Once again, we have some folks discussing how complex and difficult it is to install software on the Macintosh…. Namely: How the concept of a disk image is difficult for new users…. (Quite true) A Little bit more on how the Disk Image concept should be updated for the next decade. But more importantly, it […]
XP and Vista have the \’feature\’ of automated background defragmenting enabled by default, you might wish to disable this. How do I disable the Windows built-in defragger? Download the free * Tweak UI utility from Micorosft. Click on \’General\’ and untick the \’Optimise hard disk when idle\’ box. Windows Vista: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories […]
There\’s been a few people that have asked for the Indigo Twitter script available for download… So here it is… [download id=\”7643\”] Please feel free to give me feedback on the script, especially if there are features you would like added.
Folks, I am currently working on a Web Plugin for Indigo that will be able to drive iTunes natively… Â You will be able to control your playlists, and drive iTune\’s volume levels from the Web GUI… Anyone interested? Â If so, please let me know at Benjamin AT Schollnick DOT net… Â I will be looking for […]
Folks, There\’s a MOSX command line tool, that many people are unaware of called \”file\”. Â This application will give you information about what architectures applications will run on, and if it\’s not an application, it will attempt to identify what the file is. For example: dhcp105-53:~ Ben$ file test.pdf test.pdf: PDF document, version 1.3 dhcp105-53:~ […]
Microsoft is announcing Office 2010, in their own little way… Okay, I admit it, I don\’t think this is the official announcement, nor that this comes from Microsoft…… Â But… Â It\’s not a bad advertisement… Clippy\’s even in there…
A Federal judge in Seattle has held that IP Addresses are not personal information. Â The argument states that to be personally identifying, it must identify a person, but IP Addresses identify a computer. What does that mean for the average joe? Â An IP Address is the network equivalent of a telephone number. Â It is not […]
I haven\’t seen this issue, but this Apple Support Forums discussion (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2072449&tstart=25 ), discusses a non-obvious troubleshoot step to take if you are experiencing seriously degraded download performance. Quit Safari In your home folder open Library –> Safari Drag your downloads.plist file to the desktop Open Safari Attempt an download, and compare the speed of […]