OS X cron log
Surprisingly, I could not find a log on my Snow Leopard system that showed what cron was doing. I know that Apple is big on launchd (which is on my list of things to learn about someday), but I'm a Unix guy and I needed to debug...
Category: Mac
OS X service for posting text to pastebin.com
How I created an OS X service to post text to pastebin.com: I launched Automator and chose the "Service" template for my new workflow. I dragged in a "Run AppleScript" action and pasted in this AppleScript code. I then dragged in...
Preventing Quicksilver’s Clipboard History window from popping up when quitting applications
A few months ago, I noticed that Quicksilver's Clipboard History window would pop up unexpectedly when I used Cmd+Q to quit applications. Mildly annoying. I finally decided to search for a solution and I found a workaround at...
Xcode/iPhone error 0xE8000001: problem and fix
As you all probably know, I've written a word game for the iPhone called Word Up! <shameless-plug> </shameless-plug> Tonight, I started getting an error while trying to run my app from Xcode on my device (provisioned...
OS X 10.5.5
You can now grab OS X 10.5.5 from Software Update. What does it have? From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2405: General Includes recent Apple security updates. Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling,...
New MacBook Pro Firmware
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1 just popped up in Software Update: After installing and rebooting:...
Frequent Quicksilver crashes?
Lately, Quicksilver has been quietly dying very often and I'm constantly restarting it. I suppose I should try reinstalling and/or deleting my preferences, but before I do that, I was wondering if anyone else was seeing this....