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Category: Apple & Mac

Apple (apple.com) runs JBoss

21st April, 20107th March, 2013 Marcel Stör2 Comments

I was recently invited by Apple to take part in one of their customer support surveys. Besides the somewhat strange URL I noticed an all too familiar favicon: yes, Apple runs JBoss (Web). Of course I played around with the URL a little…here comes the confirmation, it’s JBoss Web 2.2.1:

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Modify the default i.e. “Standard” printer presets in OS X

28th February, 20104th July, 2011 Marcel Stör3 Comments

Looking for a way to modify the default printer presets i.e. the presets called “Standard” in OS X I came across a Mac OS X Hints article that talks about the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.custompresets.plist file. However, what I found way more interesting is that apparently OS X provides a web interface for CUPS at http://localhost:631/ for the […]

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Swisscom Huwei E220 on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

18th November, 20092nd April, 2010 Marcel Stör3 Comments

On a new OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard the Huwei E220 USB modem (from Swisscom in my case) didn’t work anymore. The USB dongle mounts and the files on the mounted drive were visible but the Unlimited Connection Manager (UCM) installer contained in the mounted drive crashed always. It’s obviously not compatible with 10.6. To […]

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Delete folder from iPhoto but not its content

31st October, 200928th February, 2010 Marcel StörNo Comments

By default if a folder in Apple iPhoto contains albums and you delete the folder, the photos in its contained albums will be deleted with it. There’s a warning dialog about this but there’s no option for you to tell iPhoto to get rid off the folder but keep the albums. To achieve this you […]

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Wake-On-Lan, WOL, not working in Snow Leopard

19th October, 200928th February, 2010 Marcel StörNo Comments

After upgrading my Mac mini from Leopard to Snow Leopard it did no longer wake from sleep when I sent the magic wake-on-lan package. So, I checked the network and energy settings and noticed that Snow Leopard’s new Wake-On-Demand (WOD ?) feature was disabled. I didn’t change that and started to wonder why WOL didn’t […]

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How to sync your iPhone with multiple computers

17th September, 200928th February, 2010 Marcel StörNo Comments

Just discovered a wonderful tutorial over at iClarified how to sync my iPhone with multiple computers. I was quite surprised to learn that I get a “An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes Library at a time” warning message when I attempted that. I was surprised because this works just fine with the […]

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In-ear iPhone headsets

1st September, 200925th February, 2013 Marcel Stör2 Comments

WARNING this was posted in 2009, there’s a newer review for iPhone headsets here: In-ear headset for the iPhone 3GS, round II I’ve spent hours searching for in-ear iPhone headsets that suits my needs (for 3GS). I just might have reached the light at the end of the tunnel… The initial priorities were good sound […]

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Apple remote not working (infrared)

9th August, 2009 Marcel StörNo Comments

When I came back from vacation I noticed the Apple remote was not working anymore with my Mac mini. Pressing the “menu” button did not trigger Front Row anymore. I checked the remote itself against the Macbook to rule out low battery or the like – it worked. Hence, the problem had to be the […]

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USB printer in Airport Express not showing

28th April, 20097th March, 2013 Marcel Stör1 Comment

A brother printer hooked up to my AirPort Express base station was not recognized by the AirPort – so it seemed. The respective dialog in the AirPort Utility said: “USB Printer: None”. I spent quite some time trying to find out what the problem was. It turned out that the dialog simply didn’t tell the […]

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Wake-On-LAN, WOL, with Apple iPhone Remote

30th December, 2008 Marcel Stör9 Comments

With Apple Remote for iPhone and iPod Touch you control iTunes on a remote computer. What I only recently found out is that Apple Remote acts as a Wake-On-LAN (WOL) client. At least it does that in my environment. My Mac Mini wakes up from sleep when I start Apple Remote on the iPod Touch […]

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