#GEEKTOOL MAC FOR MAC#

#GEEKTOOL MAC FOR MAC#

From a cursory view, I see two main platforms for Mac users: GeekTool and Ubersicht. usr/local/bin/twitterbuddy -u macosxtips -p ******** -n 5 -t Tweetsįor help setting up GeekTool and formatting your output, check out the iCal on the Desktop tip, as everything is the same. GeekTool - Customize Your Mac Desktop r/ GeekTool Hot New Top 2 Posted by 11 days ago Ubersicht Or/And GeekTool Hello lovelies I am new to this whole desktop editing thing and would love some perspective from those more experienced. As with iCalBuddy, the only subtlety is that you have to use the full path, as shown below: After perfecting your settings in Terminal, adding the command to GeekTool is easy. This should bring up the following list of options:Īs you can see, typing twitterbuddy -u yourusername -p yourpassword -n 5 -t Tweets will display the last 5 tweets you have received, with the title “Tweets”. To test it works, open up a new Terminal window and type in twitterbuddy -h. Once you have downloaded twitterbuddy, double-click the mand file to install it.

Getting this onto your desktop is pretty much the same process as with iCalBuddy. Inspired by iCalBuddy, he has written a similar command line utility called twitterbuddy that instead displays the latest tweets by the people you follow. It has loads of user-contributed Geeklets all in one place for you to download.Īs reported in TUAW yesterday, a reader named Ben G saw my recent tip for displaying iCal events and to do items on the desktop and took it one step further. If you are looking for more Geektool scripts then check out the Mac OS X Tips Geeklets site.

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