Category Archives: mac-osx

Subscribing to Delegated Calendars

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Andy

OK, I’m fortunate or crazy enough to run my own server using Apple’s OS X Leopard Server software. It has been, at times, very simple and very complex to set everything up. One of the options that I use is … Continue reading →

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Importing Mail Message Attachments into Aperture

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Andy

So I’ve just gotten my new Unibody MacBook and Aperture. Immediately I find myself wanting for a Quick Look > Add to Aperture just like there is for iPhoto. Unfortunately it’s nowhere to be found. Fortunately Aperture is scriptable. Version … Continue reading →

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Whining

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Andy

Security experts say that Apple isn’t ready for enterprise prime-time. Quit whining. All you seem to care about is that Apple didn’t give you any advance notice. You spent the entire article about it without even addressing the fixes or … Continue reading →

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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 2

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Andy

It was a few months ago that I originally wrote the first incarnation of the MailExchange2iCal script. Since then I’ve been in contact with a few users trying to make it work for them and I’ve found a number of … Continue reading →

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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - part 2

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Andy

I’ve come across a problem with the original MailExchange2iCal-TZ-fix script. It seems if the .ics invite was only listed as an attachment or in base64 encoding then the script would fail. I’ve subsequently revised the script to handle this and … Continue reading →

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Text and Quote Wrapping

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Andy

If any of you find yourself using webmail you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re at all like me, you like to be able to follow the replies in an email thread. Using webmail the quoting and wrapping get … Continue reading →

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iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Andy

As any Mac user who deals with Microsoft Exchange invites will tell you Exchange screws up the time zone information. What this means is that you will likely miss your meetings. Not a good thing. Justin Hartman has recently given … Continue reading →

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Apple USB Ethernet Adapter - solution

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Andy

Peter Sichel of Sustainable Softworks is a genius. Seriously. He’s not only just updated his USB to Ethernet Adapters for Mac OS X to work with the recently released Apple-branded USB Ethernet adapter, but he sent me a comment letting … Continue reading →

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Apple USB Ethernet part 2

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Andy

Well, after spending several hours on the phone with AppleCare is seems that my mini’s ethernet port went belly up at the exact same time I tried to install the Apple USB Ethernet adapter. It seems my ethernet port recognizes … Continue reading →

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Apple USB Ethernet adapter

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Andy

Don’t use this adapter on any Mac except the MacBook Air At least not yet. Here’s why. The Apple USB Ethernet adapter loads just fine but it identifies itself with a BSD Device Name of en0. The problem with this … Continue reading →

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