I've tried to simplify below line as per suggestion but it says a few things: cannot find conf file then it invokes another avrdude that times out so I guess better I keep this longer typing line
new-host-5:~ selfonlypath$ /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -F -v -patmega1280 -cstk500 -P/dev/tty.usbserial-A6008igj -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/Users/selfonlypath/Documents/TV/TransVerter1/applet/TransVerter1.cpp.hex:i