Mac OSX – Can’t eject disk (in use)
So you get that annoying “The volume can’t be ejected because it’s currently in use.” message trying to unmount your…
svnX – Use DiffMerge as diff tool
So, I use svnX on MacOSX and I find DiffMerge a much nicer application than the default FileMerge, but I…
Log in to SSH with no password
So you want to have your password remembered by a remote SSH connection? Easy, following these steps On your local…
Finding files in Linux/Mac Terminal
Finding files is a little different to MS DOS! find <startlocation> <type> <filename> <exec> The exec is a simple way…
Get MAC address from IP address
Had a routing issue the other day, and I was remotely trying to forward a port to a device. I…
Compile php_imap and mssql for PHP on Mac
IMAP To get imap support in PHP on your Mac, you need to get the php_imap module compiled for your…
Multiple Dropbox accounts on your Mac?
Its really very easy to have two Dropbox account clients runing on your Mac if you use Dropbox Encore. Not…
Where is my.cnf on Mac OSX?
On Mountain Lion, I found that the my.cnf file is missing. This is because Mac uses the default MySQL settings…
Start/Stop MySQL from Mac OSX Terminal
So you want to stop MySQL, or restart it? sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart
SSH Clears Terminal on disconnection
I found on some servers that when I disconnect from an SSH connection, the terminal console is cleared. This is…