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So I know probably only like 4 people read this blog, but I’ve got a ton of google wave invites, and all my friends have ‘em already, so they’re just sitting there collecting dust. Anybody want one? Reply here or (DM me on twitter if you don’t want the whole world seeing your email address) if you’re still in need of an invite.
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Ticci from macstories is giving away a metric fuck-ton of apps. I own a lot of these, there is definitely some good stuff in there.
Earlier, I discussed how to control your torrents from a remote machine using Transmission, but for simply adding new torrents to Transmission, it turns out there’s an even simpler solution, using, yet again, Dropbox. (I swear, they aren’t paying me! I just really love this app!)
First create a folder where you’ll download new torrents you want added to your home server running Transmission. I called mine, um, Torrents.
Open up Transmission and go to Preferences and select Transfers. First, you want to make sure torrents are automatically added by checking “Start transfers when added” and either un-checking the “Display ‘adding transfer’ options window” or “Only when there are multiple files”, depending on if you still want this window to open up when you add files normally.
Now check the “Auto add” button and select the folder you created above.
As a side note, you should also ensure that the folder you are downloading these files *to* is outside of your Dropbox if you plan on downloading large files too big for your account.
Download your (totally legitimage and wholly legal) torrent file to the Torrents folder of your Dropbox on another computer.
Voila! Your torrent should now be downloading and ready for your enjoyment once you get home. If you’re interested in checking on it’s progress while you’re away, check out my earlier post detailing that.
So, I actually already have Transmission watching my Downloads folder so that things downloaded in a web browser automatically open as well. Unfortunately Transmission only allows you to watch one folder at a time. To get around this, I used the same trick I did in my iTunes/Dropbox watched folder tip. I set up a launch daemon to watch my Torrents folder inside Dropbox and move any torrent files to the Downloads folder, where they’ll be picked up by Transmission. You can download the script I made here.
So if you read my earlier posts about using 1Password in Windows using 1PasswordAnywhere and SSB’s, you’ll probably be psyched to learn there is now a way to get browser integration of those passwords in Google Chrome on Windows as well!
I recently read on the 1Password blog how to use a little feature initially meant for the iPhone to get your 1Password integration into Google Chrome on the mac. This is great for people who use Chrome on the mac, I usually just use Safari, so I figured it didn’t really apply to me.
But I do use Chrome on Windows pretty regulary, and then it occurred to me I could use this trick to get my passwords into Chrome on Windows as well!
Here’s the basic idea: 1Password can create a bookmarklet, which basically contains a whole database of all your logins in javascript, encrypted by a password of your choosing. This is how they allow you to login using Mobile Safari on the iPhone, since they can’t write a plugin for the iPhone’s browser.
Turns out though, this little bookmarklet is also compatible with Chrome! So you can just drag it over to your Chrome toolbar, and voila! So how do you get into Chrome on Windows then?
Time for another fantastic little syncing utility to add to your toolbox. Xmarks is great little bookmark syncing utility, compatible with IE, Firefox, Safari, and yes, even Chrome for windows. (You’ll need the latest beta of Chrome with extensions enabled to use it.) I use it to sync bookmarks across several computers and browsers.
Install Xmarks for Safari on the mac where you have 1Password installed. Also install the Xmarks Chrome extension on the Windows machine.
Follow the instructions here to create your bookmarklet. Now, instead of just dragging it to the Chrome toolbar, also drag it to Safari’s toolbar.
Sync Xmarks on the mac, and then on Chrome. You should now see your bookmarklet on your Windows version of Chrome. Go to a site with a saved login and give it a go!
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This app is worth every penny. A must-have for Mac users.