Safari 3.1 adds some important updates for web developers: Adds option in Safari preferences to turn on the new Develop menu which contains various web development features Allows access to Web Inspector Allows access to Network Timeline Allows editing CSS in the Web Inspector Allows custom user agent string Improves snippet editor I was very… Continue reading »
Mar
11
Mac OS X Leopard: sylogd eating cpu power
today i noticed after a reboot (i do that very rarely), that my iStats Menu CPU monitor shows me heavy CPU load. I fired up Activity Monitor and found that syslogd is using 90% – 100% cpu power – bad syslogd! I did some research on the net and found quiete some hints relating Time… Continue reading »
Mar
10
XSan Volume refuses to mount on only one of more clients
I had again some troubles with my XSan. I have 1 MDC (client/controller) and 2 clients and 2 Volumes on the XRaid. All clients and all volumes automounted as expected, except one volume on one of the clients I saw the client in the list for that particular volume in the XSan Admin application, but… Continue reading »
Mar
03
Fixing non-working iSync after updating to Leopard 10.5.2
After updating Leopard to version 10.5.2 using Software Update, iSync stopped working – it flashed in the dock, but never opened Luckily i found this dirty but awful simple trick to get it back to working: open Applications folder drag iSync app to your desktop open iSync from desktop -> it works! drag iSync from… Continue reading »
Jan
28
Pimp your Safari 3.0 (Leopard)
I recently switched back from firefox to safari as my default browser, mainly because firefox is too big, slow and hangs from time which anoyed me more and more. The switch became possible, because i found some extensions to safari, which counterparts i used on firefox excessively:
Jan
19
Sleep Modes for MacBook Pro
I’ve set my sleepmode of my macbook pro to use the “old” style of sleeping and my mac was very stable and had nearly no problems with waking from sleep. But as my battery seems to loose capacity i had the problem that if your battery empties very fast in sleep mode 0 (old style),… Continue reading »
Oct
29
Compile Python 2.4.4 on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Recently i upgraded my OS to Leopard and had to recompile python 2.4.4 for my Zope 3 buildout setup (i need a clean python for that). The problem was, that python 2.4.4 won’t build on leopard, Jodok Batlogg from Lovely Systems had the same problem and instantly found the solution. As he hasn’t posted it… Continue reading »
Mar
27
os x survival kit (darwin ports packages)
as i had to reinstall my mac book pro after my harddisk has died recently, i post my list of essential packages i need for my developments in Mac OS X.
Oct
16
play flash videos (flv) in your quicktime player
Perian is a really handy tool if you have to deal with flash videos(.flv).