Tag Archives: file

Hidden Preference File

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Check your ~/Libarary/Preferences directory, do you have this hidden file? Continue reading →

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OS X: Incomplete and partial files

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Grey folders inaccessible from Finder? OSStatus error -43? Incomplete or partial folders? Here’s what I think is causing them and quite possibly what you can do about them. Continue reading →

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WordPress FTPS is not SFTP

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Is WordPress giving you server errors when you try to update or upload themes? Are your only two options FTP and FTPS (which is not SFTP)? Here’s how to fix that, make WordPress work with SSH, giving you an SSH2 option for updating. And it works. Continue reading →

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NTFS on OS X

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Trying to write to an NTFS volume on OS X, and all you find are third party packages and complicated config file manipulations asking you to reboot? Do this…. Continue reading →

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Error 0×80070057 (SOLVED)

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Copy File

An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this problem.

Error 0×80070057: The parameter is incorrect.

SOLVED! Continue reading →

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Hiding Image Files in TextMate

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Walt Stoneburner

Here’s how to hide JPG, PNG, and GIF files in your TextMate projects so bulk file operations go faster. Continue reading →

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OS X: Batch Rename from GUI

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Walt Stoneburner

This is the third time I’ve had to go hunting how to enable batch filename manipulations for OS X. Now I’m documenting it so I don’t have to hunt this down again. Continue reading →

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