Andre Venter: Mac

Girls? Check. Cristal? Check. iPod? Check.

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 01:24:58 GMT

As Microsoft has been cast in the role of Goliath in the personal computing wars, Macintosh has been playing David. And right now the stone in its slingshot is music.
By Neil Strauss. [New York Times: Technology]

Nice Piece On Mac Viruses

Sat, 06 Sep 2003 01:38:13 GMT

[MacSlash]

Another useful web development bookmarklet

Sat, 06 Sep 2003 01:28:17 GMT

Inspired by a link on Zeldman.com about Web Page Analyzer 0.80, I knocked up this handy little bookmarklet. Web Page Analyzer I'm actually building up a nice little collection of Safari compatible bookmarklets/favelets, so when I get time I plan to add a Safari Bookmarklets section to this site....
[Andy Budd::Blogography]

Good Apples, Bad Apples Reunite

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:17:53 GMT

The biggest reunion of Apple employees will be held next month in Silicon Valley. The reunion isn't just a booze up. Organizers hope it will elicit a wealth of company lore.
By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

View image dimensions from Safari

Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:17:36 GMT

[macosxhints]

BookmarkBlogger

Tue, 02 Sep 2003 00:43:24 GMT

0xDECAFBAD— BookmarkBlogger Really cool little script that parses your Safari bookmarks for new bookmarks added to a certain folder since the last time it was run and adds them as a linkdump to a Blosxom blog. I sort of already do this manually with a "BlogMe" folder, so more automation ...
(via Friedrich Anode's Weblog) [Artima Web Buzz]

Everyone Wants a Bite of Apple

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:42:52 GMT

Why is Apple so tempting? Creative culture, killer products, zealous fans and Steve Jobs. Memo to Sony: Bite! An essay by Josh McHugh from Wired magazine.
[Wired News]

Galerie

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 11:36:49 GMT

This freeware program for Mac OS X, written with AppleScript Studio, export the current iPhoto selection to web pages. In comparison to the current iPhoto HTML export you will find ;

• accented character export in HTML
• EXIF data in Web pages (Exposure, aperture, flash...)
• better page appearance
• pictures quality selection
• HTML templates
• encrusted text in generated pictures (for example copyright information)

This program is open source
[Der Schockwellenreiter]

Virginia Tech building supercomputer with 1100 G5 Power Macs

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:25:07 GMT

(via heise online news) [Think secret]

The Apple Computer History Weblog

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:16:17 GMT

[Scripting News]

Prevent repeated Keychain password requests

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 03:49:42 GMT

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 ...
[macosxhints]

Keep UID above 501 for login window account display

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 03:49:01 GMT

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...
[macosxhints]

Sort-of useful Python/OS X tip of the day

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 03:25:36 GMT

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]

Petie's Mac Mania!

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:21:59 GMT

Video diary of a switcher.
(via AppleInsider Forum ) [MacOSX.nl]

Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg says: "Switch to Mac!"

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:09:13 GMT

(via MacAddict.com) [MacOSX.nl]

Can't wait for the new Finder?... then try Matrix

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:08:21 GMT

"Matrix is a full Finder replacement app for Mac OS X 10.1 and newer. Matrix implements a full Desktop metaphor that blends Classic and modern Finder features with totally new concepts into a superior user experience for Mac users of any stripe."
[MacOSX.nl]

All things Macintosh - Networking

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:30:55 GMT

Checkout this website and download rmac, which is free. Compared to ipNetTuner and anyway - it works.
[The Cartoonist]

Block incoming pings while allowing outgoing pings

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 14:40:18 GMT

I use the shareware product Brickhouse to manage my ipfw host firewall rules on my mac. Here is how to permit your Mac to ping outbound, but also block incoming pings.... [macosxhints]

