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FileMaker help page update request

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7464/kw/backup%20valid%20path Importance of the backup in the modern world With the advancement and efficiency of technology, there is no reason why backups should not be made. It is very easy to create and schedule backups, but it is also important to create backups due to the unexpected technological failure that can still occur with hardware and software. I recommend editing the title "Importance of the backup in the modern world" to "Importance of the backup" In addition to being President of Neo Code Software, I am also the Cassington Scholar of Sumerian Backup Strategies at Jordan College in Oxford. Backup was an important part of the Sumerian scribes daily life. Since the days of clay tablet accounting, scribes have always needed to make backups of the scribe'

Filco4Mac

I like the Filco keyboard - http://www.diatec.co.jp/en/det.php?prod_c=585. I like the Mac. Here's how to make them work together Keyboard - switch the alt and windows keys - result windows key is to the right and left of the spacebar - now like the Mac Software #1 install KeyRemap4MacBook - https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ #2 save org.pqrs.driver.KeyRemap4MacBook.plist to your Desktop - https://github.com/joshuascottpaul/Filco4Mac/blob/master/org.pqrs.driver.KeyRemap4MacBook.plist #3 update settings: sudo cp ~/Desktop/org.pqrs.driver.KeyRemap4MacBook.plist /private/var/db/receipts/ #4 result looks like this - you may have to do this manually - not sure if the plist works

The Right way to Uninstall FileMaker Server 12 on the Mac

I am installing FileMaker Server 13, so first I need to uninstall FileMaker Server 12. Wrong way: http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9977 Right way: open "/Library/Application Support/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/FMS 12 Uninstaller.app" Uninstall FileMaker Server 13: open "/Library/Application Support/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/FMS 13 Uninstaller.app"

run gitprep on mac os x 10.8

== Apache== sudo vi i /etc/apache2/httpd.conf uncomment #LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi find Options FollowSymLinks change Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI find  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews change  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI sudo apachectl restart == Install== cd /Library/WebServer/Documents curl -kL https://github.com/yuki-kimoto/gitprep/archive/latest.tar.gz > gitprep-latest.tar.gz tar xf gitprep-latest.tar.gz mv gitprep-latest gitprep cd gitprep ./setup.sh prove t sudo chmod 777 data == Config== vi gitprep.conf ;;; from PATH enviroment variable or /usr/bin/git or /usr/local/bin/git find ;git_bin=/usr/local/bin/git change git_bin=/usr/bin/git

google app engine for php

get phpstorm IDE - pre-release - v7 get google app engine - dmg -  GoogleAppEngineLauncher-1.8.5.dmg create phpstorm project -- enter application id -- enter path to googleappengine on mac - /Applications/GoogleAppEngineLauncher.app/Contents/Resources/GoogleAppEngine-default.bundle/Contents/Resources/google_appengine -- python path is entered

FileMaker 12 Advanced Server and IIS 7.5

FileMaker 12 Advanced Server and IIS 7.5 At Server Level (not default Web site) - Default Document - put index.php at the top - FastCGI needs to be installed (Roles CGI) - FastCGI Settings -- double click -- open PHP.EXE -- Monitor changes to file php.ini -- activity timeout 700 - Handler Mappings -- Create new module mapping -- path is *.php -- module is FastCgiModule -- executable is ---- C:\Program Files (x86)\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Web Publishing\publishing-engine\php\php-cgi.exe or ----  C:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Web Publishing\publishing-engine\php\php-cgi.exe -- Invoke handler checked for File or Folder - Error Pages -- Edit Feature Settings -- choose Detailed Errors

How to change default calendar for new events in Lightning

https://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging/topics/how_set_default_calendar_for_new_events_in_lightning Edited version Open Tools > Options > Advanced tab, and click Config Editor button. In the "Filter:" box enter "calendar.registry"  Find a .calendar-main-default key - it will be set to true Other calendars either won't have a .calendar-main-default key (or it will be set to false) Right click on the value of the .calendar-main-default key that goes with the calendar that currently shows up by default in new events to toggle the value to false Click on the .calendar-main-in-composite key that goes with the calendar you want as default Right click on the same key and choose Copy Name from the menu that appears. Now right click on the key again and select New > Boolean Paste the name of the key and Use the backspace key to erase "in-composite" and type "default" Click OK and Choose true and click OK Now exit out of

php oneliners

to really enjoy set your cmd.exe default properties to have a large layout in screen buffer size like 100w x 999h windows one liner write file php -r "$fh = fopen('sitevisitors.txt', 'w'); fputs ($fh, 'open'); fclose ($fh);" windows one liner get phpinfo php -r "phpinfo();"

Copy.com and SRVANY.EXE so you can run Copy on your windows 2003 or windows 2008 server

Copy.com and SRVANY.EXE so you can run Copy on your windows 2003 server Step 1: Download and Install Copy Login as Administrator Download Copy  (5GB bonus using this link) Install Copy as normal, b y opening the downloaded EXE It should install itself into C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Copy\CopyAgent.exe Step 2: Configure Copy UI Run Copy as normal (e.g. Start Menu) Configure as needed Quit Step 3: Download and Install SRVANY.exe Download  Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools  (11.8 MB).  Download link from  http://pastebin.com/nU5ZAJzt Install the entire tool suite as normal, by opening the downloaded exe. By default srvany.exe will be installed to  C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe Step 4: Create Windows Service for Syncplicity Open an  administrative  command prompt by following these steps: Navigate to Start Menu > Accessories > Command Prompt Right click and select “Run as Administrator”

