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VirtualBox 2.1.0 Released: A Look at the Mac Version - O'Reilly Digital Media - Dec 200... - 0 views

blogs.oreilly.com/...albox-210-released-a-look.html Macintosh Open source PC hardware
shared by David Corking on 25 Apr 09 - Cached
  • I haven't updated my Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion to the latest versions yet. And, after a quick look at VirtualBox 2.1.0, I wonder if I will need to. It will probably take another couple of weeks of playing with 2.1.0 before I can make that call.
  • I haven't updated my Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion to the latest versions yet. And, after a quick look at VirtualBox 2.1.0, I wonder if I will need to. It will probably take another couple of weeks of playing with 2.1.0 before I can make that call.
  • David Corking on 25 Apr 09
     
    If only I had enough disc space on my MacBook!
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iTheater: Mac Media Center » About Us - 0 views

www.itheaterproject.com/about-us Macintosh Open source
shared by David Corking on 02 Jun 09 - Cached
  • FREE, open source software.
  • David Corking on 02 Jun 09
     
    Alternative to Front Row - I like Front Row but navigating among podcasts can be a nuisance - perhaps this can be hacked to make it easier
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macosxhints.com - Disable the startup chime via Unix scripts - 0 views

www.macosxhints.com/article.php Macintosh
shared by David Corking on 09 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Unfortunately if I have the headphones connected it's their volume that is muted before shutdown and reset later. Is there a way to specify the speakers?
  • David Corking on 09 Aug 09
     
    This looks like great (it is a mix of Bash and AppleScript) and it works very well for me. However if you are not familiar with simple Unix administration, you might prefer packaged freeware or shareware like StartupSound.prefPane or Psst.
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30 essential Mac time-saving shortcuts | News | TechRadar UK - 0 views

www.techradar.com/...c-time-saving-shortcuts-620077 techradar Apple Mac OSX OS_X Macintosh computer edtech tips
shared by Jeff Johnson on 03 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 03 Aug 09
     
    We all want our Macs to be labour-saving rather than labour-causing devices. Yet, even if you've been using a Mac for a long time, the thought, "There has to be a better of way of doing this," will probably come to mind on a daily basis.
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» Rebuilding thumbnails cache in iPhoto » Silver Mac - 0 views

www.silvermac.com/...rebuild-cache-iphoto06 Macintosh
shared by David Corking on 03 Sep 09 - Cached
  • hold Command and Option down while starting iPhoto.
  • David Corking on 03 Sep 09
     
    undocumented?
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Apple - Support - Discussions - How to view all windows as a "cascade"? ... | 2009 - 0 views

discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa Macintosh
shared by David Corking on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Open the Windows menu, hold down the Option key and click on "All in Front". The cascade effect is from left to right, not from upper left to lower right.
    • David Corking
      David Corking on 27 Aug 09
       
      Not all applications have it - I guess the developer has to add it. Finder does, and it is very nice.
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Replace MacBook or Mac Book Pro Hard Drive With A Solid-State SSD - 0 views

www.mac-ssd-drives.com/ssd-for-macbook.html macbook apple mac macintosh solid state drive ssd flash
shared by Mac Gizmo Guy on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mac Gizmo Guy on 27 Aug 09
     
    Intel MacBooks - especially the consumer MacBook or more recent MacBook Pro models offer easy do it yourself SSD hard drive upgrade options.
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Mac mini SSD Upgrade : Solid State Replacement of mini Hard Drive - 0 views

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shared by Mac Gizmo Guy on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mac Gizmo Guy on 27 Aug 09
     
    Apple's lowliest computer - the Mac Mini - benefits tremendously from a solid-state internal disk drive upgrade. Relieve the performance bottle-neck with a super-fast flash memory based drive storage
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Mac File Recovery In Case Of Desktop Database Corruption - 0 views

www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/...softwares Data Recovery Mac desktopt Database
shared by Jochen Burkhard on 24 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Jochen Burkhard on 24 Aug 09
     
