Posts Tagged ‘OS X’

Library Books is a great little OS X application that sits in the Apple Menu Bar and tells you what books and DVD you have out on loan.
When you see this in the menu bar, it means you have 8 items out on loan. Clicking on it reveals the menu below.

For an excellent and concise version of this please read http://dev.fprimex.com/learning-python/installing-python-on-mac
It also includes extremely easy instructions on installing the excellent SPE Python editor.
With Python when you want to install a package on the Internet you can either manually install it or use the Python Package Index.
The Python Package Index is a repository of software for [...]

Adium Connection problem on OS X 10.5 Leopard
sudo su (enter your pass)cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak echo 207.46.96.153 messenger.htmail.com >> /etc/hosts echo 65.54.179.216 nexus.passport.com >> /etc/hosts echo 65.54.179.203 login.live.com >> /etc/hosts

I have used Apple products on and off since the early eighties.
With Apple’s move to the Intel architecture it is now easy to run Windows on Mac’s
Up until recently I have been using Parallels, which was the first virtualization product for OS X.
VMWare the long time heavy weight in the sector took a while to [...]