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CLIX 2.0.0.14

New versions compatible with 10.7.

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LONDON (Rixstep) — CLIX 2.0.0.14 is available now. The package includes a 32-bit build for Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard as well as a 64-bit build for Snow Leopard. All are compatible with Lion.

It is recommended all CLIX users take this update.

The total number of CLIX commands is now 5,000. The collection will be updated for the next release coming soon.

CLIX is free.

Following are the CLIX download URLs.

CLIX is no longer available in DMG format.

Two CLIX Builds

Release 2.0.0.14 contains a 32-bit build for Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard as well as 64-bit for Snow Leopard and Lion. The application bundles are found in their respective directories.

The Command Line Interface for OS X

CLIX is the command line interface for OS X. It's similar in function to Terminal.app. But it lets you store, retrieve, edit, and run commands so you don't have to type them in all the time. Commands are sorted by file, category, title, and description.

You can make your work environment more secure with CLIX: by setting TTY tickets and a zero time stamp timeout for your system, you effectively block all trojan piggyback attempts to escalate to root. Meanwhile, CLIX will submit your password when needed and remove it when necessary. CLIX can also warn you when a script is asking for your password.

Most 'system maintenance utilities' for OS X are simply Cocoa application wrappers around AppleScript in turn around Unix shell commands. CLIX takes you right to the source without the distracting glitter. And you end up learning a few things too - something the 'wizards of OS X' system maintenance vendors are very afraid of you learning.

You might just learn you paid for something you already owned for free.

Consult this site for hundreds of articles about CLIX and Unix. Teach yourself how to fish.

2.0.0.11 → 2.0.0.14?

Many may wonder why the jump from version 2.0.0.11 to 2.0.0.14. Were there any intervening versions such as 2.0.0.12 or 2.0.0.13? No there were not. So why skip those two? Easy. Rixstep engineers had so much fun making decimal freaks wild with 2.0.0.10 and 2.0.0.11 that they wanted to have fun again.

2.0.0.14 represents application bundles that will ceteris paribus work on current beta versions of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. This restructuring took quite a lot of thought and labour. The honoured engineers hope you appreciate the effort they've made.

CFB Answer Pack

Don't forget the answer pack for the article series CLIX False Beginners.

ftp://rixstep.com/CFB.zip (1668 bytes)

Happy fishing.