How to search all files with jpg/jpeg extension using spotlight

Here is how you can search all of your jpeg files using spotlight.

type:
kind:jpeg

If you want to find only jpeg file with 900 pixel width, just type:
kind:jpeg width:900

If you want to find only jpeg file with at least 900 pixel width, just type:
kind:jpeg width:>900

If you want to find only jpeg file with at least 900 pixel width and with flash fired, just type:
kind:jpeg width:>900 flash:1

You can also search other file type such as pdf, pages, numbers, etc.

kind

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If you ever forgot you Mac OS X login password, here is what to do

Well, as long as you have not turned on the FileFault, you will be okay. But, if the FileFault is turned on, and you forgot your password, then the files will be locked forever. FileFault will do the oneway encryption, so there is no option to do the reverse enginering.

If you are the user (not the administrator) you can just as the Administrator to reset your password. But, if you are the Administrator, then:

  1. Have your DVD installer ready.
  2. Insert the DVD to the tray
  3. Restart and press down the letter ‘C’. It will load the installer DVD
  4. On the first screen, select Installer > Reset Password
  5. Select your account and make up a new password.
  6. Reboot

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A new reminder app is coming to the AppStore

There is a pre release reminder app for the iPhone.

It claims that user can create a reminder while replying an email.

Go ahead.

Beja

 

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GoPaste. A must have template & copy paste app for iPhone

Betiga Lab developed a very useful app called GoPaste. A very powerful template making and copy/paste app for your daily use. (USD 0.99)

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If you need to send a personalized letter to several persons with ease, this a very powerful yet easy to use app.

Just fill in the form with name or anything you have created and boom the letter is so personalized, or you just need to store text that you regularly used for copying and pasting, this is the app you need.

Template & copy paste app on steroid.

 

 

Take a look at their ad:

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Tips & Tricks: Tweeting using SIRI for FREE. Using email @Jejot.com

Here we go.

Most of the tips for tweeting via SIRI is by texting/SMS which cost you a dime or so.

Here is the tips to post an update to twitter using email.

  1. you have to open an account (free) at http://jejot.com
  2. link your jejot’s account to twitter account (visit the account menu at jejot.com)
  3. you will be given a secret email address from jejot.com to send your twitter update to
  4. add this email to your Contacts in your iPhone
  5. when you’re telling SIRI to send an email, ask SIRI to send the email to the one that you have added (see #4)
  6. put your update on the subject
  7. set your body message as Zero or zero or 0

Jejot.com will update your twitter status within 1-2 minutes.

 

 

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Solution for 1045: Access denied for user ‘root’@'localhost’ on MAMP

Here is the solution that I got from messing around the system for a day.

I have a Mac Mini which was running Mac OS X Tiger with MAMP server installed. Today the electricity just went out without warning, and my box got shutdown when the MySQL transaction was in progress.

When the server got back up and running a few minutes later, the MAMP MySQL module can’t seem to connect to the MySQL server due to access denied for user ‘root@localhost’.

I couldn’t even change the password or create a new user using Terminal. Tried all the suggestions found on the net, and no luck.

The solution is simple.

Open:

/Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/mysql/user.MYD using TextEdit.app

If your password was ‘root’ then the MD5 encryption is 81F5E21E35407D884A6CD4A731AEBFB6AF209E1B

See if the encrypted password was there. Mine was having an extra ‘+’ after the last ‘B’. Delete the ‘+’ and restart MAMP. Boom! Everything back to normal.

If your password was something else, try using an online MD5 encryption to find out what your MD5 encryption is and compare it againts the one in your user.MYD file.

 

DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR FILE(S) BEFORE DOING THIS

 

 

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Where is my software update file located?

A lot of my clients are asking this question.

When you are doing a software update from the  > Software Update menu, the package file will be stored inside your Mac HD/Library/Receipt. But this location stores only the application updates, not the security updates or the OS updates. Where are they?

