Category Archives: OS X

TCP- and UDP-Ports used by Apple Software

Everyone concerned with administering a network containing Apple-machines should bookmark this link:
“Well Known” TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
I’ve been told, that the document will be updated on a regular basis.

Date-/Time-Calculations using AppleScript

Calculating dates and / or time-values in AppleScript is quite simple, but not that obvious. Here’s how it’s done.

OS X: Restoring Addressbook-Entries with Time Machine

How to restore a single entry in Adressbook with Time Machine.

Leopard 10.5.1 Update

It’s update-day today. First 10.4.11 now 10.5.1.
No problems with 10.4.11 so far.
I installed the 10.5.1 update via software update first and got a couple of messages while repairing permissions afterwards. A bunch of SUID program … not repaired to be precise. I decided to download the combined patch from Apple’s download section and applied […]

Tiger Update 10.4.11

Apple released the 10.4.11 Update, it includes the Security Update 2007-008. Based on the information in the links, get it ASAP, seriously.
As a bonus, Apple added support for some more cameras:
Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, Leica V-Lux 1, Olympus E-400, Olympus EVOLT E410, Olympus EVOLT E510, Canon EOS […]

TextMate Docbook-Bundle soon

[Update: My TextMate-Bundle for DocBook is online, see My DocBook-Bundle for TextMate. It took me quite a while, I know.]
All right, I give up. To all the people who nagged me about my Docbook-Bundle for TextMate:
I’ll put it up here in the next couple of days.
Be warned though, it’s not full-blown, it only does what […]

OS X: Console Login

How to log into your OS X machine without starting the window-system.

iTunes: How to Print a Jewel Case Insert

You can print an inlay for your CD-jewelcase, using iTunes it gets even easier.

Ruby: Simple Calculation of Billable Time using Epoch-Seconds

Two simple Ruby-scripts to calculate time in epoch-seconds.

OS X: More than one E-Mail Address in a Single Account

How to switch sender-addresses in OS X Mail.