http://blog.erdener.org/ en-us 2008-09-29T21:42:21-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001330.php I got some cool fan mail for my Sound Switcher... Just a quick note to thank you for creating Sound Switcher. I was so over having to go into the Sound panel in SysPrefs every time I wanted to toggle... apple kaan 2008-09-29T21:42:21-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001324.php I've been an OS X user for about 6 years, and I've noticed a change in the past 6 months or so: Apple software is starting to suck. It's not terrible, definitely more "good" than "bad", but relative to itself... apple kaan 2008-08-25T22:55:52-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001310.php I just ran a manual cleanup of non-English language packs from my Applications directory. Removing the additional language junk saved 2.62 gb (yes, gigabytes) of disk space. Update: I ran it on /Library, too (same steps as below, just modify... apple kaan 2008-05-10T23:52:19-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001306.php I finally got Leopard to mount my home server. Never had any problems with Tiger across multiple machines, but Leopard didn't work. All I want to do is mount the volume... I could connect directly, so I knew everything was... apple kaan 2008-04-19T11:32:50-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001305.php Can't stand the new Dock in Leopard, found this to remove the huge slab of white behind the icons: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES Then either logout, or quit Dock through Activity Monitor.... apple kaan 2008-04-18T12:27:56-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001288.php After 6+ months of dormancy, I've finally wrapped up the Sound Switcher widget. Functionally, I'm pleased with the results. Cosmetically, that's another story. I would really like to get feedback from anyone who tries it out, likes it, has... apple kaan 2008-01-14T01:20:24-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001245.php A co-worker found these guys a while back, L.A. Computer Company Store. They sell AppleCare at discount prices. It's legitimate, too - he bought one, registered with Apple, all is well. All of the options are "web special only", but... apple kaan 2007-10-21T22:59:26-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001239.php I found this a while ago, then forgot about it, then someone asked recently and I thought I'd add it here to help others find it (including me after I've forgotten about it again). The Matrox DualHead2Go will let... apple kaan 2007-10-16T15:07:11-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001231.php I was about to install PocketMac so I could sync my BlackBerry with my Mac, but then I read the release notes... "There is no support for synchronizing over Bluetooth, only synchronizing over USB is supported." "It may be necessary... apple kaan 2007-08-31T22:44:24-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001228.php I bought iWork '08 today and I'm getting to know Numbers. So far, so good. It's really clean and slick, and the editable "print view" is quite cool. I've used AppleWorks to do spreadsheet stuff for about 5 years (coincidentally... apple kaan 2007-08-20T23:24:22-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001227.php Sweet. Ted Neward just bought a MacBook Pro. Taking a new approach... apple kaan 2007-08-15T11:44:25-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001218.php I just got a new Mac and wanted to do two things: update Ruby, and install Rails. This post deliberately does not include any information about FastCGI, or Lighttpd, or any other customizations. This gets your Mac from "no rails"... apple kaan 2007-07-26T01:01:46-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001216.php Here's a nice follow-up about the iPhone/Duke network issues from Tracy Futhey, Duke’s chief information officer: By now many of you have read news accounts around iPhones and Duke's wireless network. Some of the reports incorrectly made it sound as... apple kaan 2007-07-21T23:47:04-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001215.php I've tried to get iChat working with a Windows AIM user, and after some trial and error we found this page which pointed out that AIM 6.0 doesn't work with video, but 5.9 does, and you can get the 5.9... apple kaan 2007-07-19T17:57:39-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001209.php Just read Kenny Larkin's recent blog post about his new iPhone, cool stuff from someone who's really using it (and coming from the Blackberry world, too). He's got some good criticisms of it, but also great praise. In particular, I've... apple kaan 2007-07-11T17:54:21-06:00