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Hidden files are visible after clean install of OS X Leopard #
Facing the same issue described in hidden files now not hidden?? immediately after an Erase and Install of Leopard, I tried:
- defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder
- defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder
- Repairing disk permissions
- Verifying/repairing disk
- Running software updates
Apple tech support suggested Invisible files become visible (involving the use of Pacifist to extract hidden_MacOS9 and SetHidden from the DVD's OSInstall.pkg) to no avail. We decided it must be the install DVD, and they kindly sent another. In the meantime, I tried installing from another Leopard DVD and sure enough, the issue was resolved. So if the above suggestions don't work for you either, try another DVD, or call Apple for a replacement.
/mac | Aug 31, 2008
Recording video via iSight #Vidnik 0.13.0 [1240k] {S} Record video via iSight and optionally upload to YouTube.
/mac | Aug 28, 2008
Ilium Software / eWallet: Best Support on the Planet #Lee Stutesman at Ilium Software went WAY above the call of duty today (via toll-free support, no less!) in helping fix our Palm HotSync issue with an ancient version of eWallet. These guys set the standard for shareware support. If Rackspace has "fanatical" support (a fair assesment, BTW), I would call Ilium's "completely and totally berserk" (in a good way - think "spider monkey on crack all over your tech problem" - there is no way that it is going to go unresolved). Thanks to Lee, I have become a lifetime cheerleader for Ilium.
/windows | Aug 25, 2008
"Logon to Windows" Shut Down button grayed out #Quick registry hack to enable Shut Down button on the login screen:
- Head over to: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
- Change the shutdownwithoutlogon key value to 1
/windows | Aug 24, 2008
NetworkMiner #NetworkMiner is a passive network sniffer/packet capturing tool for Windows. It can detect OSes, hostnames, open ports, and sessions, as well as extract files, without putting any traffic on the network. Additional functions include parsing PCAP files for offline forensic analysis, saving streaming media files (FLV, MP3, etc), and more. Lean, clean, and open source. Review (PDF)
/windows | Aug 23, 2008
ddrescue 1.8 binary for OS X 10.5 #John Gilmore's comparison of dd, dd_rescue, dd_rhelp, and ddrescue reinforces the view that ddrescue is the clear winner for drive recovery. John went to the trouble of providing an OS X binary of ddrescue 1.1 so that others might avoid having to sign up for ADC membership, download the 1GB+ Xcode package, and compile from source. Since 1.1 is now almost three years old, I've compiled the latest version (1.8) under Leopard in hopes it might be of some small use to someone (and I do mean small - it's just 32k): download | screenshot. Use at your own risk (and joy).
UPDATE 1: Just found a great thread on using ddrescue under OS X.
UPDATE 2: The TinyApps.Org guide to imaging a corrupt hard drive now includes OS X instructions for ddrescue.
/mac | Aug 22, 2008
Automatically click OK (or any button) with ClickOff #While running SysClean on a heavily infected system, the following message kept popping up:
Damage Cleanup Engine (DCE)Each time, the virus scan would not continue until OK was pressed. After several dozen times, this became rather annoying. Thankfully, the small and lightweight ClickOff made short work of this otherwise unpleasant task.
Virus Found:TSC_GENCLEAN
/windows | Aug 21, 2008
PDF to TXT for OS X #pdftotext 3.01 [556k] Converts PDF to TXT. Hosted version is installer-free.
/mac | Aug 10, 2008
Logging Print Jobs in Windows #I use a Brother MPrint MW140BT in the field (though not in conditions quite so harsh as these), and wanted a simple way to track the total number of print jobs sent to it. I found the following line in the Event Viewer / System log:
Document 2, Intuit owned by Administrator was printed on Brother MW-140BT via port USB001. Size in bytes: 0; pages printed: 1but it didn't help much until I came across SysInternals' PsLogList, which is able to count the number of occurrences (in this case starting from the date I changed the paper cartridge) like so:
psloglist -a 01/31/08 | find "printed on Brother MW-140BT" /cAnother possibility (which I haven't looked into) is Karen's open source Print Logger.
/windows | Aug 09, 2008
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