Negative Space: OS X
- Apple software stops connecting to the Internet; Firefox continues fine
- Starting in the last couple of days, I’ve been having an odd problem with some software being unable to connect to the Internet. They keep telling me I have no internet connection. The problem apps all seem to be Apple apps: Safari, iTunes, Software Update, Mail. But Firefox and the command line connect fine. Restarting mDNSResponder appears to (temporarily, I expect) fix the issue.
- AppleScript, Mail, and deleted messages
- OS X Mail appears to keep trashed messages in their previous folder for a while, resulting in “ghost messages” when you try to get messages from a mailbox using AppleScript.
- Create universal files on Mac OS X
- When you install MySQL from the easy-to-install packages, you have to choose either x86_64 or i386 (64-bit or 32-bit). But on Leopard server, some applications need the 32-bit version and some need the 64-bit version. Here’s how you can combine them into a universal file without having to deal with recompilation.
- Maven: SQLite front end
- Cutedge has a SQLite3 front-end that almost works.
- Murky for Mercurial
- Murky makes a great front-end to Mercurial for personal projects, including not just programming projects, but CSS and HTML. Anything text-oriented and line-based.
- OS X Experiences
- A log of my experience installing OS X from the supposedly non-beta version 1.0.
- Using appscript with Apple Mail to get emails and attachments
- Python and appscript can be used to get email messages out of Apple’s OS X Mail client, and even to get and save attachments.
More Information
- How is DNS used by individual processes?
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“Essentially there are two DNS resolving mechanisms in Mac OS X. The standard UNIX approach (/etc/resolv.conf) which is used by dig and then the approach used by the rest of the system.”
- Sequel Pro
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“MySQL database management app for Mac OS X.” This is the easiest-to-use MySQL front-end I’ve seen. It includes features both for browsing your databases and limited features for managing the server.
- Cutedge Systems
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“High-Quality Commercial Software @ Shareware Prices”
- MacNote3
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“MacNote3 retains all of the features of MacNote, while offering a wide range of more sophisticated features in addition. These include facilities for the selection of multiple pages and the exportation of images. It still has the familiar interface, and very quickly responds to commands. MacNote3 is similar to Notepad, or Scrapbook, and so is easy to use. Also, via AppleScript—or by means of regular expressions—it allows the user to edit text.”
