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== Useful Software ==
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300519 mid ringtone
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* Perian
http://www.jordinsparks.com/us/node/13451 health care insurance
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* Plex
http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/lifeins life insurance rate
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* MobileMouse
http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1115/ downloading ringtones
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* BetterTouchTool
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475432/Best-Ringtones-Here silent ringtone
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* JollysFastVNC
http://www.jordinsparks.com/us/node/13452 affordable homeowners insurance
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* RemoteBuddy
http://drupalhub.org/node/1718 hot ringtones
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http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300514 automobile insurance rates
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== Useful Commands ==
https://launchpad.net/~autoins best auto insurance rates
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; mdinfo : Mac equivalent to locate (since it seems locatedb isn't periodically updated for OS X)
http://slashdot.org/journal/241998/ private health insurance quote
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http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Affordable-Life-Insurance-Quotes/blog/1541060/141079.html select quote life insurance
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== Setup ==
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Free-Car-Insurance-Quotes-Here/blog/1541046/141079.html card protection insurance
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=== Windows UK Keyboard Mapping ===
https://launchpad.net/~carinsurance car insurance cover
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http://neuro.me.uk/2009/08/31/getting-the-uk-keyboard-layout-right-in-snow-leopard/
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475320/Free-Health-Insurance-Quotes-Online child health insurance
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http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1112/ kaiser permanente health insurance
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=== VNC ===
http://drupalhub.org/node/1713 cheap auto insurance quote
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300517 homeowner insurance rate
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http://healthins.viviti.com tufts health insurance
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=== rsync ===
http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Best-Health-Insurance-Quotes-Online/blog/1541052/141079.html long term health insurance
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http://maxpowerindustries.com/2009/09/21/how-to-install-the-rsync-daemon-on-mac-os-x/
http://www.zooomr.com/groups/1457@G01/ classic car auto insurance
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http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/autoins best auto insurance rates
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=== SNMP ===
http://drupalhub.org/node/1716 mobile home insurance companies
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http://scott.wallace.sh/2009/12/04/enabling-snmp-in-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/
http://www.zooomr.com/groups/1461@G01/ funny ringtone
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http://www.zooomr.com/groups/1458@G01/ low income health insurance
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=== Compiling mythtv ===
http://www.zooomr.com/groups/1460@G01/ best term life insurance quote
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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:
http://autoins.viviti.com encompass auto insurance
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http://slashdot.org/journal/242000/ home insurance rate
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NB. Ensure you don't have xmms or xmms-shlibs installed via fink/apt-get
http://slashdot.org/journal/242002/ buying life insurance
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http://community.womansday.com/drbuble/blog/1110/ auto insurance review
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* svn co -r 14225 http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv/contrib/OSX mythtv-14225
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/user/300518 childrens life insurance
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* cd mythtv-14225
http://homeins.viviti.com instant home insurance quote
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* ./osx-packager.pl -svnrev 14225
http://www.netvibes.com/lifeins life insurance plan
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http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/homeins cheapest home insurance
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Alternatively, to fix the latest version for an Intel Mac:
http://www.netvibes.com/bestringtones upload ringtone
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/18475285/Affordable-Car-Insurance-Quotes-Online car insurance quote
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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