Tag: osx

MacWorld 2006

Well I just visited the annual San Francisco MacWorld Expo. It was ok, I am not a people person so I did not enjoy the crowds. But it was pretty cool, I got to see what a lot of companies are doing and where innovation is (it definatly is not in iPod accessories, about 50% …

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Productivity 0 – Frozen Bubble 1

One thing I really missed from my Debian desktop was Frozen Bubble. It is a simple game that fills my need for a time waster. Well I have found it for OSX. It works just about the same as I remember but fullscreen mode does not work yet. I highly recommend this to any OSX …

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Let Users Run the Latest Version Easily

If you are a software developer, you might know how hard it is to keep users running the most up to date versions of your software. WIndows is (in)famous for making users run Software Update all the time or bugging you to update with those silly message bubbles that will not go away. The OSX …

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Apple’s FileVault

Recently I turned on the “FileVault” option on my Mac. For those who don’t know FileVault is a preference that lets a user encrypt their /home directory. It is encrypted and the user sets a password to access it. Then when the user logs in their /home is decrypted on the fly as it is …

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