Practical Unix & Internet Security

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 03:46:18 GMT

Charles McColm writes "At just under 1,000 pages the 3rd edition of Practical Unix & Internet Security might look intimidating on the shelf, but a quick ... [Slashdot]

tcsh Deprecated; bash To Take Over

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:24:56 GMT

[MacSlash]

Triggering AppleScripts from a Bluetooth cellphone

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:43:40 GMT

(via NewsIsFree) [Robot Wisdom]

FTP and SSH Browser for Mac OS X

Sun, 24 Aug 2003 03:26:02 GMT

Cyberduck is an open source SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser licenced under the GPL. Cyberduck features the same intuitive interface for both FTP and SFTP browsing. Cyberduck is now Mac only, with a completly rewritten user interface using the Cocoa Framework. You can open connections to multiple servers thanks to its document based interface. A simple favorites manager allows you to store frequently-used servers. Drag and drop is supported for both downloading and uploading files. Just drag the file(s) or folder from the Finder to the browser window or vice versa to start the transfer. File deletion and renaming, checking and changing of permissions is possible with a Finder-like info panel. [MacMerc.com]

OK Apple, you win

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:39:25 GMT

If you're partial to Unix like me and you've been hearing about OS X for a while now, thinking, "yeah, yeah, whatever, Mac frontend, Unix backend -- I'll check it out fully one of these days" . . . . well, give it a try. There's just something about it. (Infoworld)
(via MacNightOwl) [MacOSX.nl]

Replace /usr/bin/mail with Mail.app

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:31:10 GMT

I have some programs ported over from Solaris that generate emails and send them using /usr/bin/mail. However, to get /usr/bin/mail to work, you have to activate sendmail or a sendmail replacement like postfix... [macosxhints]

Love that OS!

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:16:40 GMT

Today, let me tell you about my experiences with the Windows operating system...
[The Aardvark Speaks (excerpts)] Amen.

Cross-Platform Hybrid CD Image Burner

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:46:52 GMT

[MacSlash]

Bogofilter..

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:25:04 GMT

"is a mail filter that classifies mail as spam or ham (non-spam) by a statistical analysis of the message's header and content (body). The program is able to learn from the user's classifications and corrections. [...] Bogofilter is written in C. Supported platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS X, HP-UX, AIX, ..."
[via Der Schockwellenreiter]

WebCalX

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:19:00 GMT

(link to a frameset subframe...) How to export iCal entries to HTML for easy publishing to the web without a .Mac account... (Download, 1,3 MB -- Shareware, 5 Euro.)
[Der Schockwellenreiter]

Russell Owen

Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:25:34 GMT

How to define environment variables so that MacOS X applications can see them...
[Der Schockwellenreiter]

Kevin Marks blogs: "How I emailed myself into a job ....

Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:47:10 GMT

... and blogged my way out of it" [Joi Ito's Web Lite]

Create a Mail rule to block the w32.sobig.f spam worm

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:39:46 GMT

Andrew Stone of Stone Design sent in a submission for dealing with the w32.sobig.f worm that's currently filling many OS X users' mailboxes with hundreds of junk emails... [macosxhints]

Create PDFs with working hyperlinks from HTML files

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:44:39 GMT

Being new to OS X, I really appreciate the "print to PDF" option for most apps and have taken to capturing web pages (confirmation screens, on-line documents, etc.) in PDF format. However, frequently I find myself wanting the... [macosxhints]

A Mac User's Guide to the Unix Command Line, Part 3

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:08:39 GMT

Kirk McElhearn writes for TidBITS on copying, moving, and deleting files via the command line. [ranchero.com]

AppleScript and mySQL

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:50:20 GMT

"mySQL4AppleScript is a library of AppleScript handlers for accessing mySQL databases. mySQL4AppleScript requires mySQL to be installed on Mac OS X." [Der Schockwellenreiter]

Mac.Ars takes on the nature of Apple, plus the prognosis for OS 9

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:25:37 GMT

[Ars Technica]

