SO… in response to my revelation about encryption, I figured the only way to save the massive headaches involved with constantly copy/pasting the new sets from encrypted to unencrypted root folders was to automate it. Well, to script it anyway. And b/c OS X is a essentially a cool ‘nix front end, we can do […]
So, ever since the OS X.3 “Panther” upgrade, I’ve been blaming myself for fxxxing up my hosts and/or Apache configuration. This one was just plain escaping me. I was using the same damn httpd.conf as I had been before… I’d gone into NetInfo Manager and removed my added “machines” and then re-added them. Based on […]
I’ve officially found my favorite use for Exposé! Before I’d had a chance to play w/ Panther at all, I was like … “Exposé? Neat idea, but who’ll really need it?” Then I made the upgrade. And messed around with it a little. And I was like … “Wow! That’s really neat! But I don’t […]
Updated to Panther this past week and after a few days of use, ready for to hash it out… First the goods: Despite warnings to the contrary, I’ve not experienced any data corruption as a result of FileVault yet. And maybe it’s just placebo but I feel a lot better now that my personal files […]
Saw this a while back and just left the url sitting on my desktop for … well, too long anyway. More/less full report on all the new features. But those geeky new features. Not so much about iChat or Expose. Yes, so much about FileVault and process management…
Via a Wired article: To cut a long story short, the tedious backup procedure was cavalierly dispensed with after Panther was successfully installed on two other machines earlier in the afternoon: a 1-GHz eMac and a 1.6-GHz PowerMac G5. In both cases, the machines were first backed up to one of OWC’s excellent external FireWire […]
An article on Panther… Written by David Pogue (who else?) for the NYTimes… My 2 favorite lines: FileVault uses an encoding scheme so thorough, Apple says, that a password-guessing computer would need 149 trillion years to break it. Just enough time for Apple to reach Mac OS X 11. …and… And Exposé is probably worth […]
From Ape Infinitum, re: iTunes Music Store: It’s all about recapturing second market revenue. *shrug*makes-face* Though I definitely fall in line w/ statements like: I wish I knew how to feel about iTunes. And/or “…people want to do the right thing [and go along with] good services at fair prices…” First off, $0.99 per song […]
You get something… And three months later, they release a new and much improved version. G4 processors up to 1GHz, slot-loading combo drive, Panther pre-loaded, 802.11g ready…
So now that I am pretty much officially taking the iBook w/ me to work everyday (and frequently to other places), it’s probably about time that I invested in a proper bag for transporting it comfortably and securely. Thus am I in the market for a new bag. Something to pad my little darling with […]