Category: Apple

  • Meet your new Production Assistant…..

    The long awaited Apple Final Cut Server was released today, ahead of this years NAB show. It’s been a long time coming (more than two years almost), but you can finally have your cake and eat it too. From Apple’s FCS page: Whether you work in a production boutique or a global news network, you…

  • RevoLabs makes Microphones cool again….

    A friend passed this on today (thanks Jeremy). If you use a mic in your day to day businness (or even if you’re an occasional ichat/skype user, you should check this out. RevoLabs have introduced a new line of Wireless microphones that come with RF-Armor. What does that mean, well the next time your GSM…

  • Turn on/off remote desktop service remotely….

    Apples remote desktop service is great and it comes in handy, but what happens when you’re 5000 miles away from your desktop, only to find that remote desktop is turned off. Dooohhhh. Well here is a quick tip to turn the damn thing on and off in a second through a remote ssh connection. To turn…

  • Quicktip for Frontrow users (OSX)

    I bet you didn’t know that Frontrow, Apple’s Media Centre software that ships with every Mac, can actually playback those HD trailers from their site. Well here is a quicktip to enable that functionality:defaults write com.apple.frontrow EnableHDMovieTrailers TRUEOnce you type this into terminal, start up Frontrow and note that you get a new option under…

  • Best Open Source apps at your finger tips….

    Are you constantly hearing about Open Source software and are wondering how to go about getting started. Do you want to cleanse your Mac or PC from all those so called advanced applications that don’t do what they advertise, yet take up all the diskspace on your computer. Or maybe you’re just sick of BSOD’n/Beachball’n…

  • Stream your Linux/Windows/Mac Desktop as video using VLC

    A buddy of mine (thanks Mike) showed me this today. There is a input Access module in the newer versions of VLC (0.8.6+) called “screen” which makes this possible. To stream your desktop to another machine (ip address: 192.168.1.2 in this case) just use the following command in Linux (sorry command line only):vlc screen:// :screen-fps=30…

  • How to uninstall almost any application in OSX manually

    Well, you learn something new everyday. Here is what I picked up today….If you ever install an application that came as a OSX package, there is a good chance that the installer has installed files all over your machine. There is also a good chance that the installer has left you a little gift —…

  • ItunesFS….MacFUSE rocks!!!

    Okay so hot on the heels of my MacFUSE install, I find iTunesFS which is a FUSE module for iTunes written by Marcus Müller…..YUMMY :-). Now it’s a read-only module (ie: it lets you take stuff out of itunes/ipod/iphone storage, but most of the time that’s all you want to do anyways. If you want…

  • MacFUSE….ready for primetime?

    I think so, you see I’ve been waiting for about a year — since last years Mac World announcement — to try MacFUSE, but to be honest I’ve been a bit of a chicken. In my book you rarely, if ever, play around with the filesystem. Specially with ported beta code and all the “uncertainties”…

  • Changing DNS hostname on OSX Server

    If you ever need to check the DNS hostname under OSX server here is the command: $ sudo changeip -checkhostnameIf you need to change it (ie: after a DNS table change) use the following command (for OD sites):changeip /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1/ 192.0.0.12 192.0.0.12 old.example.com new.example.comchangeip also has a lot of other uses (ie: if you change the…