ok... prompted by the EigthGradeVideo project and an unexpected IRS return we tipped the scales on ToMacOrNotToMac, and got a new top-of-the-line iMac for MaJoStudio.
It's wicked cool.
I've got a whole pile of new buzzwords to learn: HFS+, IOKit?, ... where to begin?
The folks in #fink are helpful. Fink: Unix Software for your Mac
Aha! The goldmine: Inside Mac OS X: System Overview
(@@more on the purchase itself... mac warehouse, free printer and ram upgrade; beat the price increase; saved probably $400 over local retail, when you factor in sales tax and all.)
14Sep2004: cvs: command not found. grabbing Xcode 1.5 from apple developer connection. Ugh... "If you have not already upgraded to XCode? 1.5, we suggest that you wait until this issue is resolved before doing so." -- fink. grabbing fink 0.7.0 anyway.
hmm... rather than putting PbJam's IP addr in /etc/hosts manually, wasn't there some python zeroconf tool? hmm... pyzeroconf doesn't look like the thing I remember, but maybe it'll work... ah... there it is: dotlocal.
27Aug2004: auto-complete for spelling in any cocoa text widget
7Jan2003: What is Mac OS X? from kernelthread, via slashdot.
7Oct2003: remote control article esp. vnc server and wake-on-lan python ditty.
6Oct2003: talked to folks in #macdev (freenode) about USB foo. They concur; USB disk support in OS X sucks. I'm considering filing a darwin bug report.
keyboard shortcut info is news to me.
hmmm... tasty! DiveIntoOSX.
02Feb2003: found...
- Introduction to PyObjC by Bill Bumgarner 01/31/2003
28Jan2003: brushing up on AppleScript ... I'd like to automate various MaJoStudio tasks. I did a lot of HyperCard? development, so this should be straightfowrad. I'm hesitant to invest in proprietary technology, meanwhile; I'd rather use python (though perl looks like it's actually supported by apple). @@namespaces... where do these nams come from? applescript dev info ... installing script menu hmm... seems to require iphoto 2 (or at least iphoto 1.5; what's that?) but I have 1.1.1. Apple seems to have forgotten that anybody bought a machine before Jaguar came out.
28Dec2002 ugh; USB floppy support in OS X sucks. (comp.sys.mac.hardware 2002-09-11 20:26:47 PST corroborates smartdisk tech support)
but the USB floppy is sloooow. usb floppy problem reports.
mp3 player
The rio just works with iTools.
scanning
The Epson scanner didn't work when we got the machine, but we found Vue Scan, and it works great.
installed this thingy: darwintools.pkg
It comes with ssh/sshd! Thanks, AaronSw?, for the clues on how to fire it up.
Speech
speech/weather clues from Bijan and AaronSw?.
X Windows
mac-like window manager: oroborosx
virtual workspace: Space.doc
morphing
Hmm... mary wants to do morphing in the VbsVideo?. (did it under linux) An article on morphing with illustrator
OS X browser
never mind... safari is clearly the answer now. Chimera rocks; it prevents pop-unders.
Sharing printers between linux ans OS X
hmm... can I print to mmac's printer from my linux box?
Printing in Inside Mac OS X suggests OS X groks CUPS.
The Unofficial CUPS-on-Apple-Mac-OS-X FAQ of April, 2002 seems to say it's not installed by default.
Jaguar includes "CUPS" as printing system. CUPS printing hints on Jaguar Aug 24 '02
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