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 controls or OS X system volume slider.

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OS X pointer lag measured with a high-speed camera

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Dae

Mac OS X mouse lag

So I took time to measure pointer lag under OS X Yosemite with my point-and-shoot camera Nikon J1, which captures 1193 frames per second in slow-motion mode.  Continue reading →

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Update on SmoothMouse

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Dae

I’m getting a lot of emails with similar questions.

Does the mouse still lag in Yosemite?
Yes, unfortunately.

Is SmoothMouse compatible with Yosemite?
Yes, fortunately.

Is SmoothMouse dead?
The development had been completely paused for several months. The good news is—today we resumed work on the next major version with lots of new and unique features. Stay tuned.

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By the way, we’re still looking for a C++ programmer who could help write mouse acceleration functions. Interested? Even if in doubt, please don’t hesitate to email me.

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Does Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI adapter introduce any lag?

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Dae

Does Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI adapter introduce any lag? The answer is, probably not. At least I did not notice any difference when carrying out the experiment with my 1193 fps camera and Apple Cinema Display 30″.

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Add a printer via command-line in OS X

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Dae

Goal: add a network printer via Remote Desktop’s command-line to numerous Macs. Continue reading →

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Looking for an Objective C programmer with expertise in OS X development

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Dae

The SmoothMouse dev team is looking for Objective C/Cocoa programmers with expertise in OS X app development and available for part-time remote work (from 10 hours per week).  Continue reading →

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Относительная дата по-русски в Python и Django

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Dae

Под “относительной датой” я подразумеваю вывод даты следующим образом: 5 минут назад, вчера, 7 дней назад, завтра и т.д. (Не уверен, что это правильный термин, но ничего лучше в голову не приходит). 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. Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dae

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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. Continue reading →

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Paste text even when prohibited in macOS (password dialogs etc)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dae

I wrote a tiny AppleScript application which pastes text into fields which do not allow Cmd+V pasting (like password prompts). This may come in handy when working through VNC/remote desktop or virtualization software (such as Apple Screen Sharing, Parallels Desktop etc). Personally I use it to type in my password into the login screen of the Windows virtual machine. Continue reading →

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