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Aperture 3 Freezes on Shutdown

Ever since I upgraded my main Aperture library from version 2 format to version 3, I have been having a problem when exiting Aperture where it would get stuck “updating information for sharing previews”. It would sit forever and never … Continue reading

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Missing IMAP email on Snow Leopard

If you are finding mail sometimes not appearing in your Mail inbox after upgrading to Snow Leopard, but then it appears again once you restart Mail, try shutting off the ‘Use IDLE command’ option in account settings. (Its at the … Continue reading

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How to Sync Exchange and Google Calendar with a Mac

Since the latest Mac operating system Snow Leopard adds Exchange support to iCal, I thought maybe now I could reach the holy-grail: Syncing my work calendar, in Exchange, to Google Calendar. This would effectively let me see my business meetings … Continue reading

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Repairing a Corrupt Aperture Library Myself

When I upgraded from a PowerBook to a new MacBook Pro, I used Windows File Sharing (also known as Samba or SMB sharing) to transfer all of my files from one computer to the other via a network, and it … Continue reading

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How To use the Java mDNS Wrapper

A few days ago I posted an article about my wrapper API which unifies the mDNSResponder and JmDNS packages behind a single interface, but I neglected to provide usage examples or a usage guide. I’ll try and correct that now. … Continue reading

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