One of the many good things about Mac OS X is the built in support for taking screenshots. But then again, in this day and age, what operating system doesn't? Well, this is where it differs a little. I am sure most of you know how to capture a screenshot on OS X, but there … Continue reading How To Take A Screenshot On Mac OS X
Category: Operating Systems
Why Do We Need CocoaPods?
Linker errors are painful to deal with. When we are working on our Xcode projects and when we almost done with everything, these linker errors pop up to make their point! Even if we can see the libraries right there in the GUI, it still can't find that library. Sounds familiar? Why do we have … Continue reading Why Do We Need CocoaPods?
NTFS Write Support On OS X Mountain Lion
If you have noticed, Mac OS X doesn't support writing onto NTFS disks. But not to worry, you don't have to install any third party drivers to enable this. Mountain Lion 10.8.3 already has native write support for the NTFS. OSX Mountain Lion does have built-in support for NTFS, and it can read and write. However, Apple does not enable it … Continue reading NTFS Write Support On OS X Mountain Lion
How To Install Valgrind On Mac OS X
As your code gets bigger, keeping track of memory becomes critical. These things often become the source of huge crashes and annoying bugs. Detecting them manually is a very tedious process. So we need a tool to manage all this for us. This is where Valgrind comes into picture. Valgrind is a programming tool for … Continue reading How To Install Valgrind On Mac OS X
Git Is Gone In OS X Mountain Lion
This blog post is for a very specific group of people who cared enough to notice that git command line tool is not working on their brand new MacBooks with Mountain Lion! If that sentence didn't make sense to you, then you are probably at the wrong place. I got my new Mac last week … Continue reading Git Is Gone In OS X Mountain Lion
What Is SSH?
Consider the following situation. You are at your friend's place with your laptop and you want to access your home computer to do something. May be you want to start a download or you want to run a program right away. What would you do in this situation? Will you go all the way to … Continue reading What Is SSH?
Rooting Your Phone
A lot of Android devices are being activated everyday. We hear the term 'rooting' floating around all the time. Most of the people don't bother to tinker with their phones. They just want to enjoy their device as it is. Some people think that rooting their phone will break the software or damage their phone … Continue reading Rooting Your Phone
The Art Of Password Cracking
The elusive art of password-cracking has enticed many a mortal! Everyone has, at one point or the other, contemplated cracking someone's password to get access to their private information. Whenever people hear the term 'hacking', the first thing that comes to their mind is 'cracking passwords'. A lot of people think that password-cracking is the … Continue reading The Art Of Password Cracking
Hack Me Once, Shame On You. Hack Me Twice, Shame On Me.
We hear the word 'hacking' all the time. Most people think that hacking is something smart, cool and wrong. But what exactly is hacking? Is it just smart coders breaking into websites? The hacking culture is great and it inspires creativity, but why limit it to just a few people? People actually do it everyday … Continue reading Hack Me Once, Shame On You. Hack Me Twice, Shame On Me.
Inside The Shell of Shell Scripting
I'm pretty sure people working in the tech domain are aware of something called Shell Scripting. Were you ever working on a project and felt that some tasks were repeating over and over again? Did you feel that there should be an easy way to automate these things and you don't have to worry about … Continue reading Inside The Shell of Shell Scripting
Perpetual Enigma 