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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/29
While getting a Retina MacBook Pro screen replacement, I upgraded from VMware Fusion 4 to VMware Fusion 6 and found out it is really easy to Clean Up And Shrink VMWare Fusion Virtual Machines With Ease | The Webernets.
That saved me bout 100 gigabyte across in total.
Sometimes tiny things not much advertised make an upgrade worthwhile.
Note that as usual some restrictions apply (like not having snapshots, having a backup, and the machines needing to be in the “shut down state), but it went really really smooth (probably the SSD helps a lot here).
–jeroen
Posted in Apple, Fusion, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Pro, Power User, VMware | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/25
Getting rid of the dreaded “Write failed: Broken pipe”.
Note the difference of ServerAliveInterval/ServerAliveCountMax and ClientAliveInterval/ClientAliveCountMax.
For Mac, Linux and CygWin: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/25
On both Windows and OS X, I use 7zip a lot. Usually the GUI versions (currently 7z920 on Windows and Keka 1.0.4 on OS X).
But for some purposes (for instance: compressing .lnk files) the 7za command-line version is a must (it has lots of options).
Note that the Windows 7za command-line version is 32-bit.
If you handle really large files on Windows, you might want to use the 64-bit 7z.exe that is in `%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe`.
There are a few ways to install the 7za console version on a Mac so you can access 7za from the Terminal in OS X. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/24
Being away from a computer sometimes means you forget about events.
So before I forget: happy 30th birthday Mac!
For me, real programming started 31 years ago on an Apple II at high school, soon followed by a II+ and a //e. At first, I was programming in both Integer Basic and AppleSoft Basic, then with Apple Pascal (which was based on UCSD Pascal, but way too slow), and finally with Turbo Pascal 1.0 (after they installed a Microsoft Z-80 softcard in a few of the machines which allowed it to run CP/M).
Back then me, nor my parents could afford a computer like a Mac, but I was lucky enough to keep on people at the “close by” (30 minutes by bicycle) University to use one and program in hyper card and various Pascal dialects (and later Delphi).
Now I own a few Macs (most more portable than the //c) bought a //e and //c last summer and collecting some extension cards to make life easier.
Just look at the B&N magazine rack how popular the Apple stuff is today:
So again: happy 30th birthday Mac!
Without you, I wouldn’t be a software developer.
–jeroen
via: Apple bracht eerste Mac-computer 30 jaar geleden uit – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers.
Posted in //e, Apple, Apple Pascal, Delphi, Development, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, Object Pascal, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Pascal, Power User, Software Development, Think Pascal, Turbo Pascal, UCSD Pascal | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/20
For finding the ModelId of your MacBook, in case you want to buy an OWC SSD upgrade:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/14
One of the few Windows XP machines left is main usage is for the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 scanner that I have been using for years: it is small, does duplex scanning, emits searchable PDFs through an embedded Adobe Acrobat and Abby ScanSnap Edition OCR license. The Scan button on the scanner “just works” and allows for a “Scan Now, organize later” workflow.
Just Works: if a user is logged in on the Windows machine, which usually is the case.
Next to that, it is used for internet browsing and remote desktop access to VMs in the various clouds: it is more than adequate for that with dual Dell UltraSharp U2407WFP monitors at 1920×1200. The extra 120 pixels over “modern” 1080p do make a difference you know.
I never bothered to upgrade the machine, as it works so nicely and I have had bad experience replacing systems that include embedded licenses: it usually doesn’t work.
Of course I could buy a new ScanSnap iX500, but I don’t want to increase the electronic waste unless I’ve researched if it is possible to get the ScanSnap S510 working on Windows 7 or 8.x, or even on one of my Macs.
So here are some links for further research on a light-weight solution: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Apple, Fujitsu ScanSnap, Hardware, ix500, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Power User, Scanners, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/27
(Originally scheduled for 20130930, so it made it to the Missed Schedule list as well)
On my research list, as I want to do this in Windows 7 as well as windows 8: retina macbook pro – Resolution 2880 x 1800 not available in Windows 8 (VMware Fusion 5) – Ask Different.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/24
I’ve been wanting this a very long time, so I’m going to install it Right Now ™ (:
Right before X-Mas, Scooter Software did the ANN: Beyond Compare 4.0 beta available on Windows, Linux, and OS X:
Posted: Dec 23, 2013 4:17 PM
Beyond Compare 4.0 beta is now available for testing on Windows, Linux, and OS X.
http://www.scootersoftware.com/beta
This version adds a number of new features: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in *nix, Apple, Beyond Compare, Delphi, Development, Linux, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Software Development, Source Code Management, SuSE Linux, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/02
Indeed, the TrailRunner software is much nicer than the Garmin stuff. It needs the Garmin stuff (in order to download the data from the ForeRunner), and for that you need to have a good quality USB cable, otherwise the Forerunner will charge, but not transfer data).
So if you have a Mac, download TrailRunner – Mac OS X route planning and journaling for iPhone, Nike+ SportBand, Garmin ForeRunner GPS.
–jeroen
via: Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS – Mac data analysis and blogging | Jon Worth.
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