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Neccesary Apps for my MacBook Pro

posted Wednesday, July 05, 2006 4:17 PM by andy
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro.  I won't give any first impressions because there are plently of those out there and they all make two points:The hardware specs are greatThe Core Duo makes this one toasty little machineNow to the point of this Read More
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Flush the DNS cache on OS X

posted Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:11 PM by andy
I've never had to flush the DNS cache on my iBook and was shocked when I realized I had no idea how to do it.  Open up Terminal and type:sudo lookupd -flushcacheMore info on lookupd here Read More
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Preventing the .DS_Store file from showing up on network drives

posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:37 PM by andy
My biggest gripe about OS X is that by default the .DS_Store file is put on network stores where it really does not belong (IMHO).  Anyways there is a quick and easy way to prevent that.  This Apple knowledgebase article details how: Mac Read More
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VPC for Mac 7.0.2 released

posted Friday, July 01, 2005 11:17 PM by andy
Get it here Read More
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Using Fink with distcc

posted Monday, March 07, 2005 12:34 AM by andy
I haven't tried it yet but there is a tutorial on how to setup fink and distcc located here ..... too bad I don't have any machines that are comparable in speed to readily available :'( Read More
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Printing to a CUPS print server in OS X

posted Friday, March 04, 2005 4:40 PM by andy
I recently purchased a Linksys NSLU2 device and after installing the unslung firmware and CUPS packages I couldn't figure out how to add a CUPS printer to my iBook. Here's how I did it: Go into System Preferences --> Sharing and enable printer Read More
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