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== Useful Software ==
http://drupalhub.org/node/1717 instant term life insurance
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* Perian
http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/healthins commercial health insurance
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* Plex
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Best-Ringtones-Here/blog/1541062/141079.html prepaid ringtones
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* MobileMouse
https://launchpad.net/~ringtones4u music ringtones
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* BetterTouchTool
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* JollysFastVNC
http://lifeins.viviti.com whole life insurance online quote
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* RemoteBuddy
http://www.netvibes.com/healthins affordable health and dental insurance
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http://www.jordinsparks.com/us/node/13453 general life insurance company
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== Useful Commands ==
http://www.netvibes.com/autoins metropolitan auto insurance
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; mdinfo : Mac equivalent to locate (since it seems locatedb isn't periodically updated for OS X)
https://launchpad.net/~homeins home insurance broker
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http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300515 car insurance under 25
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== Setup ==
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=== Windows UK Keyboard Mapping ===
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http://neuro.me.uk/2009/08/31/getting-the-uk-keyboard-layout-right-in-snow-leopard/
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Best-Home-Insurance-Quotes/blog/1541056/141079.html home insurance in florida
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475363/Cheapest-Home-Insurance-Quotes home insurance quote online
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=== VNC ===
http://slashdot.org/journal/241996/ temp car insurance
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475396/Free-Life-Insurance-Quotes-Online life insurance software
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=== rsync ===
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http://maxpowerindustries.com/2009/09/21/how-to-install-the-rsync-daemon-on-mac-os-x/
http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1111/ car insurance agencies
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http://www.netvibes.com/homeins tenants home insurance
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=== SNMP ===
http://drupalhub.org/node/1714 swiftcover car insurance
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http://scott.wallace.sh/2009/12/04/enabling-snmp-in-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475185/Best-Auto-Insurance-Quotes online auto insurance rate
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http://www.jordinsparks.com/us/node/13449 auto insurance free quote
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=== Compiling mythtv ===
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At the time of writing the current (14660) revision of mythtv does not build for Mac OS X. One working build is 14225. To build this:
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http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1113/ homeowners insurance quotes
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NB. Ensure you don't have xmms or xmms-shlibs installed via fink/apt-get
https://launchpad.net/~lifeinsurance life insurance license
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https://launchpad.net/~healthins individual health insurance quotes
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* svn co -r 14225 http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/contrib/OSX mythtv-14225
http://www.netvibes.com/carins which car insurance
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* cd mythtv-14225
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* ./osx-packager.pl -svnrev 14225
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http://drupalhub.org/node/1715 blue cross health insurance quote
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Alternatively, to fix the latest version for an Intel Mac:
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http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/carins car insurance review
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* svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/contrib/OSX mythtv
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* cd mythtv
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* Add "'--arch=pentium4'," to the mythtv args list around line 488 of osx-packager.pl
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* ./osx-packager.pl
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* You'll get an "ERROR: CPU specific ./configure options failed compile test" warning when osx-packager runs configure for mythtv, but this can be ignored
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=== Setting the domain name ===
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This only seems to work until the next DHCP refresh. Better to set this at the DHCP server so that it hands out the domain with a DHCP request.
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<pre>
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sudo hostname -s host.domain.com
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</pre>
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=== Backup with timemachine to Ubuntu ===
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See: http://www.mike-hughes.net/it/mac/filesharing-for-osx-afp-on-debian/
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and for the Ubuntu specific stuff (just the apt-get, since the rest looks incorrect): http://notepad.bobkmertz.com/2010/01/apple-time-machine-backups-to-ubuntu.html
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== Installing from the command line ==
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* hdiutil attach ''file''.dmg
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* cd /Volumes/''mount''/
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* sudo installer -pkg ''install''.pkg -target "/"
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== Munin ==
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* The munin-node process doesn't run properly on Lion, so simply install the snmp plugins on the munin server and add the remote node to /etc/munin/munin.conf on the server
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== Disable creation of .AppleDouble and .DS_Store files ==
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* Run: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

Latest revision as of 15:33, 24 May 2012

Useful Software

  • Perian
  • Plex
  • MobileMouse
  • BetterTouchTool
  • JollysFastVNC
  • RemoteBuddy

Useful Commands

mdinfo 
Mac equivalent to locate (since it seems locatedb isn't periodically updated for OS X)

Setup

Windows UK Keyboard Mapping

http://neuro.me.uk/2009/08/31/getting-the-uk-keyboard-layout-right-in-snow-leopard/

VNC

http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/

rsync

http://maxpowerindustries.com/2009/09/21/how-to-install-the-rsync-daemon-on-mac-os-x/

SNMP

http://scott.wallace.sh/2009/12/04/enabling-snmp-in-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/

Compiling mythtv

At the time of writing the current (14660) revision of mythtv does not build for Mac OS X. One working build is 14225. To build this:

NB. Ensure you don't have xmms or xmms-shlibs installed via fink/apt-get

Alternatively, to fix the latest version for an Intel Mac:

  • svn co http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/contrib/OSX mythtv
  • cd mythtv
  • Add "'--arch=pentium4'," to the mythtv args list around line 488 of osx-packager.pl
  • ./osx-packager.pl
  • You'll get an "ERROR: CPU specific ./configure options failed compile test" warning when osx-packager runs configure for mythtv, but this can be ignored

Setting the domain name

This only seems to work until the next DHCP refresh. Better to set this at the DHCP server so that it hands out the domain with a DHCP request.

sudo hostname -s host.domain.com

Backup with timemachine to Ubuntu

See: http://www.mike-hughes.net/it/mac/filesharing-for-osx-afp-on-debian/ and for the Ubuntu specific stuff (just the apt-get, since the rest looks incorrect): http://notepad.bobkmertz.com/2010/01/apple-time-machine-backups-to-ubuntu.html


Installing from the command line

  • hdiutil attach file.dmg
  • cd /Volumes/mount/
  • sudo installer -pkg install.pkg -target "/"

Munin

  • The munin-node process doesn't run properly on Lion, so simply install the snmp plugins on the munin server and add the remote node to /etc/munin/munin.conf on the server

Disable creation of .AppleDouble and .DS_Store files

  • Run: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true