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How to synchronize files and directories from one location to another on Unix

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

Although tar can be used to synchronize/copy files/directories from one location to another (i.e. “tar -cf – -C srcdir . | tar -xpf – -C destdir”), it is really an archive tool and does not do the job as well as rsync. rsync does not have to go through the ar...

filesystem
rsync
tar

Squeeze More Life Out of Your Battery

Printers, Monitors, and Other Hardware

YouTube Video – Maximize Battery Life VideoBefore You Buy Check the specs for battery life but also read actual user reviews for a reality check. Specs often read something like “up to X – X hours.” The “up to” covers a lot of ground. “Up to” is standard ad...

battery
enhance
improve
laptops
performance
power

Installing the Online Resource Center RAPID system

UCLA Tech Resources

The Online Resource Center’s RAPID Smart Closeout Tool is available for download here. The ZIP file includes installation instructions.

ORC
Online Resource Center
RAPID
Smart Closeout Tool

How do I delete a page from the KB?

About This Knowledge Base

If you are logged in, you should be able to delete any pages you have written. For other pages, please do not change the title or the content, but add TO BE DELETED as a tag and to the top of the page, with an explanation if necessary. That way it’s easy to se...

Knowledge Base

Why Do Microsoft Products Create Those Temp Files? Everything You Wanted to Know . . .

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

See KB Article ID: 211632This article explains when, where, and how Microsoft Word for Windows creates temporary files. See also KB Article ID: 316951 about *.asd and AutoRecover files. Definition of a temporary file A temporary file is a file that is create...

Microsoft temp files backup

Enterprise Messaging Exchange settings

Email

Server address: em1.ad.ucla.edu, em2.ad.ucla.edu If you dont know which mail server the account is on use em1.ad.ucla.edu and it will resolve to the correct server.Use Cached Exchange Mode.Domain is ad. When prompted for username enter ad\yourusernameFull li...

EM
Enterprise Messaging
Exchange

iPad Apps

Mobile Devices

Weather/NewsAccuWeather – detailed current conditions, 15 day forecast, hourly weather updates – .99 centsNOAA Now – aggregate feeds from NOAAIntellicast HD – leading edge meteorological content and applied best in class user interfaceMyRadar – fastest, easies...

business continuity
iPad

Mac OS Applications folder slow to load / populate

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

As mentioned in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2730568?start=0&tstart=0, either deleted or rename the .DS_Store file in Applications.mv /Applications/.DS_Store /Applications/.DSStoreoldThe app list should populate much faster on the next folder brows...

"mac os applications"
applications folder slow

Travel Express and Java

Applications/Software

As of May 20, 2011 Travel Express or at least the System Administration Tool/Geac 6.5 Expense Managment only runs on Java versions 6 Update 15 and lower. Older versions of the Java Runtime Environment can be downloaded here.

Express
Geac 6.5 Expense Managment
System Administration Tool
Travel Express
Java

More Than You Want to Know About Watts and Amps

Useful Links

Learn more than you really want to know about the differences between watts and VA and how to use the terms correctly.More than you want to know about watts and volt-amps

Watts Volt-Amps

Disable Outlook 2007 RSS Feeds

Email Outlook

If you do not want to use Outlook 2007 for your feed reader or aggregator, here is how to remove this feature from Outlook: Click Tools Click Options Select Other tab Click Advanced Options Uncheck Sync RSS feeds to the Common Feed List Click OK.

Outlook 2007
RSS

I’m looking for a database program to keep track of my contacts, meetings, and to be a “tickler” system to remind me of various due dates

Applications/Software

Outlook is pretty good. :) Actually, I’ve not seen anything that I like better than Outlook (in an Exchange environment). And it syncs to just about every device. I’d love to hear of something better at task management though!hmm…that’s a thought. Simple and ...

Access
contacts
Bento
Evernote
iPad
task management

Automatically Delay Messages When Sending in Microsoft Outlook

Email Outlook

Automatically Delay Messages when sending in Microsoft Outlook(client-only rule).You can automatically delay messages when using Outlook by creating a rule using the following method. For a more detailed explanation seeDelay Messages in Outlook1.On the Tools ...

delay email
Outlook

Crashplan Backup and Restore

Applications/Software

Crashplan Backup Guide17 May 2011, v0.1Brian J. Won – brian@ssc.ucla.eduUsing Crashplan 3.03, Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1For local backup on to an external harddisk directly connected to the user’s computer.Backup:After downloading and installing Crashplan fr...

Amazon S3
backup
carbonite
crashplan
mozy
restore
S3
smartware
system restore
Windows 7

Ricoh printer/copier setup for older models not supported in OS X 10.6

MacOS, Windows, and Linux OS X Snow Leopard

There is (as of this writing) a large user base of older model Ricoh MFPs (copier/scanner/fax) installed that do not have an OS X 10.6 driver from Ricoh. This includes the Ricoh Aficio MP 8000.The researched solution is to use the open-source pxlmono driver se...

10.6
OS X
printer
copier
mfp
pxlmono
Ricoh
user code
usercode

HTML to Wiki Converter

Useful Links

A fast tool for converting HTML into wiki markup.http://toolserver.org/~diberri/cgi-bin/html2wiki/index.cgiUseful for converting wysiwyg html output into markup formats of different wikis, including MediaWiki and Confluence.

HTML
MediaWiki
wiki

Tools for managing multiple passwords

Applications/Software

Passwords should not be stored in cleartextLocal 1Password – https://agilebits.com/onepassword IronKey – https://www.ironkey.com/news/verisign-ironkey-otp-password-service KeyPass – http://keepass.info/ PasswordSafe – http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/-Hoste...

1Password
2FA
Google Authenticator
ironkey
LastPass
PasswordSafe
security
YubiKey

UC Ready

UCLA Tech Resources

UC Ready is a UC-wide Business Continuity Planning (BCP) tool. Originally created at Berkeley, the software is now being adopted by all UC campuses. UCLA BCP – https://www.irm.ucla.edu/uc-ready (UC Ready Flyer) Campus business continuity guidance available he...

BCP
business continuity
dr
kuali
planning
security