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Matthew
I am testing out LocalSend to quickly send files between devices on my local network.

Installed with the .deb package on my Devuan workstation. Will try to install LocalSend on an older phone that has /e/ OS (privacy version of Android). Then will test sending photos I take on the phone to my workstation.

https://localsend.org/download?os=linux

#Linux #LocalSend #Devuan #debian

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Impossible Umbrella :donor: :tux: :vim:

I’ve been using #LocalSend for a while - and it’s a great “airdrop” like service for Linux - really useful for swapping files between machines, but also sharing with macOS, and phones too. I think it even supports Windows.

Via @linuxmagazine

linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025

Linux MagazineWireless File Sharing » Linux MagazineLocalSend lets you quickly and conveniently exchange data between devices on the same wireless network without the need for cables.
#linux
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Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈🇳🇴

I'm gonna list out my interests, and there's a ton of 'em. Classic autism move, getting obsessed with weird topics that stick with you forever.

Heads up, #Fediverse, you might lose it when I drop 100+ hashtags in one post. That's just how autism rolls I guess.

## Interests and Obsessions

Substances and Legalization:
#Drugs #LSD #Shrooms #Psychedelics #THC #Psilocybin

Tech and Privacy:
#Linux #Debian #QubesOS #GrapheneOS #GooglePixel #Auxio #AntennaPod #PGP #Obtainium #PeerTube #FreeTube #Privacy #Security #Thunderbird #CapyReader #RSS #AtomFeeds #NewPipe #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Openreads #Signal #LocalSend #ThinkPad #FreeSoftware #FSF #ElementaryOS #Elementary #PaldoLinux #GNOME #i3wm #Monero #Mullvad #iVPN #LinusTorvald #Fairphone #DivestOS #Tor #TailsOS #Whonix

Politics and Activism:
#AnarchoSyndicalism #Anarchism #Syndicalism #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #TransRights #HumanRights #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Organizing #GrassRoots #DirectAction #AntiCapitalism #FuckSpotify #Piracy #ThePirateBay #EdwardSnowden #Wikileaks #JulianAssange #MeredithWhittaker #RichardStallman #RightToRepair

Music and Artists:
#ZoëStraub #Bandcamp #ShadowOfIntent #Alestorm #AlisonSudol #CœurDePirate #RussianPop #YuliaSavicheva #SavichevaMusic #Music

Content Creators:
#DougDoug #DistroTube #MattRose #TheHatedOne #EricParker #The8BitGuy #BernadetteBanner #LynnSaga #LukeSmith #UndineAlmani #DarkViperAU

History and Tragic Events:
#NorthKorea #WW2 #ColdWar #KoreanWar #Unit731 #NuclearWeapons #USSR

Fashion and Identity:
#GenderFluidity #Dresses #Lingerie #Pins #Buttons #Statues

Culture and Media:
#Buddhism #Warframe #Moomin #Books #Joker2019 #SocialIssues #AlternativeSocialStructures

#Traveling and Destinations:
#Austria #Vienna #Salzburg #Idlib #Pyongyang #Moscow #Bergen

Miscellaneous:
#AntiReactionContentCreators #ReactionContentBad #Crying

Yeah, I know it's a lot. But that's the beauty of an autistic brain I guess, we go deep on what fascinates us.

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Vítor de Matos

What if you need to communicate between two pcs? #localsend!!! localsend.org/pt-PT Usecase one: you are configuring two machines and need to send a .deb or .appImage or even a gtk or kvantum theme; if the machines are on the same network just open #localsend and get the job done! Usecase two: you need to communicate with a collegue that's on the other room; just send the text, clipboard, file or even folder in real time without the need to use any server! Quick, safe and peasy-peasy!

localsend.orgLocalSend: Partilhe ficheiros para dispositivos próximosO LocalSend é uma ferramenta de partilha de ficheiros gratuita, de código aberto e multiplataforma que lhe permite partilhar ficheiros com dispositivos próximos.
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Cliff

A Few Of The MacOS Apps That I Really Like

A few weeks ago I went to the Apple Store at Friendly Center in Greensboro, NC to pick up my M4 Mac Mini. This would be my first official use of MacOS on any kind of a regular basis. Needless to say, I would have a lot of learning to do, especially with regards to apps that would be useful and help make my experience the best it can be.

Now that it’s been a few weeks, I figured I’d jot down some of the apps that I have discovered and started using in my short journey so far. Hopefully by listing these apps others will find them useful or discover something that might make their experience that much easier or more enjoyable.

Ice Menu Bar

Ice is a powerful menu bar management tool. While its primary function is hiding and showing menu bar items, it aims to cover a wide variety of additional features to make it one of the most versatile menu bar tools available. Some of the features of Ice Menu Bar include.

It doesn’t take long at all to start getting a ton of icons on the menu bar at the top of the screen as I quickly realized. My OCD hated this, so I needed something to make my life better, and Ice Menu Bar was just the app. So many features and options to hide icons, show hidden icons and so much more.

  • Show hidden menu bar items below the menu bar
  • Drag-and-drop interface to arrange menu bar items
  • Customize the menu bar’s appearance
  • Menu bar item search
  • Custom menu bar item spacing
  • … and much more!