Mac Apps I use

aText (Paid) FastScripts Alfred Cobook ClipMenu KeyRemap4MacBook MenuMeters MagiCal Tunnelblick iTerm (vim) nvALT Growl (open source fork) Copy.com Dropbox Skype Word Adium Skype TextWrangler Zoiper -> Blink Lite (paid) Sleepwatcher Thunderbird - Lightning - Lookout - Nostalgy - Provider for Google Calendar - Quicktext VMWare Fusion Cheatsheet LastPass Safari - LastPass - Adblock - Awesome Screenshot - delicious - ClipConverter - Detox - nvlt Removed - Balance Lock.app - for Bose N700 headphones Current list as of Aug 12, 2023 1Password 7.app 1Password 8.app 1Password.app A Better Finder Rename 10.app ASIX_USB_Device_App.app Acrosync.app Adblock Plus.app Add eml.app Adobe Adobe Lightroom Aerial Companion.app Affinity Photo.app Air Connect.app AirServer.app AlDente.app Alfred 5.app AmorphousDiskMark.app Angry IP Scanner.app AnyDesk.app Astrofox.app Audacity.app AudiobookConverter.app Autopano Giga 4.4.app Balance Lock.app Base64 Decode.app Base6

how to have fun with your computer

how to have fun with your computer? make it print "Hello world" 1000 times. http://www.phpprogrammer.co.nz/speed-test-php-vs-perl-vs-python-vs-go-vs-c/comment-page-1#comment-56336 Lets do science. I will start. Here are my tests and my results. Please try and share. josh i7 = MBP early 2011 2.3ghz i7, 16gb ram, 256gb Crucial m4 ssd, osx 10.8.4 I had wanted to start using node for devops but it poor showing printing 1000 hello worlds is making me think twice. NOT! :D time for i in {1..1000}; do php -r 'print ("hello world ");'; done; 42 seconds josh i7 17 seconds koding time for i in {1..1000}; do perl -e 'print "hello world ";'; done; 6 seconds josh i7 5 seconds koding time for i in {1..1000}; do python -c 'print("Hello world ")'; done; 27 seconds josh i7 20 seconds koding 96 seconds python anywhere free time for i in {1..1000}; do echo "Hello World "; done; 0.012 seconds josh i7 0.025

scp / ssh with windows command line path

scp / ssh with windows command line path  spaces are not allowed use dir /x to find the 8.3 "spaceless" names" applications: CYGWIN ssh / scp PuTTY pscp / plink c:\cygwin\bin\scp.exe -C "/cygdrive/C/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/FMServer_Sample.fmp12" username@hostname:\c\progra~1\filema~1\filema~1\data\Backups\fmserver_sample.fmp12 or pscp -C -load sessioname c:\progra~1\filema~1\filema~1\fmslic~1.pdf username@hostname:c:\progra~1\filema~1\filema~1\data\transp~1\.

How to configure your Windows Keyboard - for example your Filco Majestouch 2 Cherry MX Blue Switch 104 Key Mechanical Keyboard Black - for Mac OS X 10.8.4

Here's how to configure your Windows Keyboard - for example your Filco Majestouch 2 Cherry MX Blue Switch 104 Key Mechanical Keyboard Black - for Mac OS X 10.8.4 #1 Order your Filco Majestouch 2 Cherry MX Blue Switch 104 Key Mechanical Keyboard Black #2 swap the Alt and Windows keys - so the Windows key is on the left and right of your spacebar #3 Open  System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard > Modifier Keys and choose the Filco keyboard - it will say USB Keyboard - and swap the command and option keys http://superuser.com/questions/4124/need-a-non-mac-keyboard-alternative-for-mac-users #4 Get KeyRemap4MacBook - and make these changes - check all the options under F1..F12 to Functional Keys (Brightness… - check option under Enable at only Firefox/Thunderbird - check option under Application Key to Expose All - check option under Insert Key to Option_L+insert - check option under PrintScreen Key to Eject - check option under Pause/Break Key to Powe

Syncplicity and SRVANY.EXE so you can run syncplicity on your windows 2003 server

Syncplicity and SRVANY.EXE so you can run syncplicity on your windows 2003 server "Borrowed" from http://jack.ukleja.com/utorrent-service-windows-home-server-2011/ Thanks Jack! Step 1: Download and Install Synplicity Download Syncplicity Install Syncplicity as normal, by opening the downloaded EXE It should install itself into  C:\Program Files\Syncplicity Step 2: Configure Syncplicity UI Run Syncplicity as normal (e.g. Start Menu) Configure as needed Quit Step 3: Download and Install SRVANY.exe Download  Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools  (11.8 MB). Install the entire tool suite as normal, by opening the downloaded exe. By default srvany.exe will be installed to  C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\srvany.exe Step 4: Create Windows Service for Syncplicity Open an  administrative  command prompt by following these steps: Navigate to Start Menu –> Accessories –> Command Prompt Right click and select “Run as Administrator”