OS X

OS X Mavericks My Dock Keeps Moving Between Monitors Is DRIVING ME CRAZY!

I have multiple monitors on my mac and for some reason on OSX Mavericks my dock kept jumping from one screen to another. This has been happening for too long so I finally spent some time figuring this out. Go to the screen that the dock currently is not on. Click the center of the…

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Connect to MSSQL Server on Mac OS X Mavericks | SQLServer Client for Mac

Recently I had to connect my PHP application to a MSSQL server. This is a step by step guide to viewing, updating and editing MSSQL Server databases on your Mac! Step 1: Download SQL Development. Oracle has an excellent FREE SQL development tool, SQL Developer that will allow you to connect to a MSSQL database server….

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osx – OS X Terminal “must have” utilities – Ask Different

ve just read with pleasure, and learned a lot from these questions : OS X Terminal Tips and Tricks OS X Hidden features and nice tips & tricks OS X Applications you can’t live without But I didn’t find in these some of my favorites tools, which I use on a daily basis, and I think…

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How to Flush DNS Cache Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9 – Empty, Reset, Clear DNS Cache

DNS cache keeps an IP address stored in your computer. If you’re doing web development and you’ve moved your content to a new server sometimes you can’t reach it. The DNS entry needs to be changed. For Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Use This Tutorial In Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Open up your terminal…

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Can’t send mail with OS X Mavericks 10.9 SMTP servers are offline

After my OSX 10.9 installation of Mavericks my email accounts stopped being able to send email. I looked in the outgoing mail preferences in mail and I didn’t have any outgoing servers. I re-entered my outgoing SMTP server settings and saved them but I still couldn’t send. Furthermore, the new settings I just entered completely…

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Mounting Linux (ext2/ext3) partitions under Mac OS X

Opera Omnia: Tom Pennings’ Blog: Mounting Linux (ext2/ext3) partitions under Mac OS X.  

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OS X: How to reset the DNS cache

I ALWAYS forget how to reset DNS cache. This is especially useful when moving sites to a new server. Mountain Lion or Lion Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Mac OS X v10.6Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache via OS…

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Mac OS X Bandwidth Limiting Bandwidth Throttle

Many a time I want to see how the site I’m working on loads on a slower connection. A 20gb Fiber connection is not ‘real world.’ These are some Bandwidth Limiter, Bandwidth Throttle, Bandwidth Shaping apps that I’ve found. I’ve been using SPEEDLIMIT AND  Slowly (there’s a free version.) Entonnoir http://tools.chocoflop.com/entonnoir_en.html   SPEEDLIMIT Speedlimit is a…

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Sync Mac OS X Address Book without Mobile Me Account

Sync Contacts, Calendars If you want to synchronize contacts or calendars between two or more Macs, access your contacts or calendars via the Web, or both, you have several choices. Address Book Sync Starting with OS X 10.5.3, Apple’s Address Book application can natively sync your contacts with Exchange, Yahoo, or Gmail Contacts, without requiring…

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Mac OS X Mouse Hover Stops Working Logitech Wireless

So, I’ve encountered this problem a few times now where hovering over any menu or link doesn’t work and your Dock Zoom stops. I thought I’d share a solution because it’s REALLY ANNOYING! First, make sure your batteries are charged. I find this problem begins when my batteries are low and I get stuck without…

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optimize firefox memory usage

http://blog.codefront.net/2008/09/10/optimize-firefoxs-memory-usage-by-tweaking-session-preferences/ I’m a heavy tabbed browsing user – I have around 30 tabs open in my day-to-day Firefox profile all the time. Since the day Firefox 3 was released, I’ve noticed Firefox progressively getting slower with this particular Firefox profile (I use a different profile for web development). When it got to the point where…

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create ogv ogg videos on mac

recently i wanted to put some html5 <video> into a site. and then i was stuck trying to find an OGG video converter for mac. here’s the solution FFMpeg2Theora. it’s command line and very simple to use. http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/ # ffmpeg2theora yourFile.m4v I’m using the .m4v and the .ogv file on a wordpress site to display…

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atMonitor from atPurpose = awesome system monitor

someday in the near future when you’re forced or tricked to update iStats. here’s a real nice alternative atPurpose atMonitor http://www.atpurpose.com/atMonitor/ another nice feature with atMonitor is the ability to “purge memory” – sometimes firefox will get up to 800mb+ on me and i trim the fat off of it. you’ll need to download CHUD…

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sun virtualbox connect to shared folder on mac

Although shared folder support is not as good as other competitors, VirtualBox provides quite satisfied solution for shared folder. In order to create a shared folder, you need to… Click on the cute folder icon at the bottom of the VirtualBox window Go through the process of setting the shared folder In the Windows OS,…

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OSX – emond using all CPU

found this thread wo3:~ admin$ cd /etc/emond.d/rules/ wo3:rules admin$ sudo su Password: sh-3.2# ls -l total 40 -rw-r–r–  1 root  wheel  5252 Mar 16  2008 AdaptiveFirewall.plist -rw-r–r–  1 root  wheel   366 Dec 31  2008 DiskStatus.plist.previous -rw-r–r–  1 root  wheel  5042 Aug 30  2008 SWUpdate.plist sh-3.2# rm -Rf *.* i delted all the emond daemon…

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Mac OSX – ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host noticed in system log: Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting pop3d: Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting pop3d-ssl: Mar 16 11:39:24 hosting sshd[8243]: fatal: /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable. i opened up Disk Utility and “Fixed Permissions” on the drive and voila… i’m able to connect to…

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try post from iPhone.

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canon mx850 setup on wireless network for OSX snow leopard

for the umpteenth time i’m having to get the printer working. IJ Network Tool finds the printer:  canon downloads network setup guide: MX850_NSG_EN_V1.pdf file install locations: /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Tool /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Utilities/Canon IJ Printer Utility canon drivers for snow leopard

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