Andre Venter: Macin the housePrevent repeated Keychain password requests- August 31, 2003 I recently switched to Entourage for mail (I got corrupted Mail files, and couldn't clean it up, but that's another story). Anyway, It was asking for my Keychain password over and over, about 30 times a day. It turns out ... macosxhintshttp://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2003082822315680 Keep UID above 501 for login window account display- August 31, 2003 This hint is for those of you who need to change the UID of an account for some reason (such as to co-exist easily with an NFS file system). Before you attempt to change your UID, make sure you read this hint and are aware of... macosxhintshttp://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030828215912880 Sort-of useful PythonOS X tip of the day- August 31, 2003 Using Python for something you'd normally use AppleScript for Want to stick something on the clipboard Use os.system('echo "%s" pbcopy' % myText) Of course, make sure myText is clean and isn't rm -rf or something silly like that. (From Friedrich Anode's Weblog) Artima Web Buzzhttp://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=126&thread=11655 Petie's Mac Mania!- August 28, 2003 Video diary of a switcher.(via AppleInsider Forum ) MacOSX.nlhttp://homepage.mac.com/murbot/iMovieTheater20.html Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg says: "Switch to Mac!"- August 28, 2003 (via MacAddict.com) MacOSX.nlhttp://ptech.wsj.com/archive/mailbox-20030821.html Can't wait for the new Finder... then try Matrix- August 28, 2003 "Matrix is a full Finder replacement app for Mac OS X 10.1 and newer. Matrix implements a full Desktop metaphor that blends Classic and modern Finder features with totally new concepts into a superior user experience for Mac users of any stripe."MacOSX.nlhttp://matrix.exittoshell.com/ All things Macintosh - Networking- August 28, 2003 Checkout this website and download rmac, which is free. Compared to ipNetTuner and anyway - it works. The Cartoonisthttp://radio.weblogs.com/0125761/categories/macStuff/2003/08/28.html#a1936 Block incoming pings while allowing outgoing pings- August 27, 2003 I use the shareware product Brickhouse to manage my ipfw host firewall rules on my mac. Here is how to permit your Mac to ping outbound, but also block incoming pings.... macosxhintshttp://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030824163711704 Practical Unix & Internet Security- August 27, 2003 Charles McColm writes "At just under 1,000 pages the 3rd edition of Practical Unix & Internet Security might look intimidating on the shelf, but a quick ... Slashdothttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/26/175248 tcsh Deprecated; bash To Take Over- August 26, 2003 MacSlashhttp://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/26/1043233 |