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I have been using this tool for the past 6 months or more and I just don't know why I have never blogged about it before. Any ways, most of us have a Windows machine here or there and we always need to quickly do something with it or even if you have a windows server and you need to connect too to perform certain tasks, this is the tool for you.

This solution driven by Microsoft from the same guys that brought Office for Mac. This Remote desktop connection is quit stable but it has some flaws like not being able to drag files into your remote machine and vice versa.

Just when I thought I was running out of idea's to blog about I find out that Apple released Safari 3.1.2. This is basically focused on bug fixes and to be frank since Safari 3 came out, I only managed to crash my browser couple times or maybe less. Its incredibly stable so am not sure what bugs they are trying to fix

Its late here & I already spent the last 1 hour trying to create this screen cast. It didn't turn out very good but I just didn't want to feel like I wasted all this time for nothing so I just went on with the upload. Today am trying to demonstrate how you can split a file, any type of files into parts and then join the parts together to form the file again.

This demo doesn't require any additional tools, you can do everything from your own Mac, you will only need to use your Terminal (Applications/Utilities) for that. This practice is very useful if you are planning to send a large file to someone, you could also cut a large file into pieces to store it in multiple disks..etc

The screen cast I uploaded into youtube is not very clear specially when the cursor in the Terminal. so, its hard to tell what exactly i was typing which is why It didn't turn out very good.

First, locate a file you want to split and place it into a folder let's say in your desktop and let's assume the folder name is "Files". Then, open up your Terminal and browse to the folder you created on your desktop

 
cd Desktop
cd Files
 

Now, you can run the command

 
split -b 50m filename.avi
 

Where 50m stand for 50MB for each part. If the file size is 300MB its will generate 6 files each will be 50MB, you can set 25m and its will generate 12 files each 25MB and so on. Keep in mind the original file will not be effected by this command. The command will generate files with unique naming sequence so they won't overwrite on another. Now, let's say you want to put the parts together and form a file.

 
cat xaa xab xac xad xae xaf > JoinedFiles.avi
 

or

 
cat x* > JoinedFiles.avi
 

I guess that's it for tonight, have a great weekend every one and feel free to put your questions or comments.

Good night Mac lovers'

Update: The same logic can be used on a linux based machines, look at the here for the same entry on KwtLinux.

I just got a notification from Apple that they will extend my membership at me.com for another 60 days. This is in additional to the one month extension that most subscribers got earlier when Apple made the switch from .Mac to Me.com.

How many of you want to cut and paste files in Finder? well, am sorry to say this but this option is not available. Unlike windows you can press control+x to cut the file and control+v to paste the file on a different destination. What am here to discuss is the alternative methods I found online for moving the file from one destination to another

1) You can use Expose while dragging. Begin the drag, hit F10, then you can drag to another Finder window running.
2) As you drag the file, hold it over a folder for a while, and it will spring open. You can hit the space bar while hovering over a folder to force it to spring immediately.
3) & Also remember by holding the Command (Apple) key while dragging the file, you are moving the files instead of coying it.
4) By holding ALT while dragging a file, you are copying the file instead of moving.
5) FileCutter is a small application that can be configured into your menu to allow to cut and paste files. I have not tried it yet but if there is anyone out there who tested, please let us know how it was.