HEIC is a high-quality, low-file-size format used by the iPhone camera. While you can set your iPhone to shoot in JPEG instead, in many cases, it doesn’t really matter what format you use.However, when you start sharing images or saving them to your Mac for future use, you might want them in a more common format. And though HEIC is becoming more and more prevalent, it doesn’t have anywhere near the universal support and compatibility that you get from the JPEG format.Fortunately, it’s easy to convert them.

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The default font size in the Linux terminal can seem small. If you have eye problems like me, you need to focus hard to read the text. Worry not because there are some tricks that let you zoom the Linux terminal so that you can see and read everything without any hardship.Even without eye problems, this zooming trick is useful for other cases.

For example, if you’re presenting to a large audience in a room, people in the back will find it difficult to see what you’re doing on the terminal. Zooming it to an appropriate size solves that problem.

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Sometimes it’s useful to make sure a Bash shell script doesn’t run too frequently. Here’s a neat way to set a time limit that must expire before the script can run again.

Depending on what it’s doing and which other processes it may launch, a Bash script can consume as much RAM and CPU time as any other resource-hungry process. It can be useful to limit how frequently such a script can be launched.Enforcing a period of respite between each run of a heavyweight script stops it from hogging resources. Computationally expensive scripts can monopolize computers to the point where other users experience a drop in performance.

In extreme cases, if the script causes a lot of disk churn, for example, it can even hasten the demise of your hardware.Of course, engineering a scheme that limits how soon you can relaunch a script adds code to your script, and gives it one more thing to do. That might sound counterproductive, but if the checks are lightweight and fast, their tiny overheads are far outweighed by their resource savings.

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The robocopy (robust file and folder copy) is a command line tool available in Windows that copies files from one place to another. It can copy between directories on the same drive, or between devices like USB sticks and portable disks, and to network locations.

When to Use the Robocopy Command

The robocopy command is perfect for automating your workflows. If you regularly have to copy files between the same locations, you can set up a script to do it all for you rather than having to perform the task manually.It’s particularly useful for performing backup tasks, with the added advantage that you won’t have to remember to perform the backup, improving the reliability of your backup practices. You can use robocopy to regularly back up your files to an external drive, or to cloud storage.

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OneNote is one of the best digital notebooks on the market, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. It’s prone to disruptive bugs, including some that cause your notes to seemingly disappear.

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Internet speed test websites are often bogged down with ads, slowing down your system. Fortunately, Ookla offers a lightweight Command Line Interface (CLI) version of its speed test so you can test your internet speed without the overhead of a web browser.

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As part of Microsoft’s July 2024 update, the tech firm has announced improvements and updates for Copilot for Microsoft Outlook that make it easier for people to draft and manage their emails.

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If you regularly deal with remote volumes like a web server, you can get tired of interacting purely using a command line. Fortunately, you can use SSH functionality to mount a remote instance volume on your Mac and interact with it using Finder as if it were a local volume.

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