Tag: Mac

Mac

My failed attempt at using autofs to automount TrueCrypt volumes on OS X

I was trying to make it as easy as possible to access our YNAB file which lives in an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. The idea was to have OS X autofs automount the TrueCrypt volume so that when YNAB starts and attempts to load our...

Mac

How to build MacVim with Python 2.7

The first few times I tried building MacVim, it kept linking with the system Python. I wanted it to use my Python 2.7 install. I finally found the right incantation: ./configure --enable-rubyinterp=yes...

Mac

Quicksilver crash

I wasn't even using Quicksilver when this crash report popped up. Here's the text of the crash dump. This computer has been having a lot of kernel panics and crashing processes lately. I fear that it could be on the way out. Can...

General

Canon MP560 scanner software possibly causing OS X 10.6.6 crashes for me

A follow-up of sorts to my earlier post on Canon MP560 and Snow Leopard troubles. I've actually seen a fair number of kernel panics lately on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.6 This last one occurred last night while we were...

General

The Canon MP560 printer/scanner and Snow Leopard: not a match made in heaven

I don't know if it's the hardware or the software or both, but this printer/scanner has been fairly irritating with Snow Leopard. I'm quite disappointed, because I've had a lot of Canon printers and they have always been great....

GtDMacProductivity

Accessing OmniFocus data as a sqlite database

While playing with some OmniFocus AppleScripts last night, I realized that OmniFocus on the Mac uses a sqlite database (in addition to the zipped .xml files that it uses for synching). This is pretty interesting, because it could...

GtDMacProductivity

Top 5 OmniFocus Applescripts

I rely on OmniFocus (both the Mac and iPhone versions) to maintain some semblance of order in my life. I occasionally think of ideas for scripts to make OmniFocus for Mac fit better with my workflow, but I seldom have the time to...