This is a tricky one.

When you update the OS, the file will be temporarily stored inside your Mac HD/Library/Updates/xxxxxx-xxxx/

Those files will be gone as soon as you restart your Mac to complete the updates.

So, if you need to copy those file, be quick and do that before the OS asking you to restart your Mac to complete the update.

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Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone. The best protection for your iPhone.

Mophie Juice Pack Air (iPhone 3G) (Full Body)
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The precision pre-cut invisibleSHIELD applies directly to your Juice Pack Air iPhone 3G , providing the toughest, most durable protection you will find. The invisibleSHIELD has its origins in the military, where it was used to protect high-speed helicopter blades from dust, dirt and debris. Now you can use that same powerful technology to protect your Juice Pack Air iPhone 3G .

The invisibleSHIELD is only .2 millimeters thick making it the slimmest Juice Pack Air iPhone 3G skin or Juice Pack Air iPhone 3G cover of its kind. It is so tough that we back it with a lifetime guarantee. So, if it ever does wear or scratch, we will replace it for free, for the life of your device. And if you ever need to remove the invisibleSHIELD, no problem; it comes off clean and leaves no sticky residue.

If you’re still not convinced, check out our demo video and see for yourself how strong ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD™ really is.

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URL shortener using Quicksilver and Secured Jejot URL service

Here is the tip to shorten URL using Quicksilver and Jejot.com secured URL shortener service using Safari

First you need to download Jejot.app and register for an account at http://jejot.com

Edit Jejot.app using AppleScript Editor.app

Change username to your Jejot’s username as well as the password.

Save it and put the file under ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Action/

Whenever you’re browsing a web, just activate Quicksilver and hit q+r (or anything to search QuickURL) and enter. In just a second your new shortened URL of the website you’re browsing will be in your clipboard.

Perfect companion for twitting (hints: use: QStwitter plugin)

For Firefox, just replace:

tell application “Safari” to tell application “Firefox

Here is the complete script in raw text:

Jejot.com:


tell application “Safari”

set longURL to URL of front document

end tell

set shellScript to (“curl –url \”http://jejot.com/

jejot_api.php?uid=yourusername&pass=yourpassword&url=” & longURL & “\” “)

set shortURL to (do shell script shellScript)

set the clipboard to shortURL


Tinyurl.com:


tell application “Safari”

set longURL to URL of front document

end tell

set shellScript to (“curl –url \”http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=” & longURL &”\” “)

set shortURL to (do shell script shellScript)

set the clipboard to shortURL


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Looking around for an answer about DVI to Mini Display?

For those who are looking for an answer to connect your old Macbook Pro to a new Cinema Display with Mini Display port.

It appears that Atlona has come up with the solution. Price is USD 149.

Go ahead grab one here : http://jejot.com/4FW3dF

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Faster way to connect to the shared folder next time

If you are connecting to shared/remote folder often enough, you’d better make an alias for those drives and tick the “Remember this password on my keychain” so, the next time you want to access the drive, just click on the alias and you won’t be asked for your name and password.

Here is how:

  • Connect to the shared folder of your choice, enter name and password if it’s asked for, tick the “Remember this password on my keychain”
  • Navigate to the folder you want to access next time
  • Make an alias by holding the Option + Command and drag  it to your sidebar
  • Rename the alias if you want to

Next time you want to access the remote drive, just click the shortcut on the sidebar.

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When your Mac and PC won’t see each other in the same network

When your Mac and PC won’t see each other in the same network, that’s because you are not in the same group.

Try to change the group name, so you’re both in the same ‘room’, here is how:

Go to your System Preference > Network > Click the connection you are on > Advanced…

Go to WINS tab and type the group name that the PC is on and click OK.

Now, the PC icon will be shown on your Shared folder in the Finder sidebar.

But, make sure you share the folder on your PC and let the PC firewall open its door. (How to deal with firewall? I’ll cover this in the next subject)

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