Dustin Lau
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Just to add on to the post about hamachi, which I love and adore, you can also setup a script that will autolaunch a hamachi daemon on start up. This way you can access the machines remotely without someone having to start hamachi for you manually.
This is a tutorial for the process of doing that.
Obviously, this set of scripts requires that you’ve already installed both Hamachi and the tun/tap drivers.
To install the hamachi boot scripts, download this file:
https://freeasinbeer.com/hamachi-boot-macosx.tar.gzAnd then enter these commands in Terminal in the directory where you downloaded the file:
sudo cp hamachi-boot-macosx.tar.gz /Library/StartupItems
cd /Library/StartupItems
sudo tar zxvf hamachi-boot-macosx.tar.gz
sudo chown -R root:wheel hamachiThis should result in a directory
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/Containing the files
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/hamachi
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/hamachi_helper
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/hamachi_networks.conf
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/hamachi/READMENext edit the beginning of hamachi_helper to reflect which account you used to install Hamachi by replacing “hamachi_account” with the appropriate account name.
If you installed Hamachi as root, I believe the script will work if you set HAMACHI_OWNER=root and HAMACHI_DIR=/var/root/.hamachi. Thanks go to one of the users for providing the correct HAMACHI_DIR variable setting. I’d thank them directly but here at freeasinbeer.com we respect your right to enjoy software anonymously!
After hamachi_helper works, change hamachi_networks.conf to contain the names of the networks you would like to sign on to. One network name per line, as many lines as you want. As far as I know there is no hard limit.
This package is designed to be run by SystemStarter during the boot process. However, you can test it manually by entering commands of the form:
sudo SystemStarter start hamachi
sudo SystemStarter restart hamachi
sudo SystemStarter stop hamachi -
great call to automate the process, there\’s a lot of time you can save by using automator to program the keystrokes. I\’ve got a couple of articles detailing how complex the steps you program can be & how convenient and fast it can be.
https://www.luminoir.com/20090725/using-automator-with-fcp-to-automate-repetitive-steps-with-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsjRSHmJZLM
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I have this problem too.
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
AJA ControlPanel:Version: 6.0.3
Last Modified: 3/12/09 2:17 PM
Kind: Universal
Get Info String: 6.0.3 Copyright 2008 AJA Video, Inc.
Location: /Applications/AJA ControlPanel.app
Final Cut Pro:Version: 6.0.5
Last Modified: 3/12/09 11:21 AM
Kind: Universal
Get Info String: Final Cut Pro 6.0.5, Copyright © 2001-2008 Apple Inc.
Location: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app
QuickTime Player:Version: 7.6
Last Modified: 3/12/09 10:26 AM
Kind: Universal
Get Info String: 7.6, Copyright © 1989-2008 Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved
Location: /Applications/QuickTime Player.appI also get “Motion Patch failed to render” errors.
Those are normally resolved by restarting the application.Also, do you notice that rendering motion templates within FCP seems to be single threaded? I have Menu Meters installed and notice that whenever the motion template sections of the sequence are being rendered, there is only one core working while the rest flatline.
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Hi Martin,
unfortunately, this feature of automator is only available in Leopard. You can use applescript to run keyboard commands, but programming it is nowhere near as easy and requires some knowledge of applescript programming. -
There are a couple of ways to achieve this.
First of all, you need to build a workflow of the script that you want to execute.This won’t be easy because you want to make sure it runs regardless of the situation the computer you’re running it on is currently in.
The best test of this is to restart and see if it runs correctly from a fresh boot.
This might even mean including commands to start FCP, etc.Now the part you’re interested in is how to trigger the script remotely.
First of all you need to have remote access to the computer.
If you have a static IP, this is easier.
You only need to VNC, or login to your fileshare through your IP.However if you have a dynamically assigned IP, you can use a VPN or have your router forward your ip to a DNS for you to access. I recommend the VPN route, I use hamachix for this, it’s as easy as setting up an IM client.
You can trigger the script by creating a workflow that searches a folder on your hard disk for files of a specific name.
For example, you could share your documents folder and have the automator “Find Finder Items” action look for filenames that contain “Export”
If you login to your fileshare remotely and create a text file in that folder named Export, it’ll trigger the Automator workflow to run. Then it’s just a matter of placing the actions you want run, after the “Find Finder Items” action.
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In terms of hard disk cloning utilities, Carbon Copy Cloner, Super Duper and Clonetool Hatchery all get the job done.
Not a big fan of Time Machine since you can’t boot off it.
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You could probably use sharepoints to share specific folders and set permissions accordingly.
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essentially, it’s not complicated but you just need to be clear the exact steps required.
The hard part is that even your pauses are recorded, so you can’t take too long to think about the next step, or you’ll have to manually edit the pause duration after the record.
Also, you sometimes need to pause longer so the software can catch to the steps executed, eg. opening a complex sequence, moving from a single video layer section to one that has many layers, etc