    In Mac OS X, the Desktop Database (Desktop DB) is a collection of invisible files, which store the location information of all the files on your Mac OS X hard drive. Because this database contains the location of all the files on hard drive, if it gets damaged or its size grows too large, many issues might take place. In such cases, whenever you try to access a file or start an application, the process halts with an error message stating that the desktop database is corrupt and you need to rebuild it or delete and recreate it. In such situations, you can not access your mission critical data from Mac OS X hard drive and come across serious data loss situations. In order to sort out these data loss circumstances, you need to opt for Mac File Recovery using using appropriate methods.
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How to Switch to the Mac - Tao of Mac | February 2007 | Rui Carno - 0 views

the.taoofmac.com/...Switch%20To%20The%20Mac Macintosh
shared by David Corking on 11 Apr 09 - Cached
  • the installer creates the first user account. This is the important bit: it is an administration account – call it “Administrator” or something like that and create another for yourself afterwards (if you’re a UNIX head, this is not root, which is disabled).
    • David Corking
      David Corking on 11 Apr 09
       
      Q: Why doesn't the installer _tell_ you this? It looks and feels like an ordinary unix user with 'sudo' access, but according to Tao, it can be troublesome. A: My guess is that Apple doesn't want you to have to remember two passwords. Perhaps Apple decided, unlike Tao, that the security of asking for passwords for important tasks is good enough.
  • Create your own Applications folder inside your home directory (Mac OS X will change the icon accordingly) and try out new stuff in there.
  • drag the entire Applications folder to the right-hand side of the Dock, forming what Apple calls a “stack”
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  • Put things you want to share among users in the /Users/Shared folder.
  • Set up separate accounts for kids using the Simple Finder or Some Limits option under the Limitations tab.
    • David Corking
      David Corking on 11 Apr 09
       
      In Mac OS X 10.4, you find this in preferences under Accounts, and click the "Parental Controls" tab, then select Finder and click Configure .... I don't think there is a "Limitations" tab.
  • David Corking on 11 Apr 09
     
    This article is packed with great tips that you won't find in other introductory tutorials. Therefore it is a bit heavy to read, and worth dipping into even if you have used Macs for a year or two.
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Sophos Anti-Rootkit - Free rootkit detection and removal - 0 views

www.sophos.com/...sophos-anti-rootkit.html Windows utilities Macintosh Security rootkit
shared by David Corking on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • David Corking on 24 Apr 09
     
    Judging by this page, Sophos doesn't detect rootkits on Mac OS X
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XBinary: Extended Binary Format Support for Mac OS X - 0 views

osxbook.com/xbinary XBinary Extended Binary Format kernel binary Universal Binary format Apple Inc. Mac OS X
shared by Graham Perrin on 13 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Extended Binary Format Support
  • © Amit Singh
  • January 2009
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  • —With the advent of x86-based Macintosh computers, Universal binaries, originally known as "fat" or multiple-architecture binaries, appeared in Mac OS X.
  • Universal Binaries
  • for one or more architectures
  • along with a header that describes each constituent binary.
  • a wrapper that contains Mach-O binaries
  • a "4-way fat" executable could consist of Mach-O executables for the i386 (32-bit Intel), x86_64 (64-bit Intel), ppc (32-bit PowerPC), and ppc64 (64-bit PowerPC) architectures
  • Mac OS X does not provide any kernel-level or user-level interfaces to extend binary format support.
  • we'll need to write special software
  • new kernel functionality
  • software will involve a kernel extension.
  • extend the kernel
  • and execute them through specified handler programs.
  • Let us call the new software that implements these features XBinary. binfmt_misc Those familiar with the Linux kernel will realize that functionality similar to what's been described here exists in Linux as the binfmt_misc kernel feature. XBinary is conceptually similar
  • XBinary also has some Mac OS X specific features.
  • download and install the XBinary package
  • a command-line tool (xbinary
  • a kernel extension (xbinary.kext)
  • research software at this point
  • choosing the best library from an extended fat library file.
  • for developers, researchers, and power users
  • take XBinary for a spin
  • XBinary: extended binary format support for Mac OS X Copyright (c) 2009 Amit Singh. All Rights Reserved. http://osxbook.com The XBinary software allows you to extend the Mac OS X kernel such that it can recognize arbitrary binary formats and execute them through specified handler programs. (Mac OS X natively supports executing only Mach-O binaries, Universal (fat) binaries, and interpreter scripts.) XBinary consists of a kernel extension (xbinary.kext) and this command-line tool, which lets you control the XBinary facility. This requires superuser privileges, so you should run this tool using sudo(8). The XBinary kext must be loaded for the facility to be available.
  • You can add and manipulate in-kernel entries that enable recognition of binary formats.
  • You can also specify flags that affect how a matched entry is processed. By default, the argument vector IS adjusted and setuid/setgid binaries are NOT allowed.
  • make experimentation involving new binary formats easy
  • Let us look at Java applications
  • then specify this wrapper script as the interpreter
  • and subsequently invoke the Java application launcher.
  • given a Java class file
  • a wrapper script
  • We don't even have to write such scripts
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 13 Aug 09
       
