May 9, 2008

Java 6 for 32 bit Intel Mac, Power Pc and OS X 10.4

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , , , — bise, 6:06 pm

The last Java 6 update by apple only runs on intel macs with 64 bit processors (core 2 duo) and OS 10.5 intalled. Developers working on a 32 bit mac could check this open source project: http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte
” SoyLatte is a functional, X11-based port of the FreeBSD Java 1.6 patchset to Mac OS X Intel machines. [...]

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May 3, 2008

Mac-Specific Search via Google apps

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , , — fraehnk, 3:03 pm

All of us have run into a problem on a Windows computer. So what you do is to just type a little description of the problem and Google takes care of the rest. Different story for Mac users: we often need to include a little context in our search—instead of typing a query like text [...]

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Mac Laptop Power Cord Tip

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , — fraehnk, 2:59 pm

No big fan of the bulky Mac power-cord? Me neither. How about a Playstation-cord?

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Who would have thought this?

Categorie: Tech — Tags: , , — fraehnk, 2:55 pm

Well… me of course:
Perfect Pair: PowerPC and Linux.

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May 2, 2008

delete key on the macbook / pro

Categorie: misc — Tags: , , , , — bise, 5:40 pm

Switchers form Windows to OS X get often frustrated by the lack of the delete key (forward delete) on the macbook/ macbook pro keyboard.
But hey, there it is!
You can’t see it? Well, there are a lot of glyphs that aren’t printed on the keyboard…
But this one is even not documented.
It’s: fn + backspace
tested only [...]

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