Archive for the ‘OSX’ Category

Interesting tablet designs

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 9 November 2011
Filed under: iOS, OSX, Platform, Unix/Linux, Windows

Interesting tablet designs : http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/concept-tablet-designs/

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 6 October 2011
Filed under: iOS, iPad, iPhone, OSX, Platform, Uncategorized, Unix/Linux

Your hardware and software has changed my life and is a big part of who I am

Steve Jobs : 1955-2011

Clear DNS Cache in Mac OSX (Leopard and Lion)

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 4 July 2011
Filed under: OSX, Platform, Quick Tips

In Mac OSX 10.5+ (Leapard and Lion)

To clear DNS cache in Leopard, open up a terminal window and use the following command:

dscacheutil -flushcache

In Mac Mac OSX 10.4 and below

lookupd -flushcache

How to Edit the OSX hosts file

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 13 January 2011
Filed under: OSX, Platform, Quick Tips, Software Development, Unix/Linux

1) Open a Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal).
2) Edit the hosts file (Type your user password when asked).

$ sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

3) Press press control-o to save the file.
4) Press enter on the filename prompt.
5) Press control-x to exit the editor.

List Missing iTunes Music

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 13 October 2010
Filed under: iPad, iPhone, OSX, Platform, Quick Tips, Windows

  1. Create a Normal Playlist Called “All Music”
  2. Goto your library, Select all your Music and Drag it to the “All Music” Playlist
  3. Create a Smart Playlist Called “Missing Music” where Playlist is not “All Music” (it’s usefull to exempt Video and Podcasts too)
  4. Congratulations you can now go find your missing tracks, Delete the files or Re-Import your data

Android Mobile SDK Web Browser Testing on OSX

No Comments » by Jon Hibbins on 3 October 2010
Filed under: Code, HTML, OSX, PHP, Platform, Quick Tips, Web

Because it’s painful, here’s how I did it on OSX :

1) Download Android SDK

2) Install it

/Android/android-sdk-mac_86
cd /Android/android-sdk-mac_86/tools

3) Setup the Emulator

./android
  • A Java app opens
  • Click SDK Platform Android 2.1 and download Archive for MacOS X
  • Click Virtual Devices and New
  • Give a name (AndroidTest), set the target to the SDK you downloaded
  • Set Size to 512
  • Create the AVD (Android Virtual Device)

4) Run the Emulator

./emulator -avd AndroidTest -partition-size 128

5) Setup the Hosts file

Set the device to read-write

./adb remount
./adb pull /etc/hosts

Edit the hosts with the following

nano hosts
10.0.2.2 localhost
./adb remount
./adb push hosts /system/etc

Congratulations you should now be able to browse the hosts

SVN Port TCP Port is 3690

1 Comment » by Jon Hibbins on 12 February 2009
Filed under: .NET, C#, Code, OSX, Platform, Quick Tips, Software Development, Unix/Linux, Windows

If you need to access SVN remotely, by default it runs on port TCP port 3690, so you need to make sure it is open in your firewall etc.