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Repurposing an Older iMac As a Monitor and Server

May 31, 2013 By Stephen 14 Comments

The Mini DisplayPort connector can turn a 27" iMac into an expensive monitor

Long-time readers of my blog may remember my adventures with my 2009 27" iMac - adding eSATA, displaying all of Hamlet, and turning it into a monitor. That last bit has become increasingly handy lately, as I've repurposed that now-old iMac as a monitor and server. Here are some tips, tricks, and lessons if you'd like to do the same! Using an iMac As a Monitor I've known … [Read more...] about Repurposing an Older iMac As a Monitor and Server

How To Assign Keyboard Shortcuts To AppleScript and Automator Actions

August 9, 2010 By Stephen 12 Comments

Last week, I posted a piece about How To Automate “Get/Send Clipboard” in Mac OS X Screen Sharing. In that article, I advocated using the Mac's Speech Recognition to launch the AppleScript commands from any application (except Screen Sharing itself). But what if you don't want to talk to your computer? Here's a method of launching AppleScript or any other Automator action using … [Read more...] about How To Assign Keyboard Shortcuts To AppleScript and Automator Actions

How To Automate “Get/Send Clipboard” in Mac OS X Screen Sharing

August 6, 2010 By Stephen 1 Comment

I'm a heavy user of Screen Sharing in Mac OS X. When I'm in the office, I sit at a workstation with my trusty IBM Model M keyboard, 27" iMac, Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical and Apple Magic Trackpad. Off to the side is my mobile environment, the MacBook Pro, open and running, with its display mirrored in a Screen Sharing window on the iMac. At the desk, I do most of my work on … [Read more...] about How To Automate “Get/Send Clipboard” in Mac OS X Screen Sharing

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