Create a Users partition for your Home directory

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:00:32 GMT

After reading a number of confusing methods, here's a simple method of creating a Users volume that works on a fresh install. Start by creating multiple partitions (using Disk Utility) and name one "Users." Install OS X on a... [macosxhints]

Down & Dirty with NetNewsWire

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 01:57:37 GMT

This week's PowerUser Monday is all about NetNewsWire--my favorite RSS reader. I show how to subscribe faster, manage better, search, and offer some useful commands. If you use NetNewsWire and want to get more out of it, come along for the ride. [MacMerc.com]

Partiview has finally come to OS X

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:35:51 GMT

The interface is very crude (start it from the terminal), but it is Partiview. It runs very well on my Titanium PowerBook. The image is from the Milky Way dataset looking towards... [tingilinde]

Some Cool OS X tools

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:23:22 GMT

I want to thank James Duncan Davidson for posting a little snippet about Enkoder. This is a cool little tool that generates a JavaScript script to encode your e-mail address. I have put this on my site as well. This has several nice features: It completely hides your e-mail unless someone is using JavaScript, and if they look at the code all they... [Artima MacOS Buzz]

Apple's LCD Pixel Policy (Correction)

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:12:23 GMT

It may not be as bad as you think... [MacRumors]

Apple's School Days are Numbered

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:02:35 GMT

prostoalex writes "Business Week describes the current situation in the educational market, suggesting that Apple will lose its share among the high school ..." [Slashdot]

Recommend Apple, Lose Your Job?

Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:52:09 GMT

rocketjam writes "While examining whether outsourcing tech work to India is really cost-effective, Robert X. Cringely takes a look at the old conspiracy theory ... [Slashdot]

Full screen Safari

Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:21:22 GMT

Let Apple's Safari browser take over your screen. Toggle between normal and full-screen viewing at the press of a hotkey combination. Hours of fun for the whole family. [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report]

Fink, init scripts, and X11 apps

Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:02:25 GMT

When you launch an app from Apple's X11's launch menu, it doesn't get fink's init script beforehand. This is easily shown by the fact that they aren't in the path; I had to put them as /sw/bin/appname... [macosxhints]

Speed up OS X's Mail.app by rebuilding Address Book

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:08:50 GMT

A friend of mine from Apple tipped me off to a cheap-and-easy way of improving the performance of Mail.app, the mailer built into OS X. I've found that every time I send a message, Mail freezes up and the statusbar says, "Adding recipients to Address Book." Turns out that you can really cut down on this delay by forcing your Address Book to compress itself:

Open Address Book
Create 10 or more entries
Delete your new entries
Quit Address Book

For extra speedy goodness, try deleting the ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/ABPerson.index" file, then opening Address Book and searching for an entry. This will force a rebuild of the Address Book index, too. I've tried it, and it worked beautifully for me. What's more, it seems to have improved the performance of iSync for synching with PalmOS and iPod.
Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]

DEVONthink Personal Edition 1.7

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:32:00 GMT

is the Mac incarnation of the real paperless office. It's a notepad, outliner, scrapbook manager, information manager, freeform database, archive, bookmark manager and image database. Your personal supplementary brain. (Shareware US-$ 35) (Download, 2,4 MB) [Der Schockwellenreiter]

Designer's dream desk for i-things

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:27:33 GMT

One Mac user's vision of an uncluttered workstation with all gadgets to hand
[BBC News | Technology | World Edition]

Steve Jobs Talks With Business Week

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:22:57 GMT

[MacSlash]

Text Editing News

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:01:22 GMT

TextWrangler, BBAutoComplete, and the editor formerly known as Hydra.
[Daring Fireball]

More Safari Favelets/Bookmarklets

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:34:23 GMT

Here are some more Safari "safe" favelets/bookmarklets I use on occasion. To use the MT post one, you'll need to change the URL so it points to the version of MovableType running on your server. Also the last one I... [Andy Budd::Blogography]