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Posts Tagged ‘osx’

10.5.7 ongoing weirdness

In Computing on 8 June 2009 tagged Apple, freeze, issues, leopard, osx, problems, sleep, wake with 2 comments

I managed to fix the wake-from-sleep problem that I originally suffered from on my MacPro. A reboot (or two) seemed to fix it and it sleeps without waking up now. I am still seeing some pretty weird issues with other areas though, particularly the Finder. Mapping drives through Finder seems prone to issues, often taking [...]

10.5.7 Breaks Sleep, Hopes and Dreams

In Computing on 17 May 2009 tagged Apple, osx, problems, sleep with 3 comments

Also known as the 10.5.7 sleep problem.
There are a bunch of reports of Mac OS X 10.5.7 update breaking sleep on a variety of machines ranging from PowerMac G5s to MacBooks. I can personally vouch for having issues with my MacBook Pro and MacPro*.
The recommended fixes range from resetting the SMC on MacBook Pros to [...]

Twittering in Nambu

In Computing on 17 April 2009 tagged applications, osx, social, Software, twitter with 1 comment

I’ve seen the awkwardly-named Nambu mentioned a couple of times this past week, initially as an alternative iPhone twitter app, and then as a desktop app for OS X. I usually use TwitterFox and find it pretty reasonable so I haven’t felt too compelled to change. Many people use the popular TweetDeck application which hasn’t [...]

Logitech Control Center 1, TextMate 0

In Computing on 2 December 2007 tagged bug, center, Computing, control, crash, drivers, logitech, mate, osx, Software, textmate with 1 comment

Ok, this was weird. The command-line TextMate launcher, ‘mate’ was crashing for me in strange and exciting ways. I filed a ticket. A kind person replied back that some people were reporting that it was Logitech Control Center. Humoring the nice man, I dutifully removed Logitech’s preferences panel and drivers… and now ‘mate’ works.
This is [...]

Logitech Control Center

In Computing on 26 November 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, drivers, logitech, mouse, osx, Software with 3 comments

In the past, I have talked no small amount of shit about Logitech’s driver situation on the Mac. I don’t think it was unreasonable though, and I didn’t feel the least bit bad about dumping my Logitech MX Revolution for an Apple Mighty Mouse. I did, however, miss all the buttons.
A word about writing software: [...]

Updated Music Library Listing

In Meta on 7 November 2007 tagged Apple, iTunes, itunes_publisher, leopard, Meta, Music, opensource, osx, Software with no comments

I updated my online music library today. It’s been overlong. The current stats are 8436 songs, 27.3 days, 56.3 GB. That’s for a Smart Playlist gathering all checked tracks and excluding videos and podcasts. If including the full library, I’d have 12863 items, 41:12:51:32 total time and 82.34GB. This week I had to deselect a [...]

People! Settle down now! It’s no big deal…

In Computing on 2 November 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, leopard, macbook_pro, osx, review, Software with no comments

Not since the release of the iPhone has so much noise been made about Apple. I am talking about Leopard, of course. It’s out now and you can get it from just about anywhere. Over 2 years ago, I wrote a great big review of Tiger. I’m not gonna do that for this release. Why [...]

Apple Hates You

In Technology on 1 October 2007 tagged Apple, asshole, brick, DRM, Freedom, iPod, iTunes, Linux, osx, Technology with 1 comment

I’ve been meaning to get this Nintendo DS homebrew HOWTO out the door in the last month but I keep getting distracted. Right now I’m too pissed to talk about it. Apple’s turned into a complete asshole in the span of about a month. Maybe two. Maybe it’s been brewing for a lot longer than [...]