Category Archives: Solutions

Tips, fixes, walkarounds.

Resuming link between Apogee Duet and keyboard volume controls

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dae

Oftentimes when I wake up my MBP from sleep mode or reconnect the Thunderbolt hub, Apogee Duet stops responding to keyboard sound volume controls. When it happens, I can still change Duet’s volume from Maestro or Audio MIDI Setup.app, just not using the keyboard … Continue reading →

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Fix Color Picker in TextMate 2 under OS X Mavericks

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Dae

To fix the Color Picker of TextMate 2 under OS X Mavericks (10.9), do the following: open ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Managed/Bundles/Bundle Support.tmbundle/Support/shared/lib/ui.rb, near lines 74-75 replace “AppleScript Runner” with “System Events”. That’s it.

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Xcode 4.6 stalls at “Creating universal binary” in OS X 10.9

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dae

If you’ve just upgraded to OS X 10.9 “Mavericks”, but chose to stay with good ol’ Xcode 4.6.3, it may stall at “Creating universal binary” when building projects.

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Forcing ReadyNAS to update via SSH when all else fails

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Dae

One of our ReadyNAS Pro 6 refused to update its firmware (called RAIDiator) to 4.2.24 (the latest as of writing) no matter how I tried. Neither local or automatic updates had any success; reinstalling the OS through the boot menu … Continue reading →

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MODx Evolution: removing spam links

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Dae

My friend’s MODx Evolution based website was hacked and he’s asked me to help him fix it. Every page of his website was “infected” with invisible links to viagra webshops. The code of those links was as follows: <div style=”position:absolute;left:-2311px;top:-2794px;”><a … Continue reading →

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“Show in Finder” not working in Mountain Lion

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Dae

In OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2) there is a very annoying bug which prevents “Show in Finder” (or “Reveal in Finder“, “Open in Finder“) functionality (usually a menu item) from working in many applications including TextMate, TotalFinder, Transmit, The Unarchiver, … 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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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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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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