Comments for Teknotes http://theapotek.com Web consulting and programming in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, networking and logistics consulting. Tue, 13 May 2008 14:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Making the Mac OS X bash shell alias and symlink agnostic by George O'Connor http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2843 George O'Connor Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:04:57 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2843 Ah, the power of Google: How to create a Finder alias from shell script? http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?p=464423 [Hey, looks like you answered your own question. Thanks for coming back and posting. --Kristofer] Ah, the power of Google:

How to create a Finder alias from shell script?

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?p=464423

[Hey, looks like you answered your own question. Thanks for coming back and posting.
–Kristofer]

]]> Comment on Making the Mac OS X bash shell alias and symlink agnostic by George O'Connor http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2839 George O'Connor Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:40:39 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2839 Now all I need is a command-line method of creating a Finder alias. Any ideas? Now all I need is a command-line method of creating a Finder alias. Any ideas?

]]> Comment on Making the Mac OS X bash shell alias and symlink agnostic by youROCK http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2395 youROCK Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:00:53 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2006/12/01/making-the-mac-os-x-bash-shell-alias-and-symlink-agnostic/#comment-2395 Under my Leopard, I replaced if the kind of theItem is "alias" then get the posix path of ((original item of theItem) as text) end if with only get the posix path of ((original item of theItem) as text) and everything began to work [Thanks! If I ever upgrade to Leopard, I'll be sure to post an updated version of the script. Thanks for your help. --Kristofer] Under my Leopard, I replaced

if the kind of theItem is “alias” then
get the posix path of ((original item of theItem) as text)
end if

with only

get the posix path of ((original item of theItem) as text)

and everything began to work

[Thanks! If I ever upgrade to Leopard, I’ll be sure to post an updated version of the script. Thanks for your help. –Kristofer]

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by Danny http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-2286 Danny Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:51:43 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-2286 thanks for the post! just bought an unlocked 680. Changing my t-mobile plan right now but don't know which one to get...there is the 5.99 tmobile web, the 9.99 tzones pro, and the 19.99 HotSpot. Which one should I sign up for? I am interested in using the web on my phone alone as well as using it with my mac to connect to the net as described in the post. Thanks! [You'll have to sign up for their regular unlimited internet, or their blackberry internet plan. Good luck with the research. --Kristofer] thanks for the post! just bought an unlocked 680. Changing my t-mobile plan right now but don’t know which one to get…there is the 5.99 tmobile web, the 9.99 tzones pro, and the 19.99 HotSpot. Which one should I sign up for? I am interested in using the web on my phone alone as well as using it with my mac to connect to the net as described in the post. Thanks!

[You’ll have to sign up for their regular unlimited internet, or their blackberry internet plan. Good luck with the research. –Kristofer]

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by aj http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-2084 aj Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:04:43 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-2084 Worked really well with my Treo 680 and MacBook using T-Mobile Internet I used - internet2.voicestream.com Additionally, I was able to use this connection with Parallels (virtual machine) running Windows XP using these steps - * Use host only networking with dhcp on windows xp. (Parallels) * After that configure internet sharing of Bluetooth with en2 (this is the Parallels Host-Guest Adapter). Worked really well with my Treo 680 and MacBook using T-Mobile Internet

I used - internet2.voicestream.com

Additionally, I was able to use this connection with Parallels (virtual machine) running Windows XP using these steps -

* Use host only networking with dhcp on windows xp. (Parallels)

* After that configure internet sharing of Bluetooth with en2 (this is the Parallels Host-Guest Adapter).

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by umts http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-1723 umts Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:08:21 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-1723 omg, there is hope again... is there any chance that this excellent instruction will work with devices other than the treo such as Nokia 6233? [Not sure, I've never tried it. Why don't you try, and let us know? Thanks. --Kristofer] omg,
there is hope again…
is there any chance that this excellent instruction will work with devices other than the treo such as Nokia 6233?

[Not sure, I’ve never tried it. Why don’t you try, and let us know? Thanks. –Kristofer]

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by another Josh http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-1417 another Josh Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:31:21 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-1417 Thanks!!!! I had tried everything but the serial port part with no luck - this works great! Thanks!!!! I had tried everything but the serial port part with no luck - this works great!

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by Josh http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-823 Josh Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:29:44 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-823 Thanks for the instructions! They work great! One more thing: Make sure to use "internet2.voicestream.com" instead of "wap.voicestream.com" if you have the total internet package. Thanks for the instructions! They work great!

One more thing:
Make sure to use “internet2.voicestream.com” instead of “wap.voicestream.com” if you have the total internet package.

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by Mark Phillips http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-264 Mark Phillips Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:31:20 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-264 Excellent! I was able to use these instructions to get my Nokia N80IE working with my MacBook. Thanks very much for posting these instructions! Excellent!

I was able to use these instructions to get my Nokia N80IE working with my MacBook. Thanks very much for posting these instructions!

]]> Comment on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X by This is a blog! » Blog Archive » Do What the Directions Say http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-232 This is a blog! » Blog Archive » Do What the Directions Say Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:06:59 +0000 http://theapotek.com/2007/04/23/using-your-t-mobile-treo-680-as-internet-access-point-via-bluetooth-with-mac-os-x/#comment-232 [...] this in mind I searched for and found instructions on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X. The instructions point you to a site where you download a package of generic GPRS [...] […] this in mind I searched for and found instructions on Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X. The instructions point you to a site where you download a package of generic GPRS […]

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