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If you run a java program in OSX that uses the AWT library, by default the system shows a generic Java dock icon for it, even if the program does not have a GUI (e.g. it’s just using the library for image manipulation). To avoid showing the spurious dock icon, you have to set the [...]

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I love Service Scrubber, which allows me to clean up the Services menu so that it’s actually useful. But I discovered that it does not interact well with the new code signing feature in Leopard, because it modifies Safari’s Info.plist file to disable services. Once this happens, the system will refuse Safari access to keychains [...]

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In examining the strings inside the Dock binary in Leopard, I found a way to add real separators to the dock, instead of adding dummy applications with empty or decorative icons, as commonly done.
This works only in Leopard (OSX 10.5):

Run the following commands from the Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{ “tile-type” = “spacer-tile”; }’
killall [...]

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Finally, CopperExport 0.5.0 is out! The big change in this release is compatibility with iPhoto 7, although there are some other minor changes, and the inclusion of server-side patches for newer versions of Coppermine. Get it now while it’s hot!

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A few people have let me know that CopperExport does not work with iPhoto 7. As soon as I can get my hands on iLife’08, I will work on fixing the problem (unfortunately, I don’t have definite plans of ordering it at the moment, so it may take a bit).
On a related note, Apple has [...]

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My mom still uses an old Power Macintosh G3 All-in-One, with MacOS 8 installed on it. While it still suits her needs (email and web browsing) for the most part, I’ve been thinking of how to upgrade or replace it. Here are some links that I have found about the topic.
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/g3aio.shtml
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto3.html
http://lowendmac.com/stotler/06/0731.html
http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0628.html
http://lowendmac.com/thompson/06/0103.html
http://lowendmac.com/misc/06/0515.html
http://wamcom.org/
http://icab.de/

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I had been unsuccessful in running the latest version of Skype on my Mac – it would crash on startup. I finally found the solution in one of the comments on Skype’s versiontracker.com entry: add Skype.app to Application Enhancer’s “Master exclude” list. I did this, and now Skype works fine!

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Some time ago I switched my server (a G4 Mac) from MacOSX to Gentoo Linux. In the process, the secondary internal disk (where I keep the mail storage, among other things) remained formatted as HFS+, because it made the transition easier. However, I kept having problems with it. For example, if the machine shut down [...]

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