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Cleaning up unused tags is an important part of Git housekeeping. This guide will show you how to delete tags from both local and remote Git repositories.

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Git: Delete Tags From Both Local and Remote Repositories

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Cleaning up unused tags is an important part of Git housekeeping. This guide will show you how to delete tags from both local and remote Git repositories.

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git push --delete origin  git tag -d 

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How to Check Verizon Data Usage Via Text

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If you’re a data hog, sometimes you have to keep a close watch on your data usage. Fortunately you can check your data usage on Verizon right from your phone.

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I’m going to walk through the steps of making a bootable USB flash drive on MacOS or Mac OS X. I’m planning to dual boot Ubuntu and OS X, so I’ll begin by creating the bootable USB.

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Disk Utility USB drive reformat screenDisk Utility USB drive reformat screen

To reformat the USB drive, plug it in to your Mac and open the Disk Utility. Once open, find your USB drive and click on the drive itself (not a partition). Then click “Erase”.

Here you can choose a name, format, and scheme.

I’m going to name mine “Ubuntu image” but the name doesn’t really matter. Then we’ll to use the format MS-DOS (FAT).

When you’re ready, click “Erase”

Using the df command we’re going to determine the mount point.

Type:

df -h

Under the Mounted on header look for the name of our USB drive.

So I’m looking at this line:

/dev/disk2s2 15Gi 1.0Mi 15Gi 1% 0 0 100% /Volumes/UBUNTU

Take note of the filesystem name in the first column. Mine is /dev/disk2s2. disk2s2 is actually the partition name, but what I’m really concerned with is the device name, which is disk2. Copy this device name.

Open Disk Utility and find the partition that you created in the left column. Now click the eject symbol.

Locate your disk image (it’s likely in your Downloads folder).

Now we’re going to need the device name and disk image name, and run the following command:

sudo dd bs=1m if=DISK_IMAGE_NAME of=DEVICE_NAME

Mine looks like this:

sudo dd bs=1m if=ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/disk2

Once this command completes, you’ll have your bootable USB drive.

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How to Copy and Paste Between Apple Devices

Use the Universal Clipboard to copy and paste between devices
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How many times have you found yourself staring at text on your computer and trying to type it letter-for-letter into your iPhone? Then you mess up and start the routine over again.

Fortunately, Apple has made copying and pasting between devices extremely easy, and I find myself using it all the time. So in this guide, I’ll show you how to enable Universal Clipboard and save precious time.

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Before using Universal Clipboard, you must sign in to iCloud (using the same account) on each device.

On macOS, you can sign in by opening System Preferences > Internet Accounts > iCloud.

On iOS, you can sign in by going to Settings > Sign in to your iPhone.

On macOS, you can enable both bluetooth and WiFi by clicking on the respective icons in the status menu.

On iOS, you can enable both in Settings. Click on the Settings app icon, then look for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Click into each and toggle the service on. Alternatively, each service can be enabled from the Control Center. To open the Control Center, swipe down from the top right (or up from the bottom on older devices).

To enable Handoff on macOS, go to System Preferences > General, then check Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices.

On iOS, go to Settings > General > AirPlay & Handoff, then toggle on Handoff.

With handoff enabled on multiple devices, you can now use the Universal Clipboard. To do so, simply copy text, images, or video on one device and paste on the other. See the following instructions for more details.

Copy on Mac, Paste on iPhone

To copy in Mac, you must highlight (if text) then right click. Then select Copy. Alternatively, highlight or select what you want to copy, then type CMD + c (at the same time).

To paste on iPhone, press down on an input field until a menu appears. You should see an option to Paste. Also, some apps will allow you to insert text, images, and videos from your clipboard.

Copy on iPhone, Paste on Mac

To copy on an iPhone, hold down on the object you want to copy. If text, you’ll be presented with highlight bars. Simply drag the bars to highlight the text you want to copy. Alongside the highlight bars, you’ll see a menu with an option to Copy. Click it when ready.

To paste on Mac, you can right click on an input field (or anything that accepts input) and select Paste. Or, you can select the field with your cursor and type CMD + v (at the same time).

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