      :-)
  • a Universal binary containing, say, Tiger and Leopard versions
  • simplify code creation and maintenance.
  • Consider a 2-way fat binary containing i386 and x86_64 architectures.
  • operating system versions in addition to processor architectures.
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 13 Aug 09
       
      :-)
  • Now think of an "extended" fat binary mechanism that incorporates
  • our hypothetical extended fat binary contains eight "architectures"
  • the extended fat feature as implemented by XBinary is not a complete implementation
  • These examples assume that you are on an x86 (little-endian) machine.
  • XBinary requires Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard).
  • Executive Summary This document discusses XBinary, a new software that lets you add kernel-level support for executing files in arbitrary binary formats on Mac OS X.
  • Extending Executability
  • recognize arbitrary binary formats
  • using the xbinary tool
  • copious "help" output
  • Each entry must have as its name a unique identifier string up to 31 bytes in size. Additionally, a set of other arguments specify to the kernel how to recognize that binary format and which interpreter to invoke to handle it. XBinary can recognize a binary EITHER by matching magic bytes within the first page of the file OR by matching a file extension. OTHER_ARGS must be a valid combination of the following arguments (some are optional).
  • that will determine the startup class name
  • Bonus Feature: Extra Fat Binaries
  • Since XBinary is experimental, why not experiment with such a feature too?
  • XBinary wouldn't be able to help the dynamic linker
  • The XBinary software
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Are Macs Really Cheaper To Manage Than PCs? - 8 views

www.cio.com/569163 manage macs OSX OS_X Macintosh Apple PC Windows cost TCO
shared by Jeff Johnson on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 11 Mar 10
     
    Macs in the enterprise aren't just cheaper to manage-they're a lot cheaper, according to a new survey released today by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.
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iPad For Business & Marketing? [Review Video] - 0 views

www.penn-olson.com/...usiness-marketing-review-video ipad apple technology Macintosh
shared by Willis Wee on 03 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Willis Wee on 03 Apr 10
     
    What are iPad's future implications on marketing and businesses?
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Switché 2.28 - CMD+Tab replacement - Kapeli - 0 views

kapeli.com/switche mac macintosh apple switcher apps
shared by anonymous on 29 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Switché 2.28 – CMD+Tab replacement
  • Features: Switch between applications, ordered by last use. Switch between windows, ordered by last use. Switch between the windows of the frontmost application, ordered by last use. All windows and applications are highlighted using CoverFlow, so you can easily find what you’re looking for. Switché works great with Spaces and is able to display Space number badges.
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The Evolution of Apple Ads | Webdesigner Depot - 1 views

www.webdesignerdepot.com/...the-evolution-of-apple-ads apple ads mac webdesigner Macintosh
shared by Jochen Burkhard on 26 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Jochen Burkhard on 26 Oct 09
     
    Apple first started advertising its products in the late 1970s. The 80s showed a wide variety of ads, some of which served to convince consumers that they should purchase a computer, and specifically an Apple. These ads were text-heavy and light on images, as were many computer and technology ads from that era. Apple ads really came into their heyday during the 1990s, with the "Think Different" campaign, which became very popular as they featured a number of famous people. Here's a stunning compilation of some of Apple's most notable advertisements from the 70s until the present day, including a few videos ads.
  • Jochen Burkhard on 26 Oct 09
     
    A great collection of Ads from Apple since the 70s... Enjoy.
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Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse? | Charlie Br... - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows Macintosh Windows Humour
shared by David Corking on 28 Oct 09 - Cached
  • whereas eerie replicant Mac monks really are everywhere, standing over your shoulder in their charcoal pullovers, smirking with amusement at your hopelessly inferior OS, knowing they're better than you because they use Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard.
    • David Corking
      David Corking on 28 Oct 09
       
      I should upgrade to Snow Leopard to go with my woolly pullover.
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Better Apple MacBook Audio : Computer Speakers for Mac Laptops - 4 views

www.macbook-speakers.com macbook apple mac macintosh osx stereo computer speakers
shared by Mac Gizmo Guy on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Mac Gizmo Guy on 03 Nov 09
     
    Review specially chosen speaker systems to compliment your MacBook laptop
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