Articles tagged with apple

1. iPod Appears in Finder, Not In iTunes

   Posted on July 02, 2012 in Software

   A legacy troubleshooting note for iPods that appear in Finder but not in iTunes after a power event.

2. Lion + Cisco VPN DNS Workaround

   Posted on November 07, 2011 in System Administration

   When I upgraded to OS X 10.7 (Lion), I started using the built-in IPSec VPN client rather than Cisco's VPNClient. I experienced problems immediately. At first it appeared that the connection was being made, but no traffic was passing. When I tried pinging by IP address, I found that …

3. Convert MOD Movies with VLC on Your Mac

   Posted on July 11, 2011 in Software

   My wife uses a Canon FS100 for taking home videos of the kids. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a fairly light-weight camcorder that uses SDHC cards rather than tapes. The only real grievance I have with it is that the video codec it uses is not compatible with …

4. Installing Unison 2.27.57 via MacPorts

   Posted on June 13, 2011 in System Administration

   I've mentioned before that I use Unison to keep a few important directories synchronized between my various workstations and file server. I made the switch to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS recently, and started using its unison 2.27.57 package. This breaks all of my Macs that use unison 2 …

5. rsync: on remote machine: --extended-attributes: unknown option

   Posted on May 27, 2011 in System Administration

   rsync: on remote machine: --extended-attributes: unknown option
   

   If this is the output you get when running rsync, you are almost certainly running the Mac OS X version of rsync -E on the client with something else on the server side. The fix is to install the MacPorts version of rsync …

6. Adding Windows Shared Printers to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

   Posted on March 29, 2011 in System Administration

   I was recently struggling to add a Windows shared printer to my MacBook Pro (running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)) until I ran across this post which gave me two important hints:

   1. You need to use the Advanced tab in the Add Printer dialog. You can find this …

7. tshark Fails: Interface is Not Up

   Posted on July 20, 2010 in System Administration

   This problem happened on a Mac Mini running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) not too long ago. The user was trying to run tshark against interface en2 — a USB <acronym title="Network Interface Card">NIC</acronym>. The tshark command produced the following output.

   # tshark -w /tmp/slap -i en2
   Capturing …

8. Reminder: Reinstall XQuartz After Apple Software Update

   Posted on July 18, 2010 in Software

   I always forget to do this. Long ago I installed XQuartz on my Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) desktop. For the life of me, I can't remember why I installed it. XQuartz replaces the X11 that comes with Mac OS X. I might have done this since XQuartz is …

9. The Big List of Security Update Resources

   Posted on March 12, 2010 in System Administration

   If you have an interest in information security from a technical or managerial point of view, check out Principles of Information Security. It does an excellent job of presenting material for both audiences.

   If you have other vendors you would like to see on this list, send me a message …

10. Snow Leopard Coming Today

    Posted on August 28, 2009 in Software

    Today (Aug 28, 2009) is the big day for Mac OS X lovers. Snow Leopard has finally been released. If you were smart enough to pre-order it on Amazon then you'll be getting it soon. Not only that, but you saved \$4 off the list price!

    On a related note …

11. Using a Local DNS Server in Leopard

    Posted on April 27, 2009 in System Administration

    Most of OS X Caching Only Name Server series was written in the pre-Leopard days. The final step in that process was to make the new server the preferred DNS server. Unfortunately, a change was introduced in Leopard that only allows you to add the local server to the list …

12. Reverting Mac Dock Icon Problem

    Posted on February 02, 2009 in System Administration

    Those that know me may have heard me rant about my "Reverting Mac Dock Icon Problem." The problem is this: I have put a folder on my Dock and every time I log out or reboot, the icon reverts from my custom icon to the default folder icon. To fix …

13. MLB Schedule Widget

    Posted on May 15, 2007 in Software

    This is a little off-topic for this website, but I had to pass this widget along for any Mac OS X users out there. The MLB Schedule widget from Logan Rockmore Design is a simple widget that displays the 5 day schedule for any MLB team. It will show the …

14. Converting Mac OS X Icon Files to PNG

    Posted on April 23, 2007 in Graphics Design

    Important commands: sips

    A few folks have asked me where I got the nice looking Software Update icon for my post regarding Apple's Security Update 2007-004. First, let me say, "Thanks for noticing!" Second, let me point out that Steve Jobs will probably be knocking on the door of the …