Get a list of Google Photo Folder Names

Go to https://photos.google.com and run from the browser console

Remove the quotes around the resulting string and import as a spreadsheet separated by tabs.

Refer: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/90614/how-can-i-get-a-list-of-albums-in-google-photos

List of Folder Names

var links = document.getElementsByTagName('A'); 
var s = ''; 
for (var i = 0; i< links.length; i++) {
 if (/\b(album|share)\b/.test(links[i].href)) {
 var albumName = links[i].children[1].children[0].innerText;
 s = s + albumName + '\t' + links[i].href + '\n';
 }
}

List of Shared Albums

var links = document.getElementsByTagName('A'); 
var s = ''; 
for (var i = 0; i< links.length; i++) {
 if (/\b(album|share)\b/.test(links[i].href)) {
 s = s + links[i].innerText + '\t' + links[i].href + '\n';
 }
}

 

Backup iTunes to an External Drive

How to move your iPhone ... PDF

Refer: https://lifehacker.com/back-up-your-iphone-to-an-external-hard-drive-with-a-te-1762962368

Original Location of Files
/Users/mruckman/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

Location on External Drive
/Volumes/Passport/ios_backup

Using Home Passport External Drive

ln -s /Volumes/Passport/ios_backup /Users/mruckman/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

Using Work WD Elements External Drive

ln -s /Volumes/Elements/ios_backup /Users/mruckman/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

Installing Handbrake Ubuntu 14.04

Refer: https://launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/ubuntu/handbrake-releases

From a terminal do the following three steps, Had to do step one to purge, logout and finish the other two steps

Remove any old versions:
$ sudo apt-get purge handbrake # remove any old versions

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

The command line interface:
$ sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli

/media/Cavalry2T/DVD's/Joseph

Install QDirStat Directory Usage Utility

Install the following package:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/qdirstat
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install qdirstat

Refer: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-analyze-your-disk-usage-pattern-in-linux/

Remove / Uninstall VirtualBox from Ubuntu

Refer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/703746/how-to-completely-remove-virtualbox

$ sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox

Run these commands to delete all virtual machines and settings and Virtual Hard Drives:

$ sudo rm ~/"VirtualBox VMs" -Rf
$ sudo rm ~/.config/VirtualBox/ -Rf

If you want to install it again. Run this command:
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Turn off auto-update check for Sublime

Watch for IP Used to Contact Sublime

$ sudo netstat -nputwc | grep subl

Example Output:
tcp 0 0 10.211.55.6:46296 45.55.255.55:80 ESTABLISHED 337/sublime_text
tcp 0 0 10.211.55.6:46296 45.55.255.55:80 ESTABLISHED 337/sublime_text

Block with iptables
$ sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -j DROP -d 45.55.255.55

List your iptables
$ sudo iptables -S

Older Methods No Longer Work

Refer:  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35269327/how-to-disable-new-version-notifications/35269421

go to Preferences -> Settings-User and add there: "update_check": false

EDIT :
If it's not working then add this line 127.0.0.1 www.sublimetext.com in your host file

File Location
Windows : c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
Linux : /etc/hosts

Install VMWare on Ubuntu / Linux Lite

Refer: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/10/install-vmware-player-ubuntu-14-10/

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

1. Open file browser and navigate to Downloads folder.
2. Right-click on the VMware Player package and select Properties.
3. Under Permissions tab, check the box that says “allow executing file as program”

cd /home/mruckman/Downloads/
sudo ./VMware-Player-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle

Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu

Refer: https://appuals.com/install-virtualbox-ubuntu-16-04/

Get Latest Version of VirtualBox
Refer: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
sudo apt-get install libqt5x11extras5 libsdl1.2debian libsdl-ttf2.0-0
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.2_5.2.2-119230~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f