Interesting: TheBookYard : UK Apple spare parts specialist.
via: Macbook white thingy below keyboard button is broken – Ask Different.
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TheBookYard : UK Apple spare parts specialist
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/16
Posted in Apple, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Apple I Cassette Interface Documentation at bitsavers (Apple 1, not Apple 2); #6502, @IlRoberto, @mos65o2
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/15
The BitSavers /pdf/apple/apple_I directory now contains a PDF of the Apple I Cassette Interface Documentation.
Awesome history (:
It even has this very old Apple address on it:
APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY
770 Welch Road,
Suite 154
Palo Alto, California 94304
Phone: (415) 326-4248
(both the address and phone now have different owners now).
–jeroen
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Interesting: HotspotShield (VPN for iPhone/Mac/Windows to Access Blocked Sites; Surf Anonymously)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/14
Interesting: HotspotShield VPN to surf from a USA IP address.
There is a free version with ads, and a payed version without ads.
Probably more services like this exist, but this has been working for me.
Yup there are:
–jeroen
via: Download Free VPN for iPhone, Mac and Windows to Access Blocked Sites & Surf Anonymously.
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Apple Mouse – some links
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/10
Slowly completing my Apple II collection, I wanted to buy an Apple Mouse.
Well, that turns out to be a tad complex, as there are various models that are more or less compatible with some of the Apple computers from the mid 1980s.
- Apple Mouse – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- View topic – Apple Mice differences? – 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Forums.
- Vintage Hardware for The Apple IIe Apple Mouse | eBay.
- Apple II Mouse Interface Card 670 0030 1983 Works | eBay.
- Vintage Apple Mouse II for IIe with Card | eBay.
Mice aren’t the only problems with old hardware: drives and disks die.
Maybe this is a solution:
–jeroen
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The Apple II europlus (and clones): As seen in Tezza’s classic computer collection. – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/08
For my Apple //e collection.
The Apple II europlus (and clones): As seen in Tezza’s classic computer collection. – YouTube.
The Apple IIe: As seen in Tezza’s classic computer collection – YouTube.
More are at Terry Stewart – YouTube.
–jeroen
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NTFS Driver for Mac OS | Seagate
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/06
Consolidation of HDD manufacturers (image from WikiMedia)
Earlier this year I wrote about Accessing Mac Hard Drives from Windows 7/8: Boot Camp Support Software 5.0.5033 and mentioned that there are also a few solutions for writing NTFS volumes from Mac OS X.
Thanks to dhardy03, I learned that Seagate now provides NTFS drivers for Mac OS X for Free. The installer name indicates it is an OEM version of the Paragon NTFS drivers for Mac OS X.
I’m not sure yet if it works only on Seagate drives, but since the only other HDD manufacturers left are Toshiba and Western Digital (Toshiba is a much smaller HDD manufacturer than WD and SD), it is a substantial part of the market.
I might try NTFS-3G as well, but that hasn’t been updated for a while and has been replaced by the commercial Tuxera product.
–jeroen
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Quick Tip: Automating your Mac’s wifi power (on off through script) via: BrettTerpstra.com
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/04
Interesting commands around networksetup -setairportpower en0 : power off and on your WiFi.
–jeroen
via: [Wayback/Archive] Quick Tip: Automating your Mac’s wifi power – BrettTerpstra.com.
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osx – How to find out Mac OS X version from Terminal? (via: Super User)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/03
I’m a command-line addict, so this was a great SuperUser question by Željko Filipin:
I know how to find Mac OS X version from GUI: Apple Menu (top left) > About This Mac
Is there a Terminal command that will tell me Mac OS X version?
It was answered by User delfuego:
You have a few options:
sw_vers -productVersion
system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
These commands led me to this post: Finding OS X Version and Build Information From the Command Line | The Nubby Admin that also showed these commands:
uname -a
osascript -e 'system info'
Where uname shows only the kernal version, oascript gives a ton of information. Read the rest of this entry »
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osx – OS X Terminal “must have” utilities – Ask Different
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/28
Make sure you read osx – OS X Terminal “must have” utilities – Ask Different after reading:
- OS X Terminal Tips and Tricks
- OS X Hidden features and nice tips & tricks
- OS X Applications you can’t live without
- 10 Terminal Commands That Every Mac User Should Know | Mactuts+
- Setting up better shell and terminal environment for OSX Lion
–jeroen
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4K / UHD televisions are getting quite cheap. $500 for 39″ (via: Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26
Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+ – 4K / UHD televisions are getting quite cheap. $500 for 39″,….
Interesting as a Retina MacBook Pro should be able to drive 4K displays.
–jeroen
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