Archive for category MacOSX
REmote Desktop MacosX open source
http://cord.sourceforge.net/
speed up safari
http://guides.macrumors.com/Speed_up_Safari
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.25
Updating the locate database in Mac OS X
One of my favorite commands in Unix is “locate”. It’s useful to help find files through terminal – fast! After freshly installing Leopard, I realised that the database for the command had not been built.
`/var/db/locate.database': No such file or directory
No problem. To fix this simply run the command:
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
After a few minutes the database will be created, and you can continue using terminal efficiently.
hotspot VPN Client :)
Free VPN to view HULU ! wohoo 
http://www.anchorfree.com/
Blackberry mail problema con el borrador
Cuando te manda miles de mails la blackberry mientras estás escribiendo un correo en mail app. Hay que desactivar la opción en:
PREFERENCIAS -> CUENTAS -> desactivar “GUARDAR BORRADORES EN EL SERVIDOR“
Minicom macosx
Here’s a step-by-step set of instructions on how to console onto your cisco router or switch from your mac using minicom.
Install minicom via Fink [Fink minicom page]. In the Terminal, type fink install minicom
Purchase the Keyspan PDA adapter. Install the driver and reboot
Configure minicom. Type minicom -s in the Terminal, and select Serial port setup (using the up and down arrows).
mac:~ root# ls /dev/cu*
/dev/cu.serial1 /dev/cu.serial2
Set the serial device to look as follows:
x A – Serial Device : /dev/cu.serial1
x B – Lockfile Location : /opt/local/var
x C – Callin Program :
x D – Callout Program :
x E – Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1
x F – Hardware Flow Control : No
x G – Software Flow Control : No
x
x Change which setting?
Go under “Modem and Dialing” and remove the “Init String”. Anything in this field will be sent to the device when you connect. The default AT string won’t bother a Cisco device as far as I know, especially if it’s not in enabled or in config mode when you connect, but it’s kinda annoying to have it pop up on connect.
From the main menu use “Save setup to DFL” to create a new config file for minicom.
Verify your “Serial Device” by looking through /dev on your computer for something that looks approximately like above. You might do ls /dev/cu* to find it fast. Don’t choose /dev/cu.modem, and note the “E” settings
USB ADAPTOR
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/
A - Serial Device : /dev/cu.PL2303-0000203A
B - Lockfile Location : /opt/local/var
C - Callin Program :
D - Callout Program :
E - Bps/Par/Bits : 9600 8N1
F - Hardware Flow Control : No
G - Software Flow Control : No
– this is what Cisco routers require, and note that there’s no flow control of any kind. Save setup as dfl; this is the default config which minicom uses on launch.
Read the rest of the hint for the remainder of the steps.
You will need the following cabling:
patch cable say 7″ long
Cisco rj45 to db9 converter with “Terminal” on oneside 74-0495-01 on the other
db9 female to db9 male null modem cable
Keyspan PDA converter
Connect the cables:
#1 into the console port of the router
#2 goes into #1
#3 goes into #2
#4 goes into #3 and into a USB slot on the back of your Mac.
Shut the router down, then type sudo minicom. You will see Initializing modem; you should then connect to your router.
IMPORTANT:
When you are done you must hang up the connection. Hit Control-A then hit z then hit x then hit Return. You will see Resetting Modem, and then you will exit out of minicom.
Menu Meters ( Free GNU )
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a PowerBook’s small screen. Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.
The MenuMeters monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). This means they can be reordered using command-drag and remember their positions in the menubar across logins and restarts.
- The CPU Meter can display system load both as a total percentage, or broken out as user and system time. It can also graph user and system load and display the load as a “thermometer”. The menu for the CPU Meter contains several pieces of information I like to have a single click away (uptime, load average, open Process Viewer, open Console).
- The Disk Activity Meter displays disk activity to local disks on the system (anything that is a IOKit BlockStorage driver). It is hotplug aware, and will show activity on FireWire and USB disks as they are mounted. The Disk Meter menu shows volume space details for local drives (it does not display mounted network volumes for speed reasons).
- The Memory Meter can display current memory usage as either a pie chart, thermometer, history graph, or as used/free totals. The Memory Meter menu shows a breakdown of current memory usage and VM statistics. The Memory Meter can optionally display a paging indicator light.
- The Net Meter can display network throughput as arrows, bytes per second, and/or as a graph. Both the arrows and the graph are scaled using a user-selected scaling factor and calculation. Scaling can be done on the basis of actual link speed reported by the network interface or peak traffic and can use one of several scaling calculations. The Net Meter menu shows current interfaces and their status. Interface information is gathered from the SystemConfiguraton framework and thus is Mac OS X network location aware (to prevent interfaces from appearing in this menu see the FAQ).
Xquartz
The Xquartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.
Latest Release
2009.01.03
X11.pkg version 2.3.2.1 released
Wireshark and others working with this version