FTP is perhaps the least secure means to transfer files over the Internet, so if you’re near a Unix terminal, fire it up and type: To get files from a remote machine to your local machine: scp <user@remote>:/path/to/file/file.ext  /local/path/file.ext  (replace <user@remote>…

In past OS versions, Apple has chosen to use different formats for the screenshots that are generated by typing “Command-Shift-3” or “Command-Shift-4”, such as .pict, .jpg, and .pdf. Since Tiger, they seem pretty content to stick .png. If you had…

  Prior to Leopard, if you wanted to clear out the DNS cache for web-paqe connectivity issues from the command-line, you’d type: lookupd -flushcache For whatever reason, beginning with Leopard, Apple has changed this command to: dscacheutil -flushcache

End-user was reporting his brand-new Intel MacPro was taking forever to transfer files (any files) to his particular mounted sharepoint on the company’s Xserve. After verifying the problem by reproducing it (the LAN in question was gigabit), but the throughput…

A short and very abbreviated list of some of the notes I took at a one-night class for Digital Video Editing. I kept referring to it as an outline for most video-editing projects, so posting it here. • DV Captures…