Tag Archives: macosx

Homebrew Package Update Notifications via Growl

Over the weekend, I finally upgraded my system to Mac OS Lion. I also took the opportunity to do a completely fresh install of my system, doing a final TimeMachine backup before erasing the hard drive and then installing Lion … Continue reading

World Backup Day: How I Backup

Today was World Backup Day, and, in the footsteps of Ars, decided I’d detail my current backup strategy. I first started backing up regularly after an incident back in college. One day the hard drive in my laptop began making … Continue reading

MacPort Package Update Notifications via Growl

I wrote a quick little script this morning to notify myself of updates to MacPorts via the Mac OS X notification app Growl.  The script is a bash script that is designed to run as root from a cronjob (as … Continue reading