license with Copyright (c) 2014 Margus Kerma. #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> #import <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h> NSString* app_name_from_bundle_id(NSString *app_bundle_id) { return [[app_bundle_id componentsSeparatedByString:@”.”] lastObject]; } NSMutableDictionary* get_http_handlers() { NSArray … Read more

How can I install Ruby 1.9.3 in Mac OS X Mountain Lion without Xcode?

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osx-gcc-installer turns out to be a very good option to replace Xcode in order to install Ruby 1.9.3 These are the steps I have followed: Download & install the latest version of osx-gcc-installer here (GCC-10.7-v2 is fine): https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Install RVM as usual and select 1.9.3-head as the default ruby installation: https://rvm.io/rvm/install/ Install Homebrew: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation Install … Read more

jdk 6 on mountain lion

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As I recall, the first time you do something that needs Java the OS will ask if you want to install it, and version 6 is what you get. According to this page, typing java -version in the Terminal is enough to trigger the prompt. For the JDK (and not the runtime), you’ll need to … Read more

OS X Mountain Lion: gcc-4.2 No such file or directory

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If you have Xcode installed, gcc should be available. Check where it is with: kamil$ which gcc /usr/bin/gcc Then make a user-land symbolic link from gcc-4.2 to plain gcc: kamil$ sudo ln -s ~/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 (Ensure the user-land bind folder is in your path via export PATH=…:$HOME/bin in your .bash_profile or .zshrc.) Gem installed fine … Read more

Disable Anti-Aliasing Fonts in Xcode 4.4 in Mountain Lion

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From the Release Notes: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/RN-Xcode/Chapters/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001051-CH1-SW680 Text and font rendering on OS X v10.8 is optimized for Retina display. On a non–Retina display running OS X v.10.8, some font configurations can appear blurry in Xcode. 11486875 Switch back to non–Retina display optimized text and font appearance in Xcode by enterin this command in Terminal: defaults write … Read more

Annoying message when opening windows from Python on OS X 10.8

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The correct command to run is: defaults write org.python.python ApplePersistenceIgnoreState NO This message appears due to the “application resume” feature in newer versions of OS X. Clearly, this isn’t a useful feature for most Python programs (in my case, plotting data with matplotlib), so we can just turn it off with the above command. For … Read more

Error Installing Homebrew – Brew Command Not Found [duplicate]

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The warning is telling you what is wrong. The problem is that brew is kept in /usr/local/bin So, you can try /usr/local/bin/brew doctor To fix it permanently alter your bash profile (.bashrc or .profile in your home directory) and add the following line: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH On Apple silicone it’s export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin/:$PATH

Why does PDFKit/wkhtmltopdf hang but renders PDF as expected when Rails app is killed?

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The problem is with wkhtmltopdf itself, specifically, any version after 0.9.9. wkhtmltopdf hangs when run directly from the command-line. Steps to correct: brew uninstall wkhtmltopdf cd /usr/local/Library/Formula/ git checkout 6e2d550 /usr/local/Library/Formula/wkhtmltopdf.rb brew install wkhtmltopdf Then verify the correct version is installed wkhtmltopdf –version which should yield wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9 Citations: https://github.com/mileszs/wicked_pdf/issues/110 http://wearepandr.com/blog/article/homebrew-and-installing-old-package-versions#blog_nav