Listing the largest file or sub-directory in the current directory

OS X Daily posted a tip on how to find the largest file in a directory.  I have my own that uses the du UNIX utility.  The du utility displays the file system usage statistics for each file and directory argument. To use it, type du in a Terminal window. The first column of output is the number of bytes and the second column is...

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Macness introduces gSync — synchronise iCal with Google Calendar

gSync — synchronise iCal with Google Calendar With gSync its easy to securely synchronise your Apple iCal calendars with your Google Calendars. This means you can update calendars across all your Macs, keeping everyone (including wifes, husbands and significant others) in ‘sync’ with your calendar.Synchronisation works both...

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Jeff Ventura is wrong!!!!

[update: Correct spelling error] Jeff Ventura, a blogger over at Graceful Flavor, has written an invective about the Linux desktop. He claims that Linux on the desktop is not viable and remain so for the foreseeable future. LOTD is, and has always been, a total non-starter outside the hobbyist and tech-élite crowds, and it will...

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Faugh a Ballaugh!

War drums from Apple. « Graceful Flavor The PC war is being waged on so many fronts, which, believe it or not, behooves Apple more than Microsoft. Technology outstrips the average user’s ability to understand it, which, again, falls squarely into Apple’s wheelhouse. Pardon my dramatics, but if Apple’s field general makes the...

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Commentary on the MacWorld Review of the AirPort Extreme Base Station

Apple’s new AirPort Extreme Base Station (Best Current Price: $172.08) solves three major wireless networking problems in one blow: speed, range, and configuration. The gateway also makes sharing multiple printers and hard drives across a network as easy as plugging in a cable. So begins Macworld’s review of Apple’s AirPort...

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Once they try Mac they don’t go back.

I keep finding articles about die hard and prominent Windows users switching to the Mac. It seems once they try Mac they don’t go back. Jeff Ventura who writes for the blog Graceful Flavour has written about Scot Finnie, a writer for Computerworld. Scot has been using a MacBook Pro for several months and comparing OS-X to...

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