Today I have spent some time re-installing Mac OS X on my MacBook. It has been over a year now since I have bought the MacBook, and have only once done a clean install on it so far. It is now a lot faster as I don’t have any junk lying around running in the… Continue reading Clean re-install of Mac OS X
Category: Mac OS X
Can launch PPC apps again
Since installing the Quicktime 7.2 and iTunes 7.3.1 updates on my MacBook, I’ve been unable to launch PPC applications through Rosetta. It appears that having Java 6 installed has caused the prebinding process to crash. Following the process documented in a comment by Darlene on a blog, I’ve been able to launch PPC applications through… Continue reading Can launch PPC apps again
British Summer Time from tomorrow
It’s that time of year again when all the clocks in Europe change again. Tonight at 1AM the clocks all jump forward an hour. Being in the UK, it is nice that during the Winter, my current time is GMT/UTC. However, during the Summer, I’m an hour out from GMT/UTC. This does confuse me at… Continue reading British Summer Time from tomorrow
X11 Installation instructions now has pictures
I have added some pictures to the X11 Installation instructions on the OpenOffice.org Mac Porting Pages. This should make it easier for users to follow and understand.
Apple posts an FAQ about the X11 for Mac OS X
Apple have released Technical Note TN2165, an FAQ about the X window environment (X11) for Mac OS X. There are several interesting things in the tech note including: “OpenGL does not support off-screen rendering.” Even with OpenGL not being enabled in OpenOffice.org, I get redraw issues with part of the window being off screen. This… Continue reading Apple posts an FAQ about the X11 for Mac OS X
OpenOffice.org now works again with X11 1.1.3
With the newly released X11 update from Apple, which fixes the font problems, OpenOffice.org no longer has an issue with starting. All OpenOffice.org users on the Mac should update to the latest version of X11, to fix any issues that they have with X11.
Apple’s X11 update
Apple released an X11 update on 1 November 2006. It fixes a but that I commented about, regarding the cmd+tab and the X11 windows not coming forward. On the other hand there appears to be an issue with the fonts in that build. This seems to affect the current official release of OpenOffice.org on the… Continue reading Apple’s X11 update
Copying a file from one drive to another is that simple on Mac OS X
I couldn’t believe it that simply pressing the command key on moving a file to another drive will move it rather than delete it.
Two Weeks and had to re-install OS on MacBook
Today I came accross a nice little problem on my MacBook that I have only had for 2 weeks. I had a bit of a crash and oh dear, I could no longer launch application after a Safari hang. On reboot, it just hung. So I ended up doing an archive and install, with no ability… Continue reading Two Weeks and had to re-install OS on MacBook
MacBook loses battery life with single core
I’ve been trying out the MacBook on both dual and single core mode. With the help of CoreDuoTemp Utility and Apple’s Developer Tools, I have found that it will always run at full processor speed of 2 GHz when you use the processor in single core mode. On the other hand under dual core mode… Continue reading MacBook loses battery life with single core