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I use several types of USB to Serial converters on Mac OS X, mostly for playing with Jeenode / Arduino hardware or connecting my HAM radio devices.
One of these devices, a Kenwood TH-D72, has a built-in Silicon Labs CP210x chip. The Mac OS X driver supplied by Silicon Labs is not very stable; it has caused my Mac to crash several times already. Uninstalling this driver is not as easy as uninstalling other applications on Mac; normally, you just drag the app into the trash – done. However, these drivers are supplied in “pkg” (package) format. Uninstalling software packages is [...]
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Earlier today, Steve Jobs passed away at only 56 years old. He’s had an incredible impact on the tech industry and touched millions of people. To me, his keynotes (“SteveNotes”) and his incredible attention to detail in all of Apple’s designs have been a huge inspiration.
XKCD paid him a fitting tribute:
“There’s always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough,the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return.”
VMware Fusion 3 on Mac offers three kinds of networking: bridged, NAT and host-only.
When using host-only networking, VMware Fusion runs a DHCP server for you on the virtual network “vmnet1“. By default, this daemon hands out IP addresses in the 172.16.115.0/24 network.
There are no settings in Preferences to configure or disable the DHCP server. This causes problems when trying to run your own virtualized DHCP server or PXE boot environment on the host-only network.
The VMware DHCP server can be disabled either temporarily or permanently. For a temporary fix (until you restart Fusion), end the DHCP server process. Open a Terminal [...]
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I’m really happy that I got AppleCare for my 2007 MacBook Pro. My laptop was obviously inspected by #5, “Mr. Murphy” as it left the factory…
Over the course of nearly 3 years, my MacBook Pro had to undergo lots of repairs. It’s been in the shop for around 2 months total (each repair takes at least 2 weeks over here in The Netherlands).
We’re talking 2 replacement LCDs, 3 replacement batteries, 2 replacement SuperDrives, 1 replacement hard disk and probably some other bits I forgot.
These replacement parts alone paid for my AppleCare. Of course, the question remains if a “Pro” laptop should [...]
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My faith in the Church of Steve is being tested…
This morning, my iPhone 3GS complained about a lack of memory while installing an application update, became quite sluggish and eventually just hung. The standard Power Off button trick did not work, so I tried the Hard Reset (keep Home+Power pressed for 10 seconds). Result: the Apple logo was displayed. That’s all. No wait-cursor, no progress bar, nothing.
A couple of Hard Resets later, I was still looking at the Apple logo. So I started looking online for help in fixing my bricked iPhone.
The standard Master Reset trick (disconnect iPhone, Home+Power to [...]
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