It’s not as obvious as it seems in the Installing the SDK documentation. You’ll also need to do two (small) extra steps. Step 1: Make sure your JAVA_HOME path is using the correct value Edit or create a .bash_profile file in your home directory and add the following line. export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home` This will set the [...]
[22 Mar 2011]
PHP developer Chris Shiflett posted some easier-to-follow instructions for compiling Git from source on Snow Leopard. Git, of course, is the new hotness in version and source control with both command-line and GUI interfaces such as Gitnub, GitX, and SmartGit available. I use SVN, hosted by Springloops with Versions at the day job, but we’re [...]
[2 Nov 2009]
Theresa Carpenter Sondjo of Appfrica has an excellent post about working offline, particularly in cybercafes or locations where an internet connection is not available. Mac users can replace XAMPP with MAMP.* For portable apps, there’s the OS X Portable Apps suite. If you need an offline blogging tool, you can try the ScribeFire extension for [...]
[28 Jul 2009]
With its latest version, TrueCrypt has released a version for Mac OS X. OS X comes with its own encryption feature known as FileVault. But in my experience, FileVault can cause some performance issues. If you don’t regularly log out of your machine, you may find yourself running out of hard-drive space faster than you [...]
[6 Feb 2008]
I’ve mentioned ies4Linux before, as well as a round-about way to get it running on your Mac OS X machine. Well, first Mike Kronenberg cut out a few steps and released ies4osx. Then Sérgio Luís Lopes Júnior added those changes into the latest version of ies4linux. This isn’t yet a one-step operation. You will still [...]
[6 Dec 2007]
This is a post from 2006. Apple has released new MacBook models since then. As a result, this post is now obsolete and inaccurate. Something I learned while digging around the System Preferences on my MacBook: Mac OS X features what they call “Trackpad gestures.” Depending on which Trackpad gestures you enable, you can: Scroll [...]
[29 Aug 2006]