PC WEENIES
Tech Musings and Comics.
A webcomic and blog about technology, digital life, creative frustration, and the weird humor of living with machines.
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Make Alfred Use Ghostty Instead of Terminal.app
When it comes to macOS Launchers, I’m on Team Alfred. For me, it’s the Swiss Army knife of macOS utilities. Alfred does much more than launching applications. One of my favorite features is the ability to run a terminal command directly through its interface. By default, typing a terminal command within Alfred opens Apple’s Terminal.app…
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topgrade Unifies macOS app installations
This week, I discovered topgrade, an incredibly useful terminal utility for “upgrading all the things”. This nifty program will examine the software currently residing on your Mac, poll the Mac App Store, brew, and other installed package managers on your system, and install any software updates it finds. topgrade’s consolidated approach streamlines software upgrades down…
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usbtree Maps Your USB Connections Clearly
If you’ve ever been curious about the USB devices hanging off your Mac or Linux computer, usbtree might answer your questions. This useful terminal app (installed via brew) lists every USB device and hub connected to your computer. True to its name, usbtree presents everything as a tree, letting you follow each branch to see…