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 Sunday, August 31, 2003
Prevent repeated Keychain password requests
I recently switched to Entourage for mail (I got corrupted Mail files, and couldn't clean it up, but that's another story). Anyway, It was asking for my Keychain password over and over, about 30 times a day. It turns out ...
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Keep UID above 501 for login window account display
This hint is for those of you who need to change the UID of an account for some reason (such as to co-exist easily with an NFS file system). Before you attempt to change your UID, make sure you read this hint and are aware of...
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Sort-of useful Python/OS X tip of the day
Using Python for something you'd normally use AppleScript for? Want to stick something on the clipboard? Use os.system('echo "%s" | pbcopy' % myText) Of course, make sure myText is clean and isn't rm -rf / or something silly like that.
(From Friedrich Anode's Weblog) [Artima Web Buzz
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