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CVS for Mac (without XCode)

If you have Googled for instructions for enabling a CVS client for Mac, you'll probably find that most people suggest using the 'built in' CVS client that comes with Apple's developer tools package XCode. There used to be a way to select only the components in XCode you want to be installed, but with Leopard, you have to install the whole 2.5GB bunch of stuff even if you don't need to use them.

Which is annoying, because all I wanted was a simple CVS client (for checking out Drupal). And here's one such tool: SmartCVS, a standaone CVS client, which is a Java app.

Job done.

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Filed under  //  cvs   drupal   mac   smartcvs   version control   xcode  
Posted by Farez Rahman 
 

Show/hide hidden files in OSX

I don't know why there isn't an easy way to show or hide hidden files (. files) in Finder. I know more and more developers are using Macs nowadays, so I'm surprised this isn't now standard. Anyway, here are two ways to do it:

1. Run this in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1

2. Download and use the free Show Hidden Files utility (my preference).

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Filed under  //  mac   osx  
Posted by Farez Rahman