David Vielmetter

Tag: MAC

  • Run OS X Snow Leopard on VirtualBox

    More and more frequently I find myself assisting customers with business analysis issues in Mac shops. Things can get complicated when dealing with multiple operating system platforms. A process that works great on Windows may not necessarily work on a Mac and vice versa. Throw some Unix or Linux into the mix and things get…

  • Flashback trojan hits OSX

    Flashback is a new trojan virus that automatically infects Mac OS X when users visit certain websites. It is one of the first signs that hackers and creators of malware are starting to pay attention to the growing market share of Mac users. Most (myself included) don’t even bother getting an anti-virus program because infections…

  • Outlook 2011 for Mac

    So I got Outlook 2011 the other day, thinking that it might be a better solution than Thunderbird + DavMail. It works well enough with exchange 2007 and 2010, but if you’re connecting to exchange/sbs 2003…forget about it – it’s not supported. That got me thinking…if an iPhone can connect exchange 2003, why can’t the…

  • Get your Exchange email in Thunderbird

    I found a small java application called DavMail. This tool is essentially an OWA -> IMAP translator. It runs locally on your system and will connect on demand to your OWA account, download messages and deliver them via IMAP to any mail client of your choice. It also proports to translate calendar to CalDav and…

  • Free 5gigs of cloud storage

    Last week I managed to max out my free 2gb of cloud storage at Dropbox. That got me thinking…should I bite the bullet and sift through 2GB of accumulated crap to clear some space OR should I look for an alternative to continue my reckless cloud based file storage behavior? After looking around a bit,…

  • XML well-formedness checking in TextMate

    I’ve been working with a lot of XML lately and finding out where your document is not well-formed can be a hassle. Imagine having to find an improperly typed closing node in a ten thousand line XML file with thousands of nodes. Talk about your needle and haystack type of situation, right? Well I two…

  • Snap windows in OS X

    Hyperdock lets you tile/maximize windows by dragging them to the edges on your screen. Quickly snap windows to screen edges using keyboard shortcuts. Create custom keyboard shortcuts for each Application to quickly open new windows/documents. Preview open instances of applications by hovering over the open App in the dock.

  • Delete EFI partition in Windows 7

    So I bought myself an external 1TB USB hard drive the other day. The idea was to use it for backups on my MacBook, but later I decided to use it on a PC instead. Since I had initially formatted the drive in OS X, the Windows disk management tool listed an EFI partition on…

  • Improve Finder with Default Folder X

    For those of us Microsoft Windows guys who really want to like OS X, Finder is the biggest hurdle standing in the way. I’m not saying Windows explorer is perfect, but it IS a superior file management interface – period. So when I am using my MacBook I supplement Finder with a great little tool…

  • OSX Finder – Missing Features

    I’ll admit it. I was kinda curious when Apple announced its latest overhaul of OSX called Lion today. Upon further analysis, however, it seems that most of the “improvements” are going to be cosmetic in nature and functionality will take a back seat. This makes me sad because I feel that the Finder in OSX…