10.6: Set Printer Presets from the Terminal

If you want to set the printer preset from the terminal in 10.6 (or from an AppleScript via a 'do shell script' command), it's different than how it's done in previous versions of OS X.


Assuming you have a printer called 'Copy Room Printer' and a preset called 'double-sided, stapled,' you would run the following two commands:

 defaults write com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.Copy_Room_Printer com.apple.print.lastPresetPref 'double-sided, stapled'  defaults write com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.Copy_Room_Printer com.apple.print.lastPresetPrefType 3 

Just set the parameters to match your own needs.

[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. If this works in Lion or you find an equivalent, please post it in the comments.]

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Google in 'good position' on Android, hints Moto Google TV

Google during the call for its buyout of Motorola hinted that it was confident about its ability to defend Android against patent complaints. The company declined to talk about its exact strategy but said it was now in a "very good position" to protect the entire ecosystem. The $12.5 billion deal gives it access to 17,000 existing and 7,500 in-progress patents, giving it more clout than if it had bought the collective Novell and Nortel patents....

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How Bad Is News Corp.?

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?Gentlemen, You Can?t Fight in Here! This Is the War Room!?

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Benefits of Develop menu on Safari 5

There are a few websites that look ugly in any browser (Lifehacker, Gizmodo, etc). But, they look better on iOS devices.


Safari 5 has the ability to pose as another browser. That way you can get the iOS view on Safari on your Mac.

First, open Safari and go to the Preferences, move to Advanced. At the bottom of the tab there is a check box for 'Show Develop menu in menu bar.'

Once that s activated you'll see the menu. Go there and move to User Agent and select any iOS device. Now you can browse to whichever website you know looks better on iOS format.

[crarko adds: We've talked about the Develop menu before, but it's an interesting tidbit to find site that look better in iOS. I'm guessing it's the lack of Flash.]

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Apple's Bud Tribble to Testify in Senate Hearing on Mobile Privacy

As noted by All Things Digital, the U.S. Senate has posted a hearing notice for a Judiciary Committee meeting on mobile privacy scheduled for May 10th at 10:00 AM in Washington, DC. According to the witn...

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/06/apples-bud-tribble-to-testify-in-senate-hearing-on-mobile-privacy/

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TUAW's Daily iOS App: Enduro

Enduro is an old Atari game that's now on the App Store, and it's available as a universal version for iPhone or iPad. Personally, I don't really remember this one (it's a racing game that's similar to Pole Position, though the big innovation was that you could race through different environments like fog or snow), but bigger Atari fans than myself might be excited to see that it's now playable on iOS.

The reason why Enduro is interesting, however, is that, as Touch Arcade reports, it's an unsanctioned port. Atari has already released several games for the iPhone, and those are all officially sponsored, presumably giving a little bit of money back to the original creators (or in most cases, whoever owns the rights to them). But for Enduro, developer Nemo has strangely been able to publish the app without the official rights to the software -- it's a completely unofficial port.

At any rate, the game's currently available on the App Store for US$0.99. If you want to play it, you better pick it up fast. Nemo could actually go get the rights to the game to publish it -- that's exactly what the folks behind the Commodore 64 app did, and that app is now official and approved. But there may be some rough waters ahead for this one if the original Enduro IP owners get word of Nemo's app.

TUAW's Daily iOS App: Enduro originally appeared on TUAW on Fri, 06 May 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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