I’ve just found solutions to two nagging problems I had on Mac OS X. iTunes and incoming connection requests Some times ago, iTunes has started to ask me every time it launches “Do you want the application “iTunes.app” to accept incoming network connections?”. It gets quickly annoying. There is a very simple solution. Move iTunes.app (from /Applications) … [...]
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Apple’s Time Machine is great to always get your system backed up without you having to do anything. But the backup frequency can be a bit to aggressive for some. The default value is to backup every hour. You can change that using the following command in a Terminal window: sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval … [...] It is surprisingly hard to find on da internet how to install an Apple Keynote theme (and make it work). Follow this procedure: retrieve the .kth file (that’s the keynote extension for templates) alternatively open the .key file containing the theme you are interested in double click on it or open the file in Keynote In the File menu, … [...] Personal note. Here is a script that lets you switch your JDK version in a terminal window. It also has auto completion. Put the script in a file and add source filename in ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile and you will be able to call setjdk and use autocompletion (with <tab>) from the command line. emmanuel@computer $ setjdk 1.<tab> emmanuel@computer $ setjdk 1.5 Original … [...] I’ve struggled in the past several weeks with repeated crashes from IntelliJ IDEA on Mac OS X. I suspect it started right after the upgrade to 1.6.5 and the latest Java VM update. It seems it was cause by a couple of things. Job scheduler crash If your crash report shows something like Thread 55 Crashed: Java: … [...] If you are like me, your colleagues like to pown you when you leave your laptop unlocked. Here is a super easy solution to lock your Mac automatically when you leave it: if your cellphone is out of bluetooth range, lock your computer. Easy, efficient. Here is how to do it: Download Proximity: this application does … [...] Last night my battery and my MacBook Pro decided not to talk to each other anymore. The battery was full but as soon as I unplugged the AC, the laptop shut down immediately, fairly useless |
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Have a look at Apple’s support case MacBook Battery Update.This patch apparently prevent the synchronization failure to happen, saving … [...]