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Dependent dylib is not prebound

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:36:53 GMT

This is how I finally got my Rosetta apps back.

Link: http://mactip.blogspot.com/2007/07/dependent-dylib-is-not-prebound.html

Pre-Spaces, Spaces

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:44:12 GMT

I can’t work without multiple desktops, and I’m excited to see what Apple brings to the game with Spaces. My two favorite products to use while I bide my time waiting for Leopard are VirtueDesktops and You Control: Desktops.

VirtueDesktops is free, and until recently was my personal pick of third-party desktop managers. Unfortunately, when working with Teleport (which I also use everyday) it seems to get a little wonky, and I couldn’t configure my way out of it.

For the last few days I’ve been using the trial version You Control: Desktops and I’m very impressed. I just hate to put down the $30 it costs when I know I won’t be using it in four months.

I’m sure I’m not the only one with that feeling either, I really think I’d hate being a third-party Apple software developer.

Move your iTunes music while preserving library data

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:11:20 GMT

Great if you, say, want to move your library to a network drive but don’t want to lose your ratings, playlists, and other such nonsense. It’s a time-consuming process though.

Link: http://hifiblog.com/past/2006/05/11/howto-move-your-itunes-music-while-preserving-library-data-when-you-dont-let-itunes-manage-your-music-library/

Updating Rubygems

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:24:03 GMT

Here’s how I updated my MacBook Pro from Rails 1.2.1 to Rails 1.2.3:

sudo gem update --system
sudo mv /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/source_cache ~/tmp
mv ~/.gem/ ~/tmp/
gem sources
sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

Those five lines of code took about an hour and some serious Googling to figure out. Ah well, back to work.

Update: You may (probably will) get an error after you run “sudo gem install rails—include-dependencies”. I’m not sure exactly why, but running the same command again will finally update your Rails install. Anyone with a better solution should feel free to pop a comment down below.

Mac System 7 Simulation

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:19 GMT

Why I was a PC user until OSX — that said, this is still an amazing bit of attention to detail

Link: http://www.myoldmac.net/webse-e-flash.htm

Big list of OSX shell commands

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT

Always nice to have a reference

Link: http://www.ss64.com/osx/index.html

Apple MacBook Pro 'fastest Windows XP notebook'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

Gotta love it

Link: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/22/mac_fastest_core_duo_laptop/

Former Apple, Microsoft UI designers talk shop

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:22 GMT

”... operating system user interface design is moving away from a windowing system because content consumption is replacing content creation as the primary use for a computer.”

Link: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/49446.html