Boxee update adds Netflix, interface tweaks
Boxee has released an updated alpha version of its media player software adding support for the Watch Instantly video streaming feature from Netflix as well as MTV music videos, the WB network and photos from the Boston Globe. The move comes two weeks after the startup secured its first round of venture capital funding, hoping to license the XBMC-based software for use in set-top boxes and other...
published today, 2 hours 52 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
iFund applications mistakenly published on the web
Nearly 600 applications to the Kleiner Perkins iFund were mistakenly published on the web, including the startups' contact information, founder bios, business plans, demos and financial information. The blame for the mistake has fallen on Meteora Technologies Group, Kleiner Perkins' former hosting provider, according to TechCrunch. The SQL file containing the data had been indexed by Google and di...
published yesterday, 20 hours 22 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Hundreds of iFund developer applications compromised
Nearly 600 applications from developers vying for a slice of Kleiner Perkins’s $100 million iFund to help fuel their iPhone startup efforts have accidently spilled onto the web.
published yesterday, 21 hours 37 minutes ago, appleinsider
10.5: A deeper look at drop box permissions issues
Recently, a hint posted here noted some discrepancies with the Drop Box permissions and permissions of items that are put into it. In short: sometimes a user receives a read-only copy of an item put in his/her Drop Box, and sometimes that item is read/write. Here's why.To be able to explain what's going on, you need to know a few of the rules that Mac OS X uses for setting file permissions:The Leopard systems automatically enable access control lists (ACLs) on the startup disk. Tiger systems do not.Newly-created Leopard accounts are given the primary group of staff. This is also the case for Tiger Server and Leopard Server systems, but not for Tiger client. Tiger client uses what's called a "GID per UID" system, where a new group is created for each user. (Throughout these examples, we'l...
published on Friday, the 24. October 2008, macosxhints
Set default startup volume from boot volume screen
When you start up a Mac holding down the Option key, the boot volume menu appears on the screen -- this shows all bootable volumes on the screen, making it simple to boot from any volume in your Mac.You can also, it turns out, set the default boot volume (the volume that will boot when you don't hold the Option key down) from this screen. To set the default start-up volume, press Control and click on an arrow under the volume of your choice. When Control is pressed, the upward arrow turns into a circular arrow, denoting the persistence of the choice.Note that I have tested this on only the newest iMac and MacBook Pro.[robg adds: This trick did not work on my November 2006 (2.33GHz Core 2 Duo) MacBook Pro.]
published on Tuesday, the 23. September 2008, macosxhints
AppleJack - A utility for use in single user mode
Developer / Product Page: The Apotek / AppleJack Price: Free (donations accepted)AppleJack is a different kind of utility -- it's one that you'll probably only use when you're in a real bind, say with a Mac that crashes every time you login. In such cases, the usual advice is to boot off the installer disk, and use the various tools available there to try to fix the problem.But what if you're traveling with your laptop, and you don't happen to have your install disk with you? Enter AppleJack, which runs only in single user mode (Command-S at startup). In its basic mode, AppleJack does five things (either as a group, or one by one): repair disks, repair permissions, clean up cache files, validate preference files, and remove swap files. You access these tasks through a text-based men...
published on Sunday, the 7. September 2008, macosxhints
Free AppleJack repair utility now works with Leopard
If you've ever needed to repair your Mac and couldn't find a startup CD, the open source command line AppleJack utility can help. The application recently got an upgrade to version 1.5, which includes LeopardRead More...
published on Wednesday, the 3. September 2008, ars-technica
Psystar Stares Down Apple With Antitrust Suit
Psystar has turned up the heat in its legal battle with Apple. The small computer vendor first burst on the scene several months ago by audaciously offering for sale a line of Mac computer clones called "OpenComputer." After a few weeks of silence, Apple unleashed its legal hounds on the startup, seeking to shut it down for good.
published on Wednesday, the 27. August 2008, macnewsworld
Possibly recover from a dual CPU failure on a Mac Pro
When I tried to boot my Mac Pro recently, it failed -- all I got was a black screen and a chime. I opened the case, and on the motherboard, I saw two LEDs were red: the cpuA and cpuB failure lights. My warranty is over, but here are the steps I followed to get it working again: Turn off your Mac and unplug the power cord. Remove the CMOS battery on the motherboard (just above the graphic card). Wait 10 seconds -- I'm not sure if this is necessary, but it worked for me. Plug the power cord back into the Mac. Press the power button. The Mac should boot normally and give you the startup chime, but you want your CMOS battery back. Turn off the Mac, then unplug the power cord again. Put the CMOS battery back in. That's it; boot and enjoy! [robg adds: I've never seen this on my Mac Pro, and I'm not sure if it's a sign of a failing CMOS battery, or something else. I'm publishing the hint beca...
published on Tuesday, the 26. August 2008, macosxhints
Remove VMs from Parallels VM startup list
If you end up with unused virtual machines in your Parallels startup list, you can get rid of them by removing aliases from your ~/Documents/.parallels-vm-directory folder.Choose the Finder's Go to Folder command under the Go menu, paste in the above path and go. In the folder, delete the VM aliases you don't want. You may want to also delete the actual VM data, or maybe just find out where it lives. To do so, right-click on a VM alias and choose Show Original or Get Info from the contextual menu. You'll be taken to, or shown the path to that VM's files. The handy thing about only having one VM in the list is it's selected automatically when you start Parallels.
published on Friday, the 22. August 2008, macosxhints