Category Archives: Software

Software announcements and packages for various platforms.

List iTunes Apps by Purchaser

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

I finally developed a way to list all your iTune applications by Purchaser, and even better, I can do it from the command line. Continue reading →

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Turning Web Share Back On in Mountain Lion

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Apple removed Web Share from Mountain Lion. Next they’ll be removing the Start button… oh, wait… that’s someone else. Here’s how to bring back Apache for those people who use their Mac to test and design websites. Continue reading →

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Groking Objective-C for Modern Day Programmers

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Here’s what I think trips up solid programmers about the Objective-C language. Continue reading →

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Installing Hadoop on OS X

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Fix the “Unable to load realm info from SCDynamicStore” error on OS Lion when using Hadoop. Continue reading →

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Hidden Preference File

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Check your ~/Libarary/Preferences directory, do you have this hidden file? Continue reading →

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1Password Woes with Safari Extension (fix)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Safari 5.1 and 1Password 3.7.x not playing well? Getting a Database error? No such column? Overview key missing? Try this… it worked for me. Continue reading →

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Installing node.JS on OS X 10.6

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Having problems installing Node.JS because of missing OpenSSL problems? Here’s the solution to that problem for OS X. Continue reading →

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Where’s my JDK?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Caught in the Java depreciation battle under OS 10.6 and can’t find where the Java Development Kit (JDK) now resides? Here’s a command that will tell you, allowing you to still use InteliJ and other IDEs on OS X. Continue reading →

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Uninstalling Intego Software

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

I’d rather eat an orange then brush my teeth with peppermint toothpaste than deal with cleaning up my system after using Intego’s software. If anything can bring the Windows reboot experience, coupled with the leaving of software cruft, to the Mac platform, this software does it in my opinion. Here’s how I finally got rid of it all. I hope. Continue reading →

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Bang for Buck

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Think that extended trial periods hurt sales? Think again. Continue reading →

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