Mac OSX Productivity Tips for Developers

These are the slides that accompany the Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund video series produced in association with O'Reilly Media at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/110000007.do

The reference repository for this video series is at https://github.com/matthewmccullough/MacOSXProductivityTips/

Transcript

1. Developer Productivity Tips for Mac
   with Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund
   

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3. a more productive
   developer
   

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4. language-agnostic
   

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5. trial and error and trial and
   success
   

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6. UNIX roots
   

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7. The Platform
   ✓POSIX compliant
   ✓Ruby, Bash, and Zsh scripts work out of the box
   ✓Application-imposed common shortcuts
   

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8. Keyboard hacks
   

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9. expand
   snippets system-wide
   

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13. customize
    shortcuts system-
    wide
    

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15. emacs
    hotkeys system-wide
    

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16. ⌃+a
    Go to beginning of line
    ⌃+e
    Go to end of line
    

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17. ⌃+u
    Delete from cursor to beginning of line
    ⌃+k
    Delete from cursor to end of line
    

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18. ⌃+w
    Erase word to left
    ⌃+t
    Transpose characters around cursor
    

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19. ⌥⌃+f
    Move forward a word
    ⌥⌃+b
    Move backwards a word
    

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20. modifier
    Keys
    

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22. Safari keyboard
    Link
    Selection
    

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24. Terminal tips
    

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25. iTerm 2
    

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26. multi-monitor compatible full screen
    

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27. multi-tab profiles
    

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28. preservable window layouts
    

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29. enhanced terminal
    prompts
    

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30. $ echo "This is devoid of any useful info"
    $
    

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31. [scripts (master)⚡]> echo "This is more informative"
    

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33. ╭─mccm06 at Detronia in ~/Downloads
    ╰─○ echo "This is much more
    informative"
    ╭─mccm06 at Detronia in ~/GitHubProjects
    ╰─○
    

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34. Source Control assistants
    

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35. tig Git ASCII GUI
    

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37. the hub gem
    

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39. command line for GitHub
    

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40. uses the GitHub API
    

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41. $ hub clone dotfiles
    Cloning into 'dotfiles'...
    remote: Counting objects: 560, done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (292/292), done.
    remote: Total 560 (delta 288), reused 517 (delta 256)
    Receiving objects: 100% (560/560), 214.32 KiB | 316 KiB/s, done.
    Resolving deltas: 100% (288/288), done.
    

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42. file Formats
    

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43. the Markdown format
    

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44. Gruber, daring fireball
    

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45. Multimarkdown
    

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46. GitHub Flavored Markdown
    

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47. the Asciidoc format
    

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48. show gradle nao
    

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49. the DocBook format
    

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50. leveraging the Pandoc toolchain
    

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51. Package management
    

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52. MacPorts
    

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53. rsync-based package manager
    

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55. Homebrew
    

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56. Git-based package manager
    

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59. searching with
    Spotlight
    

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60. search criteria
    constraints
    

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61. name:
    objects with this phrase in their file name
    

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62. kind:
    objects of this type
    

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63. date:
    objects modified on this date
    

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64. date:today
    objects modified today
    

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65. date:>1/1/08
    objects modified after 1/1/08
    

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66. modified:3/7/08-3/10/08
    objects modified between these two dates
    

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67. created:=6/1/08
    objects created on this date
    

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68. AND
    join two rules together
    

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69. OR
    optionally join two rules together
    

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70. NOT
    exclude a second condition
    

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71. search result
    behaviors
    

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72. ⌘⌥
    show path to file
    

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73. ⌘
    open containing folder in Finder
    

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74. moving with
    Finder
    

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75. moving files without cut
    

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76. ⌘C
    copies file to pasteboard
    

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77. ⌘⌥ V
    moves file from pasteboard
    

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78. viewing with
    QuickLook
    

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79. QuickLook Extensions
    

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80. for Java files
    

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81. for ZIP files
    

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82. for Markdown files
    

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83. for XML files
    

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84. QuickLook from the CLI
    

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85. $ ql
    

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86. $ qlmanage -p "$@" >& /dev/null &
    

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87. saving to the
    Cloud
    

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88. saving to CloudApp
    

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91. $ cloudapp
    Uploaded to http://cl.ly/text/
    1B0T0t2e0V3c.
    

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92. saving to Gists
    

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94. Tweeting with T
    

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96. $ t update "Chirp from the CLI"
    

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97. $ t update "At the @OReillyMedia studio in Sebastopol
    with the @tlberglund, ready to record some more
    videos with Kirk and crew."
    Tweet posted by @matthewmccull.
    Run `t delete status 369592150104633344` to delete.
    

