Apr

10

Getting rid of the .DS_Store files

April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

If you are a Mac user only, you might not be aware of the trail of files our OS leaves in every folder you open and browse but as soon as you share data/external hard drives or network drives with a Windows or Linux user (or if you use multiple OS) they become a bummer [...]

Jan

24

Installing Mint on Virtual Box (from an .iso)

January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment

From time to time, I feel like testing a Linux distrib. again. I always used Debian on my servers so, for me, on a desktop, the easy solution was Ubuntu. Then I heard about Mint debian. I just downloaded the Mint debian 10.iso file and ran it on my Imac with VirtualBox in a matter [...]

Dec

18

Amarok on Mac OS X

December 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

After several attempts in the last few months, I finally have Amarok running on Mac OS X Snow Leopard with MacPorts. The installation went as it should with the following steps : download and install the latest version of Mac Ports for your version of OS X run sudo port selfupdate run sudo port upgrade [...]