NOTE: an alternate version of the show has been created that fixes some of the audio problem towards the end of the show. thanks camuel! click to download or listen.
Back to My Mac either just magically works or it doesn’t at all. There are several reasons why it doesn’t just work:
Older Router
Configured incorrectly
Double Router
Weird wired or plugged into the wrong connection.
ISP or BOFH blocking ports.
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Preview is a super powerful yet underrated tool.
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once in a while you re-explore a project only to find that it’s nearly impossible to find things, items are missing and it’s a complete mess. everyone from the programmer to the photographer can benefit from having a consistent file naming and folder structure system in place. rememember you don’t have to do it like we do. use whatever works for you, stick with it, and modify it over time.
Making a business around Macintosh can be fun and profitable. Just because Apple as a store doesn’t mean that you can’t make Mac the center of your business. There are many ways that you can can make money from Macs: support, training, service, or making things with your Mac.
Remember, don’t quit your day jorb.
Why hack a G4 into a NAS drive. First off, NAS means Network Attached Storage. It’s basically a big hard drive you can use from any of the computers on your network. After years of service the G4 is nearing the end of it’s life. Apple raised the bar with Leopard dead-ending the earliest machines requiring 768Mhz and a modern GPU. With two exceptions (yikes and sawtooth) the G4 line has gigabit ethernet which gives you fast file transfers if you wired network supports this speed. Many commercial NAS products don’t have gigabit ethernet or charge a premium for the faster model.
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Using iWork in ways never intended.
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Learning programming is fun and for the most part easy to do. You need to set your expectations to meet this task because for some people it will be a hard road. But fear not, there are lots of ways to learn and examples to follow. Whether you learn in a more traditional classroom or on your own it will take a while for programming to sink in. Mostly because people aren’t used to thinking this way. Because everyone knows how to use a list it’s not a big jump to make something more complex.
Programming a Mac offers lots of different choices. The best part is so many things are free to use without restriction.
The outline and links mentioned in the show are just a click away.
Why?
Why not.
One Machine not 3.
On a MacBook you have all your environments.
What?
That one thing you need to run for legacy.
Compatibility Checking
Some fun game.
Anything really.
Reviews are already WILDY out of date
http://www.macworld.com/article/55484/2007/02/vmwarevsparallels.html
Why an emulator and not BootCamp?
BootCamp requires a partition.
Emulators don’t need a physical disk.
Side-by-Side
Use Spaces to hold a whole window.
What choices are there for emulation
vmWare
Parallels
DOSbox
Cross Over
http://www.virtualbox.org/
Wine
MAME
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33091
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=176560
SCUMM
What runs?
Windows
Linux
Solaris
DOS
Installation
licensing
Windows XP
Vista
Windows installs faster than Windows on hardware.
Performance
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.24/24.02/VirtualizationBenchmark/
Zork 1, 2, 3 .exe
http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html
Visicalc
http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm
Asterisk
http://asterisk.org/
Gizmo Project
http://gizmoproject.com/
Purchased music from iTunes
on more then one Mac (up to 5)
Sharing music on
one computer
the home and office computer
more then one computer in the same house hold
Airport Express
Squeeze Box
Turning on Sharing in iTunes.
doesn’t sync music just allows you to play it.
Syncing iPods.
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
itunes spelled backwards
iPod Extractor
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12739
floola
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/
an extensive list of other tools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_Managers
Conversation about drm’d AAC files
Consolidation (thoughts)
use the old Mac to store all the music.
set up VNC screen sharing
or load Leopard on it to screen share to it.
Origin of the myth. Dispelling the scary myth.
Macs are toys not good for “real work”
origin: Mac 128
changed: Mac II
today: UNIX based architecture very versatile.
Mac’s are for dummies.
origin: it’s really easy to use a mac. real computing is done with the command line
now: most of todays work is done with a GUI.
http://lowendmac.com/lab/75.html
Mac is Expensive
origin: Mac’s were expensive. Quadra 950 retailed for $8K
now: there will always be cheaper alternatives to a Mac that on the surface seem cheaper. if you compare similar spec’d computers you will find a similar price.
Market share isn’t big:
origin: Wall Street analysts that see success only as home runs
now: market share is a huge myth
look at specific markets to get an idea of true share
graphics development
movie industry
multimedia development
web development
_______ doesn’t run.
origin: lots of titles don’t run on a Mac.
now: Once you go Mac you can go Back and run whatever you want
depends on what you are doing.
content creation - no need to have two platforms
accounting - runs better in windows
Emulation can be done with:
Parallels
vmWare
CrossOver
<a href = “http://www.dosbox.com/”>DosBox</a>
2 Button Mice
origin: One button mouse.
now: second button and scroll wheel supported since OS 9 with the introduction of USB.
no standard ports: no parallel. no 9 pin serial.
origin: the 8pin serial port wasn’t hobby-ist friendly. hacking parallel is easy.
now: more input options then ever before.
usb to parallel
to serial
various controllers
http://sourceforge.net/projects/k8055mac/
Velleman K8055 USB I/O
midi
USB overdrive
http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/Information.html
X10
Xbox 360 driver
http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRoot/Xbox360Controller/OsxDriver
KeySpan
http://www.keyspan.com/downloads/
Big Sponsor Plug
Not good for accounting.
myth: Macs don’t have accounting software
now: check with your accountant first.
acctvantage
http://www.acctvantage.com/
MYOB
Inuit
You need Mac Specific _insert_whatever_here
hard drives
displays
printers
RAM
Mac is not compatible with the corporate network.
origin: NetBIOS, Novel, VINES and other networks didn’t have Mac drivers
TCP/IP doesn’t care what you are.
http://www.macvspc.info/websitePDFs/MACvsPCCombined.pdf
Mac’s are chatty on a network.
AppleTalk Phase 2, included with System 7, reduced the chattiness significantly.
http://www.mac-guild.org/appletalk.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk
Don’t play games.
origin: the Mac had a Black and White screen until the Mac II which cost about $5K when it was released. so there weren’t that many games.
dark castle, glider, solitaire, flight simulator.
truth: Mac’s don’t allow writing to the metal
now: lots of games but not always the newest games.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/
DS, PSP, xbox, ps3, ps2, Wii, Cube, N64… may be a better choice.
