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Faster Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Upgrades for Developers – Jim Lindley

#osx #tips #yosemite | Your Yosemite upgrade may take many hours if you’ve got anything non-Apple in your /usr folder (Homebrew, Texlive, or Mactex for example). If you got here by googling for “Yosemite install stuck” or “one minute remaining” it’s too late to speed it up… but don’t turn off your computer, let it finish.

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Send text, files from Mac to iOS via Messages

#blogit #ios #messages #osx #tips | This seems terribly obvious, but I hadn't considered it. Sending a URL, text snippet or image to your iPhone doesn't require any special apps...

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Find out what's keeping your Mac awake

#blogit #osx #tips | Good tip for those annoying times when your Mac just won't sleep and you can't figure out why.

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osx - Please share your hidden OS X features or tips and tricks - Ask Different

#blogit #osx #snafu #tips #tricks | Sent to me by [Alex Krivov](https://twitter.com/alexkrivov/status/352063123873730561), this is a huge compilation of some of OS X's lesser-known features. When you look at it all together, you realize the time and attention to detail that has gone into the operating system. My favorite among the ones I wasn't already familiar with: typing Control-Delete right after an accented character will remove just the accent. Useless to me in most cases, but again, attention to detail.

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