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OSX Lion Preview slow to start

casper — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:10:22 +0000

If you as me is running OSX Lion, and find that Preview is incredible slow to start, and for some reason it also load all the previous seen files, well then welcome to the new “Resume” feature which Apple have introduced.

I like it for some programs, but with Preview it slowed it down so [...]

The missing USBOverDrive

casper — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:32:03 +0000

I some times feel like a fool, why would one wonder, well I tend to buy the software I use, even the more expensive parts.

Now there is a wast amount of good freeware around, but not all of it always working (for example Adium seams to crash 2 – 3 times a day, [...]

Apple OSX – Wake on Lan

casper — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:39:34 +0000

So I “upgraded” my AppleTV (which have served me well for 2 years) to a new MacMini (kind of overkill, but hey one have to have fun).

After mocking around with for the whole weekend it is now working as it should, due to XBMC, and some scripts which stops iTunes from starting.

But [...]

(followup III) Leopard Annoyances – Apache/PHP

casper — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:47:50 +0000

Back in February 2008 I wrote about my unhappyness about Apples inability to build a usefull PHP for Leopard (OSX 10.5), which forced more or less everyone who would be using PHP on Leopard to use a 3rd party build. And as far as I remember this was also the case with Tiger.

Now [...]

OSX X11 Keyboard issues

casper — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:35:40 +0000

There is a small issue with the “default” keyboard setup in OSX X11 (Leopard), after having had this issue for some time I finally decided that I needed to have this fixed.

And found a post which pointed to “/usr/X11/share/X11/xkb” as being the issue, and yes after renaming it:

# sudo mv /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb.orig

Everything [...]

Computer Speakers…..

casper — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:00:13 +0000

There are a few things I really do not like, some of them does not have to do with computers, and some of them does.

As a notebook use, with a frequent use of a external monitor, I’ve gotten around to live with the mess of cables on my desk, but on I cannot live [...]

First steps with an iPhone

casper — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:45:06 +0000

One of the most annoying things with the iPhone is that on have to pay through the nose to get an unlocked iPhone (current only Orange in France, and they charge â‚¬699 – afair), and Apple have an silly idea about programs on it – the SDK is a great idea, but I’m still [...]

(followup II) Leopard Annoyances I – Apache/PHP

casper — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:14:41 +0000

I wrote here about my happiness with Leopard (Apple OSX 10.5) and the implementation of PHP which they have put together.

Well Apple just released 10.5.2 (OSX 10.5 Update 2), and still there is no GD library in php, which means that it is still more or less useless to use for anything.

Let’s [...]

Garmin Support for OSX

casper — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:03:35 +0000

I have been moaning about the missing support for OSX from Garmin. I as everyone else have been forced to use either a PC running Windows, or run Windows in a virtual machine to do anything with our GPS. MapSource is a great piece of software, but it is fortunately Windows only.

During MacWorld 2008 [...]

iTunesFS (w/MacFuse)

casper — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:32:26 +0000

Almost a year ago I wrote about MacFuse, which is a great way of incorporating 3rd party filesystems into Apple OSX. One of the things iis to be able to have SpotLight as a filesystem.

But the new thing (relatively) is iTunesFS, which allows you to use finder to look at your iTunes [...]