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98. $ t update X
    

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99. Web Service helpers
    

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100. curl for URLs
     

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101. curl -I www.serverwatch.com
     

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102. curl api.github.com
     

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103. wget for files
     

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104. Pasteboard command line
     

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105. pbcopy
     

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106. curl serverwatch.com | pbcopy
     

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107. pbpaste
     

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108. pbpaste | gist
     

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109. Shell tune-ups
     

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110. Zsh
     

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112. oh-my-zsh
     

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114. dotfiles on GitHub
     

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115. search for "dotfiles" repositories
     

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116. @pengwynn
     

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117. @holman
     

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118. @matthewmccullough
     

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119. @
     

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120. Display control
     

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121. Caffeine
     

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122. GUI component
     

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126. Caffeinate
     

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127. command line
     

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128. $ caffeinate
     

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129. $ caffeinate -t 144000 &
     

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130. $ caffeinate
     

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131. layout windows with
     Slate
     

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132. arrange windows
     

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133. size windows
     

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134. switch windows
     

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135. text based configuration file
     

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137. bind e:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift ${showHintsLeftHand}
     bind right:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift push right bar-resize:screenSizeX/2
     bind left:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift push left bar-resize:screenSizeX/2
     bind up:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift push up bar-resize:screenSizeY/2
     bind down:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift push down bar-resize:screenSizeY/2
     

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138. bind g:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${centered}
     bind o:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${fullscreen}
     bind h:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${leftHalf}
     bind j:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${bottomHalf}
     bind k:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${topHalf}
     bind l:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${rightHalf}
     bind u:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${topLeftQuarter}
     bind i:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${topRightQuarter}
     bind n:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${bottomLeftQuarter}
     bind m:cmd;alt;ctrl;shift move ${bottomRightQuarter}
     

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139. AppleScript automation
     

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140. script Finder
     sleep
     

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141. osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to sleep'
     

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142. Automator apps
     

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143. reformat to
     JPEG
     

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144. Command Line GUI launches
     

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145. open
     

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146. open -a "TextMate"
     

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147. Frecency directory navigation
     

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148. z
     

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149. Quick directory toggles
     

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150. cd -
     

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151. Proxy icon for files and folders
     

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152. Drag to copy a file
     

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153. Drag to copy a file path
     

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154. show Hidden files and folders
     

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155. defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
     

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156. type to change folders
     

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157. ⌘+⇧+G
     

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158. os Screen Change
     

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159. fn⌘ F1 = Mirror screen
     ⌃⌥⌘ 8 = Invert colors
     

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160. keyboard based Screen Navigation
     

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161. ⌃Shift+ F2 = Select menu bar
     

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163. Boxen
     

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165. The Big Ideas of Boxen
     

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166. the Pre-Reqs
     

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167. the Setup
     

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168. the Boxen web app
     

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169. the Boxen repo
     

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170. Running Boxen
     

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171. Adding packages
     

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172. Adding applications
     

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173. Adding puppet modules
     

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174. Curating settings
     

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176. in Sum...
     

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177. hotkeys
     

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178. automation
     

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179. modifers
     

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180. spotlight filters
     

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181. replacements
     

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182. add-ons
     

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183. metadata
     

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184. Developer Productivity Tips for Mac
     with Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund
     

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185. Credits
     ✓ "Keyboard" designed by Luboš Volkov, http://thenounproject.com/noun/keyboard/#icon-No20868
     ✓ "Computer" designed by Edward Boatman, http://thenounproject.com/noun/computer/#icon-No115
     ✓ "Code" designed by Dmitry Baranovskiy, http://thenounproject.com/noun/html-code/#icon-No4991
     ✓ "Written Document" designed by Thomas Le Bas, http://thenounproject.com/noun/written-document/#icon-No6119
     ✓ "Package" designed by Arthur Schmitt, http://thenounproject.com/noun/package/#icon-No18159
     ✓ "Magnifying Glass" designed by Edward Boatman, http://thenounproject.com/noun/magnifying-glass/#icon-No95
     ✓ "Checklist" designed by Michael Young, http://thenounproject.com/noun/checklist/#icon-No3559
     ✓ "Eye" designed by Volodin Anton, http://thenounproject.com/noun/eye/#icon-No17181
     ✓ "Cloud" designed by Dmitry Baranovskiy, http://thenounproject.com/noun/cloud/#icon-No9758
     ✓ "HTML Code" designed by WebPlatform.org, http://thenounproject.com/noun/html-code/#icon-No13024
     ✓ "Clipboard" by Seth Taylor, http://thenounproject.com/noun/clipboard/#icon-No1712
     ✓ "Console" designed by Austin Andrews, http://thenounproject.com/noun/console/#icon-No8571
     ✓ "Exit Full Screen" designed by Olyn LeRoy, http://thenounproject.com/noun/exit-full-screen/#icon-No4780
     ✓ "Apple Core" designed by Richard Zeid, http://thenounproject.com/noun/apple-core/#icon-No9817
     ✓ "Robot" designed by Kenneth Appiah, http://thenounproject.com/noun/robot/#icon-No1616
     ✓ "Rocket" designed by Jean-Philippe Cabaroc, http://thenounproject.com/noun/rocket/#icon-No7427
     ✓ "Compass" designed by Márcio Duarte, http://thenounproject.com/noun/compass/#icon-No7175
     ✓ "Light Switch" designed by Alexandria Eddings, http://thenounproject.com/noun/light-switch/#icon-No18388
     ✓ "Linked Files" designed by Iconoci, http://thenounproject.com/noun/linked-files/#icon-No10081
     ✓ "Hidden" designed by Rémy Médard, http://thenounproject.com/noun/hidden/#icon-No21609
     ✓ "Folder" designed by Cris Dobbins, http://thenounproject.com/noun/folder/#icon-No8928
     ✓ "Map Marker" designed by Edward Boatman, http://thenounproject.com/noun/map-marker/#icon-No462
     ✓ "Box Trolley" designed by Michael Zenaty, http://thenounproject.com/noun/box-trolley/#icon-No21806
     ✓ "Coordination" designed by OCHA AVMU, http://thenounproject.com/noun/coordination/#icon-No4222
     

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