Tag Archives: os x
Hex Color Picker
One thing missing from the color picker in OS X is the ability to see the hex code for a color. An absolute must for web development. Luckily, there is a handy extension to add a pane to the color … Continue reading
Update: Fixing Rails in Snow Leopard
I was too quick to declare success in my update to Snow Leopard earlier this week. As it turns out, much of my recovered space came from Xcode being uninstalled. Easy fix. Grabbed the DVD and installed it in a … Continue reading
Capistrano is Fixed in Snow Leopard
There were a number of things that seemed to break with the upgrade to Snow Leopard. The latest is my ability to deploy Rails application using Capistrano. For some reason, the SSH connection would hang. Looks like this was fixed … Continue reading
Snow Leopard Upgrade
I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard without much issue. As expected, the installation was quick and painless. Apple advertised the install would use 6GB less space than Leopard. Much to my surprise, the install freed up 45Gb of space. … Continue reading
Remote DVD/CD on the iMac
Sometime, during one of my various moves over the past year, my superdrive in my iMac stopped working. This wasn’t too big since I rarely used it. However, when it came time to upgrading to Snow Leopard, I needed a … Continue reading
Installing git on OS X
I finally decided to sneak a peak at git, the distributed version control system. After some light searching, I found MacPorts to be the best bet for installing the software. While trying to install rsync, I kept getting the following … Continue reading
Mac Essential Applications
Here is my list of must have tools for OS X: Adium – Instant message client Mac Ports – Various ports from Linux ConceptDraw MINDMAP – Brain storming/mind mapping tool iShowU – Screen recorder Microsoft Office 2008 – Office suite … Continue reading
