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AppleJack 1.6 released. Snow Leopard compatibility at last.

kristofer — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:22:03 +0000

The long (and somewhat bitterly) awaited AppleJack 1.6 with support for Snow Leopard has been released and is immediately available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack.

Smultron for Tiger Users

kristofer — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:05:50 +0000

If you are a Mac OS X tiger user like I am, you might be discouraged to note that none of the recent releases work with Tiger, and there are no release notes or comments indicating which file is the most up-to-date Tiger-compatible release. I did some brute-force testing, and found the right version to use.

Using your t-mobile Treo 680 as internet access point via Bluetooth with Mac OS X

kristofer — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:47:11 +0000

Here is the technique I used in order to be able to connect my MacBook Pro to the Internet through my t-mobile Treo 680′s internet access. Please note: You need full internet access from t-mobile, not just the $5.95/month e-mail and WAP package they sell. This worked for me, but I make no guarantee that [...]

Making the Mac OS X bash shell alias and symlink agnostic

kristofer — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:17:26 +0000

After many years of intermittently being miffed when I couldn't just type: cd /NameofAlias and have the bash shell transport me into the directory the alias pointed to, I finally decided to do something about it.

AppleJack v. 1.3.2 released.

kristofer — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:19:42 +0000

AppleJack 1.3.2 fixes a serious bug associated with File Vault use that could wipe large sections of a user’s hard drive. In addition, AppleJack has been retooled to operate much more securely while doing file deletions. An added feature in this release is an automatic check for the /tmp directory (often implicated in boot problems). [...]

AppleJack 1.3 Released

kristofer — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:29:07 +0000

AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. AppleJack lets you troubleshoot a computer even when you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use.

XJanitor-PL: Surefire Periodic Maintenance for Mac OS X (Now with a controller)

kristofer — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:11:44 +0000

I have written a Perl script that simply checks to see how long it's been since a particular task has been performed, compares the time with how often that task should be performed, and if necessary, executes the task. The script is extensible to any maintenance tasks that output to a log file (and any task can be made to do so). The script also includes the option to send you an e-mail (but only if the task(s) have been executed) including full script output. Also, there is an AppleScript controller which will allow you to suspend maintenance activities for discreet periods of time, so you're machine won't suddenly start churning during a presentation, for example.

Tax Software for Mac OS X

kristofer — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:37:09 +0000

Regardless of the ‘Switch’ ads’ sanguine approach to entering the promised land of Mac OS X, there are some areas in which Mac use can be somewhat frustrating. One of these areas is financial software. Every year, at tax time, I am left wondering what features are going to be left out of the Mac [...]

XJanitor.pl: Surefire periodic Maintenance for Mac OS X

kristofer — Wed, 15 May 2002 18:34:37 +0000

Setting up your AXIS 1440 with Mac OS X v 10.1

kristofer — Tue, 04 Dec 2001 16:12:00 +0000

The origin of these instructions are the quite detailed notes Bernard Saar contributed to the Macintosh support forums <http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@@.efc404a/13>. My intentions in creating this page is to simply flesh out in more detailed, step-by-step fashion, the wealth of information he and others have kindly provided.