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== Useful Software ==
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475432/Best-Ringtones-Here cartoon ringtones
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* Perian
http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1115/ unlimited ringtones
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* Plex
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* MobileMouse
http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1110/ auto insurance quotes online
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* BetterTouchTool
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Affordable-Life-Insurance-Quotes/blog/1541060/141079.html midwest life insurance
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* JollysFastVNC
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300518 first colony life insurance
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* RemoteBuddy
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475320/Free-Health-Insurance-Quotes-Online delaware health insurance
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http://www.netvibes.com/bestringtones create own ringtone
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== Useful Commands ==
http://drupalhub.org/node/1713 high risk auto insurance
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; mdinfo : Mac equivalent to locate (since it seems locatedb isn't periodically updated for OS X)
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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/
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=== VNC ===
http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/lifeins best life insurance company
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/
http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/homeins buy to let home insurance
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http://slashdot.org/journal/242000/ homeowners insurance premiums
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=== rsync ===
http://slashdot.org/journal/242002/ birlasunlife insurance
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http://maxpowerindustries.com/2009/09/21/how-to-install-the-rsync-daemon-on-mac-os-x/
http://www.jordinsparks.com/us/node/13452 budget home insurance
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http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/autoins antique auto insurance
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=== SNMP ===
http://homeins.viviti.com homeowners insurance rate
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http://scott.wallace.sh/2009/12/04/enabling-snmp-in-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/
http://healthins.viviti.com individual health insurance coverage
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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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NB. Ensure you don't have xmms or xmms-shlibs installed via fink/apt-get
https://launchpad.net/~carinsurance get car insurance
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https://launchpad.net/~autoins auto insurance company
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* svn co -r 14225 http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/contrib/OSX mythtv-14225
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* cd mythtv-14225
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* ./osx-packager.pl -svnrev 14225
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475285/Affordable-Car-Insurance-Quotes-Online the general car insurance
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Alternatively, to fix the latest version for an Intel Mac:
http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1112/ upmc health insurance
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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