Apple Mac
I connect several hard drives to my MacBook Pro’s docking station. It’s always been a pain to manually eject the disks one by one before removing the MacBook from the dock. There are 3rd party apps that can handle this, but I didn’t want to install unknown/
Tips and Tricks
When developing web pages, I use MAMP.app or my Mac’s built-in Apache. Viewing the page means using an address such as http://localhost/mypage.html. If you use custom host names (especially easy with the excellent VirtualHostX.app), you may wind up with a localhost address such as
Apple
iTunes vexes me. For better or for worse, we’re an Apple household and own an Apple TV, so I’m kind of stuck with iTunes for managing my media files. My wife and I have also purchased a significant amount of DVDs over the years, which I ripped to
AppleScript
I recently changed jobs (Hello, FireEye!) and was issued a new MacBook Air. I spend a lot of time looking at the screen and was getting bored with the supplied desktop pictures. I also start work very early most days (7am-ish), and thought it would be nice to have a
ramblings
Update 10/25/2011: I’ve discovered that Apple provides Lion-ready versions of the older server management tools via a separate download from Apple, called Server Admin Tools 10.7 (link no longer available). I have amended my post to reflect the capabilities of the Server Admin Tools 10.7
Apple
The problem 50GB+ iTunes library. Multiple Macs. How can you share the iTunes library between Macs? Solution #1: Home Sharing The answer Apple provides is “Home Sharing,” which allows you to share the contents of your iTunes library with up to 5 Macs. However, there are major shortcomings with Home
ramblings
The transition is almost complete: I have ditched my Windows-based PC for a MacBook Pro. My reasons? Well, I could write a whole bunch of fluff about how as a developer I need to be able to test my work on multiple operating systems, and a Mac (with BootCamp and/
ramblings
A computer is born, and another computer dies (“I’m not quite dead!” he says in his best Eric Idle imitation). (Mac) Hi, I’m a Mac. (PC) And I’m a PC. I’m sure all of you know this commercial by now. As with many other geeks around