MacBreak Tech

On Friday October 26 Apple will release OS X 10.5 Before then you need to do some things to make your Mac so that it is ready for that upgrade. There are 300 features! Before you buy into the upgrade check to make sure you can run it.

There’s a video describing some of the features.

Here are the links on Fixing Permissions:
Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X
About Disk Utility’s Repair Disk Permissions feature

‘Repair Permissions’ Is Not a Recommended Step When Applying System Updates
Another article on permissions.

Sites to watch that cover compatibility, installations and other issues:
macintouch.com
MacFixIt.com
MacOSXhints.com
support.apple.com

Software:
Carbon Copy Cloner
VueScan scanner software from Hamrick.

 

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Quicksilver is way more than just a keyboard-driven launcher. Using a noun verb grammatical model, you can do basic search and work effortlessly with applications, data, and the web.

Get Quicksilver here.

Quicksilver on Google Video.

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson the Audible version.
the text on Google.

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The hacker tourist article by Neal Stephenson.

Transatlantic Cable in Wikipedia and another article.

Life Hacker a getting started and triggers video.

Merlin intros and drills into QuickSilver on MacBreak.

Here’s more Merlin talking about commas.

IDKFA.

 

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It’s 3am and the #$%^&* won’t do what you need it to do. There is little chance of anyone being awake that can help you. What do you do? You help yourself that’s what. For guys like us calling tech support is generally a waste of time. Instead we look to a wealth of knowledge to solve problems. Here’s how you can help yourself.

 

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Possibly the only commentary on the net in support of the Finder. Thanks for the mention TAUW!

[show notes go here]

 

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Network hubs, switches, routers and making your own cables.

 

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Decompiling the 2007 Apple World Wide Developer Conference

 

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Before you “try stuff” to recover a hard drive that won’t come up on you Mac please listen to this podcast. What to do if your hard drive doesn’t come up.

Fixing a Mac that won’t Boot [link]
Hard Drive Recovery Check List [link]

 

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RAID is often described in numbers such as RAID0, RAID1, RAID4, RAID5 and so on. But numbers don’t mean much. We talk about different RAID configurations using more real world words: Scary, Redundant Redundant, Not So Scary RAID. While all of those RAID variants are pretty cool the forthcoming ZFS is a modern take on making RAID even better.

Note: It is uncertain when ZFS will ship for the Mac as an option supported by Apple.

 

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Here is a strategy for getting the most out of your new and old wireless network. If you don’t pay attention to how your “Airport” network is configured it will go as slow as possible. Making all the 802.11 wireless variants go fast is as simple as configuring them correctly.

The ABGN refers to the different speeds of the 802.11.

 

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Before you send that old Mac to the recycler consider there might be lots of life left in it. [more text goes here...]

 

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