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Batch Zip and Rename – I love the Terminal!
Today I needed to compress numerous (around 25) directories into individual archives (in this case, zip’s) and then rename them with a different extension (in this case ‘cbz’). This would have been extremely painful to do manually… I mean, right click a directory — one at a time — then left click “compress” (or zip, depending on the context menu)… and I’m not even going to go into renaming (there are at least 3 ways to manually rename a file, and I don’t want to describe them now. If you care to know just ask).
So what did I do? Did I really bother with all of that nonsense?! NO WAY! I have no patience for that!
Here’s the easy
How to speed up a slow iPhone OS 4.0 upgrade.
How to speed up a slow iPhone backup (via OS X Daily)
I recently tried to update my iPhone to version 4.0 but the backup process of the update was taking FOREVER!
I assumed that the only way to speed it up was to clear out any non-vital data, such as text messages, pics, and etc. I backed up my pics to my Mac using iPhoto and deleted them form the iPhone once done. I deleted all text messages, old voicemails, and removed a bunch of apps i never use and don’t really want/need. Then I shut it down and back on again and put it in airplane mode.
Now the backup portion of the update seems to be going