Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by Shan
I use Time Machine on my MacBooks as part of my backup plan. However, it backs up over the wireless network to an external USB drive on my Mac Pro, and occasionally there are problems. A couple times now, I’ve gotten an error where Time Machine says it cannot back up because the drive is read only. [...]
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 [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Shan
Before I had my Macs, I used the Microsoft VPN on one of my Windows servers to give myself access to the home network while on the road. It worked smoothly, and required little setup on the client machines. While trying to eliminate physical machines in my house, one of the boxes set to get [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Shan
Ok, so I’m not 100% off of Windows, nor will I ever be. Unfortunately, some projects (even personal ones) require that I use SQL Server, and most require testing in IE. Combine that with the facts that I don’t consider myself a *NIX expert quite yet, and that I’ve already invested thousands in Windows hardware, [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Shan
So, it turns out that Amazon’s got a great deal on VMWare Fusion… $35 after rebate: Also, two different readers (I have 2 readers?) pointed out a better RDP client, Chord. It’s still a Terminal Services/Remote Desktop client, but with such obvious features as multiple and saved sessions, and the ability to change the screen [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Shan
For all of you following this, keep in mind that I’m considering the baseline standard to be TortoiseSVN. I like how it works, so everything else is being compared to a high standard. So, it turns out that scplugin doesn’t work well. After using it once, it promptly forgot my login information, with no obvious [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Shan
Ok, ok… So this is less of a “moving” post and more of an “introducing” type thing. Aperture has no equal. My apologies to the Photoshop Lightroom team that might be reading this, but Lightroom just doesn’t cut it. Aperture is a great tool for those of us with DSLR cameras, and maybe, but only [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Shan
Ok, first off… MySQL folks, please get that next release out as soon as possible. It sucks that MySQL won’t start automatically. Now that that’s out the way… The MySQL GUI tools are, well, just like their Windows counterparts. They work, more or less, and get you by. On the PC, I used SQLYog. It’s [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Shan
I loved TortoiseSVN. I miss TortoiseSVN. I’ve found a great tool for the Mac that does a very poor impression of TortoiseSVN, but is still useable. scplugin is a Finder contextual menu item that exposes most SVN commands. It’s worked like a charm, so far. Wanting to also see some GUI stuff, I downloaded svnX, [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Shan
Ok, technically I’ve been doing IRC on my Mac Mini for quite awhile now, but I have to say that it’s a great experience. I used mIRC for many years, but a couple MacUpdate bundles ago, there were too many good apps to be passed on. One was Linkinus, a great IRC client for the [...]