May 07, 2005
dump filesystem backup in Tiger still broken
Dump in Tiger version 10.4.0 is still broken. It has been broken since 10.0.0. It cannot read any filessystem created with Tiger - UFS or HFS+; because dump looks for at "magic number" that Tiger does not include in its partition table.
Somebody really needs to fix it, or write hfsdump and hfsrestore. Its beyond me.
here are the errors I get:
% dump -0 -f dumphfs /Volumes/hfs
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat May 7 12:01:21 2005
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /Volumes/hfs to dumphfs
DUMP: bad sblock magic number
DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
don't even think about it, that does not work either:
% df -k
...
/dev/disk1s2 39065960 36268408 2797552 93% /Users/bob
/dev/disk2s2 2520 88 2432 3% /Volumes/hfs
% dump -0 -f dumphfs /dev/disk2s2
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat May 7 12:09:49 2005
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/disk2s2 to dumphfs
DUMP: Cannot open /dev/disk2s2
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March 25, 2005
Convert iCal to vCal format
Change the extension from .ics to .vcs and your're done. You can now open it with Palm Desktop. You do lose a lot of the meta info though.
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March 14, 2005
Carbon Emacs
Supposedly , Emacs 21.4 will have OS-X support. Until then, see these pages:
Mindlube
Franconi
MacEmacs JP
Porkrind
I use the Mindlube distribution.
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February 15, 2005
Filevault and moving the iTunes music library
Filevault encrypts one's entire user directory - at least as of OS version 10.3.7. It makes little sense to encrypt the entire music library, not to mention it probably slows down your machine. If you want to move your music library outside of your user directory, say to /Users/wilk2/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music, you need to tell iTunes under Preferences->Advanced and then choose Advanced->Consolidate LIbrary. This will copy (not move) all the music to the new location. If you skip either of the two steps and move the library by hand, iTunes will not be able to find your music. If you do not have enough room on your harddrive for two copies of your entire music library, I suggest you use an external harddrive. Not a bad idea anyway, to make a copy of your user directory incase of a malfunction during the initial Filevault encryption.
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February 03, 2005
Avantgo 5.7
Did anybody notice that there is finally a new version of the Avantgo palm client? It is version 5.7 b35 and it supports the T3's full screen. I use it with the MAL conduit and it works beautifully on the Mac. It fully rocks. I am intrigued by Plucker, but AFAIK there is no conduit that approaches the functionality of the Avantgo conduit. There are ads, but I find them reasonable considering the cost of this software (free).
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