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Tag Archives: mac os x
Set up JAVA_HOME to track Java Preferences.app on Mac OS X
Mac OS X’s Java Preferences.app has a pane for switching between versions of the JDK, but I just found out from a coworker (thanks, Mike!) that you can make your shell match that preference easily — just add this to … Continue reading
How to bounce an application with Applescript
Say, for whatever reason, you want to bounce iphoto once an hour. You can do that with AppleScript and cron.
Download Xcode 3.1.4 for Leopard
Apple’s developer website only links to the latest version of Xcode, which requires Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). If you’re still running Leopard (10.5), you need to go to this alternative developer website: http://connect.apple.com/ Log in with your ADC … Continue reading
Apache2, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X using MacPorts
1. Install MacPorts Follow the instructions here: http://www.macports.org/install.php. 2. Install apache2 sudo port install apache2 Note that the macports instructions suggest installing the launchctl script now, but we’ll do that after mysql and php are installed. 3. Install and configure … Continue reading
How to pause crashplan on Mac OS X
Crashplan on Windows has a taskbar icon that lets you put the backup daemon to sleep, but the Mac OS X port doesn’t seem to have this functionality. You can’t just kill the backup daemon process. The OS X “launchd” … Continue reading