p0ps Harlow tweeted something about trying to get an AMP environment running on his Mac. Conversation followed, and eventually I sent along an email that look sorta like this:
If you’re running 10.4 (I doubt it, but it’s worth mentioning because I’m most familiar with it), here’s how I’ve setup dozens of machines for web development [...]
Posted January 24, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: amp, apache, installing, mac, mac os X, mysql, php, sysadmin, web development. 4 Comments.
Among the missing features I hear the most complaints about regarding iChat is the lack of tabbed chatting. Today I discovered it’s part of Leopard. Simply go to the iChat prefs, click on the messages pane, and selected “Collect chats into a single window” and you’re set.
Posted November 24, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: ichat, im, Leopard, mac os X, options, tabbed chatting, tabbed iChat, tabs. Be the first one.
I’m as annoyed as the next guy about how hard it is to find a decent screencast app for Mac. The forthcoming Mac OS 10.5’s new iChat Theater (and the built-in screen sharing/control features) should create some new opportunities for developers, but right now it’s hard to know what works or is worth trying.
Further, I [...]
Posted October 17, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, demo, mac, mac os X, screen copy, screen sharing, screencast. 2 Comments.
Old instructions that connect the Mac OS X Address Book app to a phone via Bluetooth from O’Reilly and SillyDog. Once paired, the Address Book can initiate dialing, notify the user of incoming calls, and send SMS texts.
Bluetooth Texter SMS Widget, message2net, and BluePhoneElite all offer further tools to interact with your Bluetooth-connected mobile phone. [...]
Posted August 16, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: applescript, bluetooth, cell phone, mac, mac os X, sms, texting. 9 Comments.
Those of us hoping for an early release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard might be disappointed to learn that Apple will just be getting around to giving out a “feature complete” beta at WWDC in mid-June. If you really must have it, conference badges are $1,295.
The Leopard beta. Available first at WWDC.
At the Apple [...]
Posted May 8, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: beta, Leopard, mac, Mac OS Leopard, mac os X, Mac OS X 10.5, waiting, wwdc. Be the first one.
It couldn’t be much easier. I’d previously posted command line instructions, but it turns out that there’s a huge number of people who don’t know the easy way: just CTRL-click on the file and select “Create Archive…” You’ll also find the option in the File menu. Either way, you’ll end up with both the original [...]
Posted April 26, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, archive, how to, instructions, mac, mac os X, os x, zip, zip file. 5 Comments.
With rumors of a March release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, swirling, Zach asked what was promised that he should be excited about, so I went looking to jog my memory.
The announced features include Time Machine automatic backup of all your stuff (with integration to make finding and restoring stuff in applications easy and [...]
Posted March 5, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: ichat, iChat Theater, im, instant messaging, Leopard, Mac OS Leopard, mac os X, Mac OS X 10.5. 3 Comments.
I’m lazy, that’s all I can say to explain why I hadn’t put any serious thought into upgrading from the 1.3.x version of Apache that ships with Mac OS X to the much more feature rich 2.0.x or 2.2.x. But today I found reason enough to switch my development to 2.2.3, and I went looking [...]
Posted January 10, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: apache, apache 2.2.3, mac, mac os X, web server. One Comment.
Sure it’s old news, but I am pretty happy that Mac OS X 10.4 has a built-in VNC server.
You’ll still need a client, like Chicken of the VNC, but it couldn’t be much simpler to make work. Though, you could run a separate server app (even several instances of it) and work up [...]
Posted September 6, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: built-in, mac, mac os X, Mac OS X 10.4, remote control, screen sharing, virtual network network computer, VNC. Be the first one.
Vista delayed
The delay is the latest problem for the software giant’s flagship operating system. Microsoft had originally slated the software for release in late 2005, but pushed back its target date to summer 2006 and dropped several planned features to try to guarantee delivery.
The company attributed the delay to the extra time needed to insure [...]
Posted April 8, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: delay, delayed, mac os X, macs, macs vs pcs, pcs, pcs vs macs, vista, vista delayed, windows, windows vista. Be the first one.
I’m still excited about that Bluetooth headset I got last week, but I did encounter a little problem with it. Rather, I encountered a problem with Mac OS X and the Bluetooth headset. I don’t remember all the precipitating details, but the obvious threshold event was when Gizmo Project complained that it couldn’t find the [...]
Posted October 12, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth headset, bluetooth headsets, bluetooth pairing, connection problem, logitech, logitech mobile freedom, mac os X, mobile, won't connect, won't pair. 8 Comments.
As I was contemplating making angry calls to my hosting provider last week when they shut down MaisonBisson for a couple days, it occurred to me that I would rather make those calls via SkypeOut or some similar service that didn’t reveal my home phone number. After all, I wouldn’t want an angry sysop to [...]
Posted October 9, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth firmware update, bluetooth headset, bluetooth headsets, gizmo project, gizmoproject, ichat, logitech, logitech mobile freedom, mac os X, mobile, skype, wireless. 4 Comments.
In case you’re looking: Metaphyzx’s Mac OS Wireless Adapter Compatibility List.
tags: apple, card compatibility, compatibility, compatibility list, list, mac, mac os, mac os x, macintosh, network adapter, wifi, wifi adapter, wifi cardbus card, wifi pc card, wifi pci card, wifi pcmcia card, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless adapter compatibility
Posted October 3, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: apple, card compatibility, compatibility, compatibility list, list, mac, mac os, mac os X, macintosh, network adapter, wifi, wifi adapter, wifi cardbus card, wifi pc card, wifi pci card, wifi pcmcia card, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless adapter compatibility. 4 Comments.
I actually like the look of a broken panorama, where the borders of each photo are clearly visible — even emphasized. But last night I got the notion of doing a seamless pano and found DoubleTake, a $12 shareware app that makes the process pretty darn easy. The sunrise shot above (larger sizes) was my [...]
Posted September 23, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: borders, doubletake, edges, mac os X, pano, panorama, panoramic, panoramic photos, photography, seamless, seamless panorama, seamless stitching, shareware, software, sunrise. 4 Comments.
I do a lot of web development on my laptop. I’ve got Apache and PHP there, so it’s really convenient, but I usually move projects off to other server before I get around to wanting to mess with mod_rewrite. Not so, recently, but I ran into a big stumbling block when I discovered OS X’s [...]
Posted August 30, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: .htaccess, apache, apache http server, apache web server, docs, enabling .htaccess files, httpd.conf, mac, mac os X, mod_rewrite, os x, richard rutter. 2 Comments.