Easily switch between speakers and headphones on Apogee Duet

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Dae

Update: this tip no longer works with Apogee Maestro 2.

If you want to be able to switch easily between speakers and headphones while using Apogee Duet (perhaps Apogee One too), this simple tip is for you. Continue reading →

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“No package … is available” when doing “yum install”

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dae

If after doing yum install you get the error: no package ... is available while you’re absolutely sure that the package you want to install is available in connected repositories, chances are that it is excluded in /etc/yum.conf.

My error was no package ftp is available. This happened because DirectAdmin excluded everything *ftp* presumably to avoid conflicts with the FTP daemon it takes care of, and ftp, the standard unix FTP client, hadn’t been initially installed on the server.

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“Trim” counterpart in Illustrator

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dae

In Illustrator, if you need to crop the canvas (page) just like the “Trim” function in Photoshop would do, use Object > Artboards > Fit to Artwork Bounds.

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“Steam is temporarily unavailable” problem

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Dae

Recently I installed Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 onto my Windows 7 x64, and it replaced the built-in Windows firewall (there was an option to do so while installing, and I deliberately chose it). Everything was fine except the next day I wasn’t able to launch Steam, which complained with an error “Steam is temporarily unavailable” while trying to update.

None of the solutions suggested by the Google search worked for me (including repairing and reinstalling Steam, just deleting some .blob files, etc), so having considered the installation of Kaspersky as the only possible influence factor, I checked Windows firewall configuration in the Control Panel, deleted Steam outta there and re-added it as a safe application.

This solved the problem. (It wasn’t too obvious: all other programs were working fine, Windows did not complain and Steam was a “trusted” program in built-in firewall settings).

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Select input language by Caps Lock in Mac OS X

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Dae

(Эта статья также доступна на русском языке).
Also: Switch input language by Caps Lock in Windows.

!!! This method is not yet compatible with macOS 10.12 Sierra !!!

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I found a new way to bind input language (input source) switch to the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X. The main advantage of this method is absense of lag, so input source changes almost instantly when you hit the Caps Lock key. You will admire this if you’re a fast typer. Continue reading →

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Переключение языка ввода по Caps Lock в Mac OS X

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Dae

(This article is as well available in English).

!!! Это метод пока не работает в macOS 10.12 Sierra !!!

Для пришедших из поисковых систем по схожим запросам:

  • Если вы не знаете, как вообще переключается раскладка/язык в Mac OS X, попробуйте сочетание Cmd+пробел (то есть ⌘+Пробел).
    Имейте в виду: 1) поставить сочетание «как в Windows», то есть Ctrl+Shift или Alt+Shift не получится. 2) Если вас раздражает местоположение запятой и точки в маковской русской раскладке, попробуйте раскладку «Русская – ПК» (Системные настройки → Клавиатура → Источник ввода).
  • Как переключать по Caps Lock в Windows.

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Я нашел новый способ «повесить» переключение языка (раскладки) на клавишу Caps Lock в Mac OS X. Главное (для меня) преимущество этого способа в минимальной задержке, то есть раскладка переключается практически моментально после нажатия Caps Lock. Это важно, если вы привыкли набирать быстро.

Continue reading →

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“Recording device error” of Skype for Mac

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Dae

If you’re using a USB sound card with a headset, the solution is simple as it can be: reconnect your USB sound card.

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Restoring Windows on a PC after installing Bootcamp

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Dae

After installing Bootcamp 3.0 on a PC running Windows Vista (I was experimenting with Apple Aluminium Keyboard drivers), the system started BSOD’ing on startup with an error related to AppleMnt.sys. Continue reading →

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AppleScript to mount/unmount a drive

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dae

On my Mac Pro I have two internal hard drives I rarely use. Some times they “sleep” and while doing so, every file opening dialog, search in Spotlight or search in Dictionary might wake them up and that takes some time. I could, of course, disable sleeping in power settings, but then the drives would be unreasonably wasting power all the time, so I decided to write an AppleScript to mount or unmount a drive depending on it’s state. Continue reading →

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Mouse cursor skipping (jumping) bug in Mac OS X

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dae

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SmoothMouse, the long-awaited fix for mouse problems in OS X, has been released.

Further discussion about pointer jumping bug continues in the SmoothMouse Forum.

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SmoothMouse, the long-awaited fix for mouse problems in OS X, has been released.

Further discussion about pointer jumping bug continues in the SmoothMouse Forum.

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