Category Archives: mac

06/14/2009 Update: It now works with the just-released Safari 4, too. Someone wrote to tell me that MiddleClickClose was no longer working after upgrading to Safari 3.1.1. I hadn’t yet installed the latest version, so this was news to me. … Continue reading →

I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, and lately I’ve been subscribing to lots of video podcasts. I love watching GeekBrief in ginormous HD format. But not all of the videocasts come in that large format, so I have to … Continue reading →

I announced here that I had updated MiddleClickClose to work with Safari 3.1, but that it had problems loading under Safari 3.0. Actually, the problem was that it wouldn’t load on a PPC chip; I was testing on my iBook … Continue reading →

As I reported two days ago, after I installed Safari 3.1, my MiddleClickClose extension stopped working. Well, I’ve gotten it working again. , but it doesn’t load under Safari < 3.0. So, only install this version if you are using … Continue reading →

I just checked my Activity Monitor to see how much of my 6 gigabytes of RAM was in use. I was shocked (shocked!) to discover that a Java RMI server program (that I wrote) appeared to be using a bit … Continue reading →

If you install the new Safari 3.1, my MiddleClickClose extension stops working. The first time you launch Safari, SIMBL complains that the plugin hasn’t been tested with this version of Safari, but that’s easily fixed by putting the proper version … Continue reading →

The QuickTime player that Apple ships really, really annoys me. There are two reasons why I hate it: volume and geometry defaults. By this I mean that the player defaults to 100% volume, which is really loud, and top-left-of-window placement, … Continue reading →

When I’m working on a Linux desktop, I will frequently open a new shell window with tail -f on a log file I need to watch, such as my JBoss log. When I switched to my glorious Mac Pro I … Continue reading →

I got bitten today by the fact that Objective-C strings in Cocoa programming are not the same things as plain old C strings. The problem is that Objective-C is essentially an object-oriented veneer on top of plain old C; sometimes … Continue reading →

03/13/2009 Update: As I explained here, ExportToArchive does, in fact, work with the new iPhoto ’09. Ever since I switched to my exquisite Mac Pro, I’ve been using iPhoto. A few weeks ago when Apple announced the new iLife ’08, … Continue reading →

I recently bought the new iWork ’08 suite from Apple and have started using the tools for stuff I used to use NeoOffice for. But I noticed something yesterday that is disconcerting. Like a lot of people, I store my … Continue reading →

06/14/2009 Update: You can download a plugin to do this from here. I have been a consistent user of the nightly builds of the WebKit project for some time now. For those of you who don’t know, WebKit is essentially … Continue reading →

Being at the end of a UPS route is hard. Tuesday morning I saw from the UPS website that my third set of RAM from Crucial was “out for delivery” from the local hub. What this means is that it’s … Continue reading →

You may remember how excited I was about a month ago when I got the 2GB RAM upgrade from Crucial for my Mac Pro. Well, about two weeks ago I happened to notice in Activity Monitor that I only had … Continue reading →

I said before that my Mac Pro was fast. But lately it’s been bogging down a bit when I have lots of apps open. Especially if I am using Parallels. But UPS just arrived with a little shipment from Crucial: … Continue reading →

I use iTerm for all my command-line needs. I really like it, especially the tabbed interface. I typically have two to three terminals open for my local box, plus two to three for various systems in the company rack. iTerm … Continue reading →

I have a Mac Pro. It goes fast. A full dump of my production MySQL database is about 481 MB. To load that into one of my development machines (dual 1.4MHz 64-bit AMD’s) takes about 40 minutes. On my Mac … Continue reading →

Does anyone know if it’s possible to duplicate the iTunes Scripts menu in the context-menu? IOW, I want to right-click on a track and have a submenu on that context-menu called “Scripts” and all my installed scripts would be there. … Continue reading →