Resize and set default column size in Mac OS X Finder
This bugged me for a long time, and just today I googled for a solution. And it’s darn simple! To set a new default column size, size them while holding the Option (Alt) key. Open a new Finder window,...
View ArticleMounting a MacOS X Disk Image at login
Work says that we need to store sensitive data like email and customer files on some encrypted media. This is a good thing. My laptop has my home directory secured, but I don’t want to encrypt...
View ArticleA simpler startup script for MySQL on MacOS X
What you do when you’re fed up with a script? Right, you write your own.You’ll have to excuse me for the long shell script you’ll find here below, but I’m not going to bother putting it on some...
View ArticleRunning MySQL Cluster on Mac: working around a ndb_mgmd bug
A week ago we found a workaround for a bug in MySQL Cluster making it impossible to run a management node on MacOS X. Until the bug is fixed, you should use the --nodaemon option for the ndb_mgmd...
View ArticleBuilding MySQL universal binaries using MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
On the eve of 2010.. and your boss wants to stick to these MacOS X 10.5 machines, too stubborn or chicken to upgrade. Some developers still have their old PowerBook laptops and they need MySQL flying...
View ArticleMySQL 5.1.42 available for MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
A few days ago MySQL 5.1.42 got released and it is now available with builds for MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)! The download website doesn’t show it yet, but if you are burning to try, you can get it...
View ArticlePython, oursql and MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
This post explains how to compile oursql and install it on MacOS 10.6. oursql is a Python database interface for MySQL, an alternative to MySQL for Python (i.e. MySQLdb) and MySQL Connector/Python....
View ArticleMake your hostname stick in MacOSX
Using MacOSX, when your ISP or wireless access point is changing your hostname, make it sticky editing /etc/hostconfig. Add or change the following line in /etc/hostconfig to reflect your hostname:...
View ArticleCompiling Python 3.2 with readline support on MacOS X 10.7
This post explains how to compile Python v3.2 including support for the GNU Readline Library on MacOS X 10.7 (Lion), not using tools like MacPorts. One of the problems we try to solve is making history...
View ArticleInstalling gevent inside a virtual environment on OSX
Installing Python’s gevent package can be a bit challanging. This blog post explains how to install it on OSX v10.8 or later without using something like ‘MacPorts‘. You will need to get XCode from...
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