Apple QuickTime and Front Row Keyboard Shortcuts
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 03. Mar, 2010 | View Comments
One of my favorite features of Apple’s Mac OS X is the clean and simple media players bundled within. But I often find myself wanting to watch a movie without my remote in hand, and was distressed to see that Apple implemented entirely different keyboard shortcuts for the transport controls in QuickTime 7, QuickTime X, and Front Row.
Two Stupidly Cool Terminal Fonts
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Personal on 25. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
Two stupidly-cool fonts in action: My normal DEC VT220-like terminal and a super-large terminal with super-tiny Tom Thumb displaying Hamlet. All of Hamlet. No kidding.
Ramdisks: Back From the Brink of Extinction
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 15. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
Using system memory for storage is something of a lost art these days. But many of today’s I/O intensive tasks can still benefit from the untouchable quickness provided by a ramdisk. Happily, most operating systems are still capable of creating and using ramdisks.
Drobo, XP Users: Beware of 4K “Advanced Format” Drives!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Terabyte home on 23. Dec, 2009 | View Comments
Personal computer hard disk drive access methods have been repeatedly forced to adapt to ever-expanding capacity. But Western Digital is leading the change to larger 4 kilobyte hard disk blocks. Although this new “Advanced Format” includes mechanisms for backwards compatibility, buyers should be wary of these new drives for the time being.
Mac Mini: Apple’s Inexpensive Server
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 20. Oct, 2009 | View Comments
Apple today revised their desktop computer lineup, including a quick refresh of the already updated Mac Mini. The new Mini lineup sports faster CPUs, larger hard drives, and an interesting twist on the hacks we’ve all already been performing: A dual-hard disk drive Mac Mini Server with no optical drive! Maybe we won’t need to [...]
Located! Missing HP Printer Driver For Snow Leopard
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 30. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
Note: It looks like Apple now has the correct drivers available for direct download and upgrade. None of this should be required anymore.
Got a Hewlett Packard printer? Got Snow Leopard? Apple and HP report that the OS X 10.6 install DVD includes all required drivers and software, but it didn’t work for me. I went [...]
No 64-Bit Snow Leopard Kernel For You!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history on 30. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
There is clearly a ton of interest in Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard: My Snow Leopard features hardware compatibility chart had over 20,000 visitors in just three days! But one chart element is generating an inordinate amount of interest: Whether or not Snow Leopard can boot in 64-bit mode.
Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”: In Our Hands August 28!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 24. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
Apple’s bizarre online store reboot this morning revealed that the next point-update for Mac OS X will be in the hands of the faithful this Friday, August 28! Many speculated on the purported September availability of the operating system upgrade, but today’s information clears the air.
Although Apple’s web site clearly states that Snow Leopard “Delivers [...]
Access NTFS Volumes On Your Mac
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 06. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
Most Mac switchers still have some Windows NTFS-formatted drives around. Maybe it’s an external USB disk. Or maybe you’re using Boot Camp. Whatever the reason, Mac users often want to access NTFS volumes within OS X. There are two popular ways to accomplish this:
Use the excellent and free NTFS-3G driver
Buy Paragon Software’s Paragon NTFS
Snow Leopard Is Stingy With The Storage Love
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Enterprise storage on 09. Jun, 2009 | View Comments
Apple wowed its fans and impressed its critics with a successful worldwide developer conference keynote yesterday. Along with much obvious focus on iPhone OS 3.0 and the new speedier iPhone 3GS, the company turned the spotlight on new Mac hardware and the next version of OS X, Snow Leopard. This is a lower-profile OS release [...]
