Manage launchd on OS X
Ask most unix admins and they’ll tell you that the way Mac OS X now handles launching services is really odd. True enough when compared to Linux or Solaris, but… Read more »
Category: Apple / OSX
Universal Binaries appearing…
Took a look at PhotoBooth via Get Info the other day and saw something a bit surprising. It seems this might be the first Universal Binary application released by Apple…at… Read more »
Moving Video to the iPod
The weekend’s begun so I guess I can write about something that’s not exactly related to work—how to get video onto one of the new 5th generation iPods. Mine arrived… Read more »
Faster SSH logins
I’ve used ssh to connect to various unix machines here in the office for years, but only today did I implement a method that eliminates the need for my password…. Read more »
Securing Mac OS X (Tiger)
Yes, Macs running OS X are spared the worry of viruses…but don’t forget that under that attractive desktop interface runs Darwin (a variant of OpenBSD unix). Here’s a document that… Read more »
Another reason open-source is great
I switched again from Camino back to Firefox yesterday because I was getting annoyed by one little thing that Camino doesn’t do…right click on an image and you don’t get… Read more »
Silence the chime
If you’re like me, more than once you’ve taken your Powerbook or iBook into a library, turned it on and then realized (much too late) that the chime sound is… Read more »
JHymn broken with iTunes 6
Discovered that JHymn doesn’t seem to “fix” the Fairplay DRM on the latest release of iTunes (6.0). Bought a new song by Sonny Landreth and was unable to peel off… Read more »
Apple Digital Campus Exchange
Viewed a webcast today from the Apple Digital Campus Exchange, a new community devoted to use of Apple products in Higher Ed. A quick tour around the site will reveal… Read more »
Nano dissected
Of course you’ve wondered what was inside the new iPod Nano, right? Well, fortunately Ars Technica has done us the favor of reviewing one, then torture-testing it (e.g., running over… Read more »