How to recover from random Photoshop (font) crashes
Photoshop and Illustrator are somewhat of required apps today. You realize how much you need these apps when they decide to not play ball. This have happened to me a few times, and …
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Must-have applications for Mac OS X
We all have our must-have apps. Whenever we re-install our system, these are the first apps we want to get in so that we can get back to business. From time to time we discover new …
Why Android-phones will never be at par with the iPhone (but still win)
Yesterday I read an article titled “Why Apple can’t beat Android” over at VentureBeat. It was an interesting read, and Mr. Grim argued in the article that Android is here to stay, …
How to turn in your Mac for repair without downtime.
Let’s face it — all computers fail at one time or another. In my experience Apple computers break far less than PCs, and when they fail, Apple provide fast and great repairs. If …
Is Carbon Copy Cloner better than Time Machine?
When Apple announced Time Machine, I was overwhelmed and thought it was the best invention since sliced bread. I’ve been using it since then in setups both with a dedicated …
How to merge PDF-files on Mac OS X
In my previous post, I talked about how to split PDF files on Mac OS X, Linux and Unix. In that article, I mentioned a simple app that allows you to merge several PDF files. The …
How to manage VMware Server on Mac OS X with VNC
VMware Server is a great product. It’s free and works well with most guest operating systems. However, there is one major drawback – you cannot use the ‘console’ app on Mac OS X. …
How to split a PDF files on Mac, Linux or Unix
There are a ton of tools out there for modifying PDF-files. Most of them are crappy, overpriced sharewares from mediocre developers looking to make cash from non-technical users. …
Moving Cyrus from a 32Bit to a 64Bit server
I’ve you’ve read the past few articles I’ve published, you’ve probably figured out two things: I love FreeBSD. I’m in the process of moving a bunch of servers. This time I’ll walk …
Copying users/groups between two FreeBSD servers
Sometimes you want to move all users and groups from one server to another without having to recreate all users. Let’s say you are retiring an old server and moving to a new …
Annoying SEO scam
So I’m not 100% confident that this is a scam, but it sure looks like it. I’ve been contacted by this guy a few times by now. Here’s the email he sent out. Also, I’m pretty sure …
Setting up a redundant NAS with HAST and CARP
One of the coolest new features in FreeBSD is HAST (Highly Available Storage). In simple terms, it can be described as RAID1 (mirror) over TCP/IP (similar to DRBD on Linux, but …