Erica Sadun
erica at ericasadun.com
Erica Sadun | 3:35 pm | November 29, 2007 | Update, Test Requests, Applications, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
I’m close to releasing this version. Please test for stability and especially for text editing (renaming), etc, and leave feedback in the comments. VNotes is here. For iPhone only–unless you have a MicroMemo or other iPod recording accessory.
This version should fix/add:
Erica Sadun | 1:58 pm | | Bug Fixes, Test Requests, Update, Utilities, Software, iPhone
I’ve been working on XLaunch, trying to get it to load much quicker. I think I accomplished this–although it takes slightly longer to go into Reorder mode than it used to. Please test and leave feedback in the comments.
Erica Sadun | 1:34 pm | | Test Requests, Bug Fixes, Update, Software
I’m looking to test that UIctl 0.33 won’t be hurt by temporary files created by afp, specifically those that start with “:”. Test version is here.
Erica Sadun | 11:02 pm | November 28, 2007 | Bug Fixes, Test Requests, Bug Reports, Utilities, iPod touch, iPhone
New version of plutil ready to be tested. The new version lets you set boolean, string, integer and float values and should complain (rather than barf) when presented with a nonexistent file. The updated version is in the Erica Utilities folder. Please leave feedback in the comments. Thanks!!
Erica Sadun | 11:18 pm | November 26, 2007 | Bug Fixes, Test Requests, Bug Reports, Update, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
Please test for stability, for text editing (renaming), etc, and leave feedback in the comments. Thank you! Test version is here. For iPhone only–unless you have a MicroMemo or other iPod recording accessory.
This version should fix/add:
Erica Sadun | 10:59 am | November 25, 2007 | Open Discussion, Admin, Software
Programs do not arise fully formed from the ocean in the style of Aphrodite. I need testers and I’m having a very hard time getting software out of the door properly tested. I’m throwing myself at your mercy. How can I find some reliable testers who are willing to try software (both new and bugfixes) and give me feedback?
Erica Sadun | 10:56 am | | Macintosh, Bug Reports, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Erica Sadun | 10:34 am | | Hacks, Applications, Software, iPhone
So I was messing around with a bunch of undocumented SpringBoard preferences, when I bumped into one that lets you set a fake carrier. It’s called (surprise, surprise) SBFakeCarrier. Heh.Make it Mine allows you to set any short string (actually nearly any short string, it kind of balks with some punctuation) as your “carrier”. Launch, type some text, tap Set. The program quits, restarting SpringBoard, and when you unlock, your new “carrier” awaits.”Before taking your iPhone into the genius bar, make sure to use “reset”, which removes the preference from SpringBoard and resets you back to your defaults.
Erica Sadun | 10:22 am | | Update, Utilities, Software, iPhone
Another utility by request: alarms. This utility allows you to create and manage alarms from the command line. Use this utility to customize alarms, including to use any arbitrary path to audio files. Yes, you can record audio with VNotes and then use those recordings as alarm sounds. You can also control whether the alarm repeats, offers snooze, etc.
I am releasing this utility for iPhone only. It’s of limited use on the iPod touch but it does work there. If you want to create an iPod alarm, make sure to use the built-in alarm tones (there are 5 AIFFs in /Library/Alarms) and use the “alarm-system:Alarm1″ style path to access them.
Alarms is in the Erica Utilities for iPhone Folder. The iPhone utilities are now upgraded to version 0.08
USAGE:
alarms [options] alarm-number
alarms [options] hh mm
(Alarms use a 24 hour clock.)
You must restart SpringBoard after setting or updating alarms.
OPTIONS:
-h show this message and exit
-c show current alarm count
-l list details for alarm(s)
-s YN set snooze on (-s y) or off (-s n)
-a YN set active on (-a y) or off (-a n)
-r YN set repeat on (-r y) or off (-r n)
Repeating alarms are not reliable at this time.
-n name set the name for the alarm
-p soundpath set the path to the tone. Use “system:*tone*” for presets
-T list all system preset tones
-t num use system tone #num
-k kill alarm. Requires confirmation for mass delete
Erica Sadun | 10:09 am | | Update, Utilities, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
Plutil is part of the Erica Utilities 0.50. It mimics some of the behavior of the Apple standard plutil for OS X and adds new features (notably setting and retrieving key/value pairs) that the original does not. The latest version of plutil offers the following options:
plutil: [command_option] [other_options] file...Command options are (-l is the default): -h show this message and exit -l output a list of the properties -t create new property list(s) and exit -c fmt rewrite the property list in format fmt is one of xml1 binary1 -v key retrieve the value for key -s key set the value for key with the option given in -v (always outputs to xml) -r key removes the key/value pair for key -k list the top level property list keys