Author Archives: Dae

Looking for the brains

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dae

SmoothMouse, the long-awaited fix for mouse problems in OS X, has been released. * * * Project SmoothMouse is looking for developers who want to improve mouse experience in Mac OS X. Particularly: C / Objective-C programmers. C++ programmers who’ve … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Synology NAS / DSM 4.0

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Dae

Update: I decided to remove my original post because it was overly wordy and some of the issues I complained about have been eventually addressed in the subsequent versions of DSM. Generally my concern was about Synology not paying enough … Continue reading →

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Fix for applications (TextWrangler, Chrome, Evernote, iPhoto …) crashing on startup in Mountain Lion

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dae

Update: if you’re using OS X 10.7 Lion (not Mountain Lion!) and you have a similar problem, perhaps this information could help you. My friend noticed that after he updated to Mac OS X Mountain Lion some applications (including famous … Continue reading →

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Mountain Lion + mouse issues

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Dae

Mouse lag is not gone in Mountain Lion. We were (finally) able to build the fix for Mountain Lion and Lion. It will be called Smooth Mouse by the way.

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HP LaserJet refuses to print in grayscale when color toner is out

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Dae

Problem: HP LaserJet CP3525n refused to print black and white documents when one of the color cartridges was out of toner, despite “Color supplies out” setting was set to “Autocontinue black”.

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Receive “net send” messages in Mac OS X via Growl

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Dae

Quick recipe to receive “net send” messages (usually sent from Windows) in Mac OS X via Growl. I worked it out while helping user kamlay @ habrahabr.

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WordPress network with any domains and paths, no plugins required

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

Goal: host several blogs from a single WordPress installation. Each blog should be reachable from a any domain and directory. For example: http://example1.com/blog http://example1.fr/blog http://example2.com/something-else http://example3.com … etc. It turned out to be possible without 3rd party plugins. You’d only … Continue reading →

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NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac vs. ATi Radeon HD 5870 for Mac

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

Just had a chance to compare NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac (2GB memory) and ATi Radeon HD 5870 for Mac (1GB memory) in games. I didn’t bother much making a “real” and precise benchmark — if you need that, visit specialized websites.

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Where does StarCraft II save screenshots in Mac OS X?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dae

When you press F13 to take a screenshot in StarCraft II, the game saves it as a JPG file to: /Users/<your OS username>/Library/Application Support/Blizzard/StarCraft II/Accounts/<your SC2 account ID>/<some subfolder>/Screenshots

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The cause for all your Mac OS X mouse annoyances

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Dae

…are 32 milliseconds. The main problem of mouse movement in Mac OS X is not acceleration — it’s lag.

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