Category Archives: Apple

How Tudor England solved my installation problem

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Grant

Yesterday I used a piece of technology to solve a problem that I’ve never before used successfully. To call me shocked would be something of an understatement. But before I get to that, let’s get some background. One of the … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard cop-out review

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Grant

Rather than rehash a Snow Leopard review or for that matter even bother writing one up myself you should read the outstanding review at Ars Technica. Ars super Snow Leopard review. I will point out the three sections that if … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Snow Leopard | 1 Comment

Applescripting Xcode and Qt qmake: Adding a run script build phase

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Grant

So I’ve got a problem. And no, it doesn’t involve lawyers. I know, I’m surprised about that as you are. My problem is that I want Xcode to automatically run my unit tests after each debug build. The trouble is … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Applescript, qmake, Qt, Xcode | 3 Comments

A double clickwheel with cheese

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Grant

Yesterday I got forwarded this video no fewer than six times. Strangely enough I didn’t see the part where they talked about it during the Macworld keynote. Maybe that’s because I haven’t watched the keynote. Or perhaps because it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Food | 1 Comment

I wish I had CGI animation talent

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Grant

But I don’t. Oh well. But these guys do:

Posted in Apple, Transformers | 1 Comment

Must have software and tools (Mac OS X Edition)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Grant

A couple of weeks ago Tim posted his must have software and tools. Always one to steal a good idea, and wanting to balance out his Windows focus, here’s my list. General Apps Safari – I’m not a huge browser … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Development | 5 Comments

USB on a Macbook Pro is a southpaw

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Grant

Today while I was doing some work I had the most recent Macbreak Weekly podcast going in the background. For the second time in the last few weeks one of the hosts via Skype was sounding an awful lot like … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Microphone | 2 Comments

One man’s Twitter journey to fix iPhoto, plus Imperial IKEA

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Grant

The funny thing about writing a blog but not administering the blog is that sometimes you login and notice that WordPress is all different. It’s kind of like coming home finding that someone has redecorated your house. You leave and … Continue reading →

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Mac Office 2008: The semi-review and a gift

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Grant

So amid the news coming of Macworld the new version of Office for the Mac was finally shipped by Microsoft. A few days ago a big box filled with all our upgrade versions was delivered to our CIO who, without … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Surround SCM, User Interface, Word Processing | 1 Comment

Cats and multi-headed dogs don’t play nicely together. What a surprise.

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Grant

So I was cleaning out my OmniFocus today and I stumbled across this: I had added that back when I upgraded to Leopard and turned on Active Directory authentication to be the default for my user. Now there is only … Continue reading →

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