Lickable Menu Bar

Lickable Menu Bar – the app that brings back classic menu bar styles to your Mac. If you miss the beautiful menu bars of previous macOS versions, this is the app for you. Lickable Menu Bar offers three predefined styles to choose from.

The MacOS menu bar isn’t the best looking, nor is it very configurable by default. Lickable Menu Bar makes it look considerably better and works very well with Ice Menu Bar mentioned above.

  • Matte, reminiscent of the menu bar in Mac OS X Mavericks
  • Flat, similar to the menu bar in macOS Catalina
  • Glossy, like the menu bar in Mac OS X Tiger

Alt-Tab

AltTab is an app that gives you a much nicer and more configurable window switcher with MacOS. The default that the system uses is pretty boring, but AltTab makes it much more tolerable and has extra features.

I am so used to use AltTab to switch windows as I’ve been doing it for years. The MacOS built-in system is decently ok, but it’s not that nice looking so AltTab provides me with a better looking solution that also has quite a few features to make it that much better.

  • Switch focus to any window
  • Minimize, close, fullscreen any window; Hide, quit any app
  • Customize AltTab appearance (pick one of 3 styles, then customize further)
  • Custom trigger shortcuts with almost any keys
  • Blacklist apps you don’t want to list or trigger AltTab from
  • Light and Dark Appearance
  • Drag-and-drop things on top of window thumbnails
  • Accessibility: VoiceOver, sticky keys, reduced transparency, etc

CleanShot X

CleanShot is the ultimate screen recording app made for macOS. With its rich toolkit, CleanShot actually feels like 6 apps in one. You can use it to swiftly capture Mac’s screen without desktop icons, record and trim video, annotate, save screenshots to dedicated cloud, and more.

I take a LOT of screenshots for various things, so having a tool that is quick and easy to use is important. Cleanshot X is just that, but so much more. All of the screenshots included in this article were taken and edited with Cleanshot X.

  • Hide desktop icons
  • Annotate
  • Background tool
  • Quick access overlay
  • Screenshots and screen recording
  • Cleanshot Cloud save

LocalSend

LocalSend is exactly what it likely sounds like it is, an app that allows you to share files locally to your various devices and to do so with ease. It’s available not only for MacOS, but for Windows, iOS, Linux and Android.

I use LocalSend for sharing files, mostly photos, directly from my iPhone 16 Pro Max to my Windows and MacOS devices. This helps me post them easier on social media or do other things that I might need or want to do.

I wrote a full review of LocalSend a while back here on the SeerOfSouls blog that you can view here: LocalSend: A Fast, Secure Way To Transfer Files Between Devices.

Final Thoughts

The list of apps above are just a few of the apps I’ve discovered in the first few weeks of fully switching to MacOS. There are many others and I’ll be writing about those in the future. The ones I’ve chosen to list here are the ones that I am currently using the most and that make my switch from Windows to MacOS much easier and smoother.

I’d certainly love for you to list any and all MacOS apps that you enjoy or find useful in your daily routine. I’m sure there are many that y’all use that I too would or could find useful and beneficial for the things I do.

#AltTab#Apple#Apps
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voltooidverledentijd

Fetch Apple iPhone photos to your Linux computer (1)

Let’s imagine you have a visitor which is not very familiar with computers and phones but wants to share their 1 Gigabytes of photos with you on their Apple iPhone.

You probably know that until recently Apple was about incompatible as possible when it comes to software and hardware. For example, if you work in an office and your iPhone battery is almost empty then in the last few decades none of the Android phone chargers would rescue you. In the future Apple will iirc have to adjust and allow USB-C connections.

In this blog post I will focus on LocalSend because I believe it is an elegant solution

for all kind of operating systems and it is not super difficult.

For example, with Linux you can also go for the tools of libimobiledevice project

but this is not only more difficult but it can be very confusing. Because if you use libimobiledevice to mount the iPhone and you think you will quickly copy photos across and then delete a few hundreds photos via the mount point you will be in for a surprise.

libimobiledevice can only copy from the phone and it cannot delete photos from the phone although it will not complain about the latter.

So, without further ado and without further delays let’s check out the wonderful LocalSend application :

  1. Install LocalSend on the phone and on your Linux computer.
  2. Make sure you are on the same WiFi network without client isolation on (this can be the case if you have a Guest WiFi network option).
  3. On your Linux laptop open port 53317 for incoming traffic.
  4. Start the LocalSend app on both phone and your Linux computer.
  5. At the Linux computer click the Receive button
  6. On the phone select which images you’d like to send.
  7. On the Linux computer when the phone has been discovered, click on the nickname of the phone to receive the photos which in my case were downloaded in the ~/Downloads folder.

Alternatives ? KDEConnect or the GNOME counterpart of KDEConnect is also available for Linux, Android, Apple iOS and more.

Part 2 will be about how to convert the photos from HEIC to png or jpg format.

localsend.orgLocalSend: Share files to nearby devicesLocalSend is a free, open-source, cross-platform file sharing tool that allows you to share files to nearby devices.
#KDEConnect#linux#LocalSend
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