How to install Android SDK in Eclipse on Mac

1. Go to the Top menu and chose Help / Install New Software... you will see something like this:

2. As you can see you have to enter Name for the plugin (e.g. Android plugin) and the URL where it is located https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse

3. Press OK. (If you will do it for the first time you will be able to click OK).

4. Then just follow the instruction of plugin installation process.

Check this link for more details http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/developer/android-sdk-install-guide/

Debug: how to configure on Mac Eclipse Step Filter to only step through Java code that you've written

If you want to configure Eclipse debugging step filter to only step through Java code that you've written do this (on Mac):

1. Open Preferences window in IDE top menu: Eclipse / Preferences

2. Open Step Filtering settings in Preferences window: Java / Debug / Step Filtering

3. Check packages you want to skip during debugging: 

iPhone simulator - my spring animation test of flying dove

iMovie Tutorial (RUS) - добавление музыки в фильм

iMovie Tutorial (RUS) - фотографии в такт музыки

iMovie Tutorial (RUS) - изменение скорости клипа

How it's made: old battery of MacBook Pro 15" (RUS)

iMovie Tutoria (RUS) - делаем аудио из видео

iMovie Tutorial (RUS) - уроки со звуковыми дорожками

How to open a file in command line on Mac OSX Terminal application

If you want to open some file/application do this in Terminal cli:

MBPro-2:tools apple$ open android

where "open" is the command in command line
and "android" is some application (in this case I use android application from Android SDK/tool)

For full reference of command for Terminal in Mac OSX see check this link.

How to Stop Jenkins on Mac OSX localhost

If you need to stop Jenkins on your Mac OSX do execute this command in your Terminal:

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist

If in case you want to again have your jenkins started.. just use the reverse of the above

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist

See more references on this topic here.

How to Change MAC address on Mac OSX

If you want to change the MAC address of your Mac do this in Terminal:

1. Check the current MAC address of your Mac:
ifconfig en0 |grep ether

2. Generate new random MAC address:
openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'


3. Change MAC address of your Mac:
sudo ifconfig en0 ether d4:33:a3:ed:f2:12 (it is just example)


4. Check the changes:
ifconfig en0 |grep ether

Mac OSX hints resources

Here are the resources of many hints you would to know about your Mac:

macosxhints.com
macworld.com
http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/utilities-roundups/40-super-secret-os-x-lion-features-and-shortcuts/
http://computerlearnhow.com/list-of-97-mac-os-x-keyboard-shortcuts
Useful utility CheatSheet: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cheatsheet/id529456740?mt=12

Mac OSX Central Update Manager Alternative

There is no Central Update Manager on Mac as it is on Linux. If you want something like that you can use 3rd party application AppFresh as its alternative. It will update 99% of your soft.
Download AppFresh here http://osx.iusethis.com/app/appfresh

How to use AppleScript menu lets

Check this link if you want to know about how to use AppleScript menulets, http://www.geekymac.com/?p=216
I'm going to add some comments later on this subject.

How to extract *.tgz archives on Mac

If you need make archive *.tgz etc use a good wrapper archiver application for Mac - GUI Tar. It could execute complicated UNIX operations of Extracting and Compressing files.

Here is the link for download http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14503/gui-tar

How to restart network service on Mac without reboot

If your network connection got some failure
(for instance VPN does not work) do this command in CML (Terminal):

Choice #1
sudo killall racoon

Choice #2

launchctl stop com.apple.racoon

launchctl start com.apple.racoon