In MacOSX, there are two simple ways to make files invisible from the command line: (both methods do require the installation of Apple’s Developer Tools)
Method 1:
Make invisible:
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V ~/Desktop/MyDoc.txt
Make visible:
SetFile -a v ~/Desktop/MyDoc.txt
Method 2:
Make invisible:
chflags hidden ~/Desktop/MyDoc.txt
Make visible:
chflags nohidden ~/Desktop/MyDoc.txt
In Snow Leopard, Apple modified the behavior of Remote Desktop and Screen Sharing to send system level commands to a remote computer by default. This change has made working with remote computers much more difficult for me.
At long last “MacNoggin” has posted the solution over on MacOSXHints.
Quit Remote Desktop or Screen Sharing, then open Terminal and paste the following codes to toggle these hidden preferences:
defaults write com.apple.RemoteDesktop DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool YES
If you would like to reverse, re-enter the code, but change YES to NO at the very end. And of course, you can always send these “System” commands while in fullscreen mode.
The Google doodle today is a set of Christmas cards. I say, “Merry Christmas” to you as well.
It’s not every day that a major search engine takes a nosedive into 404-land. I have to say, I’m surprised this isn’t a default IIS error page.
This webpage is not available.
The webpage http://bing.com might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new address.
Oops
This isn’t the page you wanted.
Try this
Refresh the page. If you get this message again please check back later.
While not technically a 404, I’m lumping it into my collection as a clever browser error message.
Well this is embarrassing.
Firefox is having trouble recovering your windows and tabs. This is usually caused by a recently opened web page.
Gotta love a team that has a sense of humor. Thanks to Howie for the screen grab.
Apple has ever so helpfully removed ODBC Administrator from MacOS 10.6’s Utilities folder. The software is now a standalone download from Apple’s website-
http://support.apple.com/downloads/ODBC_Administrator_Tool_for_Mac_OS_X
From Apple: The ODBC Administrator Tool for Mac OS X enables database administration of ODBC-compliant data sources. Features include connection pooling, trace log creation, and ODBC driver management, among other administration features.
As expected, The Chromium Experience on VMWare is really just a web browser at this point.
It did boot in about 10 secs. and I could see how this would be very nice on a NetBook, but for now- it’s just a overhyped browser running in a VM.
The Chrome task manager reveals a few details about what’s going on.
And of course the “Stats for Nerds” shows quite a bit more including Zygote & Sandbox helper.
Just when I had 10 minutes to review my projects, the project management system is down for emergency maintenance. With the link going to a description of timezones, I found this error to be pretty weak.
The system is down for emergency maintenance
It’ll be back by 3:00PM Central time.
Got this fairly vague error today at ProProfs.com. It is nice that it says there is an error and provides a link to try again, but pro peeps need better pro errors.
IPS Driver Error
There appears to be an error with the database.
You can try to refresh the page by clicking here
It’s been a while since I’ve found a good shot for the collection. So fun to be back on track with Bit.ly’s hand-drawn “bit.ly couldn’t find a link for the bit.ly URL you clicked” screen.
Uh oh, bit.ly couldn’t find a link for the bit.ly URL you clicked.
Maybe one of the pufferfish ate it, or maybe there are some extra characters on the end of the URL.
Most bit.ly URLs are 4-6 characters, and only include letters and numbers.