Install Vista x64 SP1 under BootCamp

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Shan

I just finished the multi-day ordeal of getting Vista 64-bit SP1 to run under BootCamp. I specifically ran into two distinct problems, and found the workarounds for both.
Problem 1: Vista x64 SP1 supports EFI booting, but not the version Apple uses on Macs.
There are several theories as to why you can’t boot from the Vista [...]

Moving to Mac: SVN, Finale

Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Shan

So, after struggling with all other SVN clients, I’ve settled on a commercial product, Syncro SVN Client. It’s no TortoiseSVN, but it’s got all of the major SVN functionality, it works, and it’s stable. Combine that with the light bit of stuff that I do via Subclipse, and I’ve got all the SVN goodness I [...]

Debugging HTTP on the Mac

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Shan

I was having a little trouble with the SmugMug upload API, and they needed a raw dump of the request to help debug it. I downloaded Wireshark, but it didn’t work out of the box (it doesn’t see any interfaces, which is a common issue that I’m sure is easy to fix). So I did [...]