Quick Look is new functionality added in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopoard. It is activated by pressing the space bar in Finder.
The qlgenerator files should be installed in the /Library/QuickLook folder. Finder should be relaunched after install.
I did an upgrade yesterday, and this did not go smoothly, Leopard bit me hard:
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VNC server for Mac:
VNC client for Mac:
After upgrading to an Intel iMac, my HP Deskjet 840C started to produce garbled output. Fonts were too large and clipped at the bottom. Apparently the HP Deskjet 3.3 driver is broken on Intel computers. Solution is to download and install the HP Deskjet 2.7.1 driver. This is a PPC driver and will work via Rosetta, but output looks good.
New and old iMac side by side.
Tools for working with images:
MacFuse provides everything you need to mount an ftp directory on a remote site on your Mac:
curlftpfs ftp://user:pass@ftp.example.com/ ftpThe mount point will become visible in the finder. Replace user/pass by your usercode/password and ftp.example.com by the name of your ftp site.
Update: See also MacFusion for a GUI to MacFuse.
Useful plugins for use with iPhoto:
Geocoding is the process of adding location information to the meta-data of photographs.
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Network File System
Client
sudo kill -1 `cat /var/run/automount.pid`Server
/etc/exports:/x/d *(rw,all_squash,anonuid=101,anongid=100)
I could not find an easy way to move songs from one iTunes library to another. After some searching and trial and error, I settled on the following.
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I wanted to distribute my mp3 collection over several drives, which is not well supported by iTunes. The article Switch between two iTunes Libraries describes an approach how to set this up, but this is a bit too complicated. Here is my approach.
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My EyeHome is connected to the Ethernet port of my Powerbook with Internet sharing enabled to the Airport. This provides access to the Internet, but not to other computers on my LAN. In order to reach my iMac, I added a reverse proxy to /etc/httpd /httpd.conf:
#LoadModule proxy_module libexec/httpd/libproxy.soand
#AddModule mod_proxy.c
Listen 8001
<VirtualHost *:8001>
ProxyPass / http://192.168.1.30:8000/
</VirtualHost>
where 192.168.1.30 is the IP address of my iMacThis forwards HTTP requests to port 8001 of my Powerbook to port 8000 of my iMac (where EyeHome is running).
It appears that instead of the EyeHome software on Mac, you can also run the Neuston Media Center software on Linux or Windows. Update: not really, apparently the EyeHome and the Neuston Media Center are distinguishable by the server.
The EyeHome is a TV settop box that provides access from a television set to EyeTV recordings, movies, pictures and music stored on a Mac. Information on the web is sparse, but I did find some useful links:
One of the USB disk drives on my Linksys NSLU2 suddenly stopped mounting and showed Unformatted on the Status screen. I have a Mac where I can plug in the USB drive, but MAX OSX Tiger does not support the existing ext3 file system driver, I cannot access the disk there. I did find out that the conf partition was broken, the data partition seemed OK. Read the rest of this entry »
My ISP, XS4ALL, had an offer for a free Treo 650 with monthly voice and GPRS plans via KPN Mobile. This Treo comes with Dial-Up Networking (DUN) enabled, so I should be able to use it to connect my Mac Powerbook to the internet via Bluetooth. Read the rest of this entry »
One of my Lacie firewire drives would not mount, and disk utility failed to repair it. I am running Mac OS X 1.2.8. Googling gives some pointers to commercial programs like Disk Warrier and Disk Rescue, but this thread gives a fast solution. Read the rest of this entry »