MacOSX Recent Entries
After updated to OSX 10.7.1 (Lion), My MacBookPro6,2 suddenly blackouts and crashes randomly, so much frequently. Console logs just tell some memory error and kind of NVRAM error like "BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task" or "BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Window Server".
I dug information about same problem, then I found someone resolved it by a temporary way. He used an app "gfxCardStatus" which can switch integrated graphic and discrete graphic manually. He stopped this panic by using only integrated graphic (Intel HD Graphics). Also in my environment, this problem was resolved by manually switching to integrated graphic, it disabled dual display though.
MacOSX 10.7 Lion doesn't support old version of netatalk (2.0.x?). Lion won't mount older version of netatalk volume and an error occurred.
It needs to be updated to the latest version.
After the update, if CNID DB error occurred, ' cnid_metad_enable="YES" ' must be set in /etc/rc.conf, then restarting netatalk fixes this problem.
I still use internal FAX modem of MacOSX, but I sometimes faced a sending problem after Leopard. Apple reported this problem. It says turn off receive option in System Preferences, or reboot system after turning off receive option.
This is not so useful solution, they should fix it even if it is for minor users like me.
Tranmit4 integrated with MacFuse.
This integrateion let you feel smooth on seemlessly mounting FTP server in your Finder.
I like also the icon of mounted volume. genarated by Transmit4, but do not like the menu icon on the right side of menu bar.
I have used Path Finder almost for Cut & Paste in file browsing, but I found defaults command for adding cut & paste to MacOSX Finder.
$ defaults write com.apple.finder AllowCutForItems -bool yes
$ defaults write com.apple.finder AllowPasteForItems -bool yes
$ killall Finder
I like several convenient functions of Path Finder which are hidden or Finder.app doesn't have. Path Finder is sometimes unstable and I have to refresh its file browser after files are created of edited. This malfunction were irritating me so often.
This commands are so useful for me to discard Path Finder and switch back to default Finder.app.
I misunderstood this. It only moves a file into .Trash. And Paste doesn't work.
Then, later, I found another little utility "pathsnagger" for alternate fuction of Path Finder.
It enables copying file path in context menu.
An error of FreeBSD on VMware Fusion "lnc0: Missed packet -- no receive buffer" was sometimes annoying me.
When bunch of this error stacks, virtual machine stacks too.After upgrading Fusion 3, it seems to run more stable, but this error still occurs.
I had been looking for solution to resolve this problem for several months and I found two solutions. The one is installing VMware tools and using vmxnet for Network interface, and another is editing .vmx file and add alternate NIC statement (e1000) in it.
VMware tools for fusion supports ony FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0. Unfortunatelly I am using 6.2, so my environment was rejected by its installer.
I decieded to change NIC to e1000, and as a result it runs without problems.
Apple released MacOSX new version 10.6, code name "Snow Leopard".
Refined 64bit support and Grand Central Dispatch apparently make user experience faster than ever.
It is worth to upgrade if you use 64bit cpu. Even if your CPU is core solo or core duo, it is better to install Snow Leopard.
Safari4 public beta released.
This version fixed the problem which affected other applications (like "Save As" problem of Mail.app), and improved loading speed.
Users of previous version can install from Software Update.
Some component in Safari4 beta disables "Save as" in Mail.app. Email can't be saved as text file.
To solve this problem, you need uninstall Safari4 beta.
Macfusion is an application which can mount volumes via FTP or SSH based on MacFUSE program.
Though I know this application released few years ago, I didn't trust its stability and had not tried it since its release.
Mac OS X can mount FTP as default, but for some reason I can't understand, upload is not allowed.
Latest version of Macfusion runs smooth and enables accessing to FTP volumes from finder seamlessly. You do not need run other FTP application each time you upload files to your site.
