Easy way to use Tor on Mac OS X and Linux

Posted on Tue 02 August 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Fedora, Linux, Mac, mac os x, privacy, Tor

If you want to use Tor on your Mac OS X or Linux there is a new bundle you can easy use. The bundle includes all necessary tools and a preconfigured Firefox with the necessary plugin.

Up to now the Tor Browser Bundleis still beta but for me it …


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Secure erase USB - Stick or Hard Disk on Mac OS X

Posted on Mon 01 August 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Mac, security

Mac OS X brings a build in solution for secure erasing hard disks or usb devices. The option you should choose depends on what data where stored on the device you want to delete.

For example if you want to sell your old private hard disc with all your private …


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Update Mac OS X 10.6 to Mac OS X 10.7 alias Lion

Posted on Thu 21 July 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Mac, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X Lion

Yesterday Mac OS X Lion was released and after I made a backup of my machine I started the install process to upgrade to Lion.

Where can you download Lion? The only way up to now is to buy it in the Apple Appstore. I wrote a tutorial based on …


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Create Mac OS X 10.7 alias Lion DVD

Posted on Wed 13 July 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Lion, Mac, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X Lion

As you maybe have heard Mac OS X Lion will be available only via the App Store. Many people asked how they can perform a complete new installation if you only have access via the App Store to the latest version of there os. First install Mac OS X 10 …


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GitHub brings its own Mac client

Posted on Mon 04 July 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Git, GitHub, Mac, Tool

GitHub became one of the most popular places for free and commercial software development the last few months. The market around the great DVCS Git initiated by Linux Torvalds became more and more popular. It is fast and fixes many problems for distributed code development by design.

A colleague of …


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Huawei UMTS USB stick with Snow Leopard and Lion

Posted on Tue 19 April 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Huawei, Mac, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X Lion, UMTS

Howto make the Huawei E176 USB UMTS Stick running with Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6. Update: I am actually running Mac OS X 10.7 alias Lion on my Macbook Pro and it still works with the new driver for Snow Leopard on the Huawei website.

I bought …


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Problem with Mac Client and NFS Server

Posted on Tue 19 April 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Firewall, Mac, NFS

I ran into a problem using my Mac with my CentOS NFS Share.
I was able to connect but everytime I tried to upload the connection was lost and the device was unmounted. After some research I found that you must have firewall turned off on your mac to have …

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Install ADempiere on Mac OS X 10.6

Posted on Tue 19 April 2011 in ADempiere • Tagged with ADempiere, Mac

This Howto more or less just lists the points you need to do. ADempiere is installed the same way on several different unix systems so on MAC OS X. For more information please use the search functionality on wikipage.

ADempiere needs to be setup with correct DNS services be sure …


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