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Set up MySQL server using a Mac Mini Server with Lion and a Promise Pegasus R6

Dec

2011

Recently, I set up a Mac Mini server (with Mac OS X Lion) and a Promise Pegasus R6 Thunderbolt disk array as a mysql server for a client of mine. I had to learn few things in the process and I thought I would share the details for those who may need them in the ...

Apple, the Mac and Blu-Ray 7

Feb

2008

Now that HD-DVD has officially lost the HD format battle, and Blu-Ray has emerged the victor, many Mac sites are speculating that Apple will soon implement Blu-Ray playback support into its system and start selling Blu-Ray drives in its computers. I’m not sure Apple will implement Blu-ray playback into OS X any time soon. One ...

Changing the system’s default settings for html files (safe)

Feb

2008

With Leopard 10.5.1, Apple’s developers changed the default status of html files downloaded from the internet from ‘safe’ to ‘Unsafe’. While this may make sense from a security standpoint, for somebody like me that processes hundreds of html files downloaded every day, it’s a big annoyance. I filed a bug with Apple, asking for a ...

Another useful feature is gone missing in Leopard 5

Nov

2007

Yet another useful feature has been eliminated in Leopard. The audio controller that the Finder’s column view had for the preview pane when previewing audio files has been eliminated. Why? I don’t know. No logical explanation can come to mind. In Tiger, if you set your window’s view to the column view and point it ...

Leopard 10.5.0 problem spots

Oct

2007

I’ve been using Leopard as my only OS for 4+ days now. Here is a first report on where I’ve encountered the most problems. Safari: I spend a lot of time with Safari (can’t use any other browser as my main browser). It’s the only Apple application that I use so extensively. So far I’ve ...