Mac OS X filesystems; Synergy!
I'm just starting to get used to the 'new' setup of my OS X system.
My computer's fallen on hard times since I bought it, but hopefully this time it'll last a little longer before I have to repair it again.
The hard disk failed at one point so I had to reinstall the OS (but fortunately, I didn't lose any data). However, I naively chose to use a case-sensitive filesystem ("Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-sensitive)". This caused two pretty annoying problems: one, I couldn't install Adobe CS3. It just failed saying "unsupported filesystem, upgrade to HFS+", which was a pain in the ass. I also was unable to enable FileVault.
So in the end, I just reinstalled OS X, reformatting using the non-case-sensitive version of HFS+. I don't really understand why some apps just don't work with the case-sensitive version, but hey.
Also, I've recently started using Synergy, although apparently I'm very late to the party on this one (everyone else already seems to know what it does). The best way I can explain it is a software KVM, without the V. That is, you run a server on one PC, and a client on another, and the keyboard and mouse is shared between the two. It's quite neat. Also, it's cross-platform, which allows me to share my mouse and keyboard between my laptop (Mac) and desktop (Vista).
On the topic of keyboards, I've just ordered one of the keyboards that come with the new iMac - I was originally considering buying an iMac too, but decided that money would be better spent on buying a car that's better than what I'd be able to afford having bought a $2500 computer. So soon, I'll never have to use anything that isn't essentially a MacBook keyboard. I must be one of the only people who really like them - everyone else I've spoken to finds them really difficult to use for some reason.
My computer's fallen on hard times since I bought it, but hopefully this time it'll last a little longer before I have to repair it again.
The hard disk failed at one point so I had to reinstall the OS (but fortunately, I didn't lose any data). However, I naively chose to use a case-sensitive filesystem ("Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-sensitive)". This caused two pretty annoying problems: one, I couldn't install Adobe CS3. It just failed saying "unsupported filesystem, upgrade to HFS+", which was a pain in the ass. I also was unable to enable FileVault.
So in the end, I just reinstalled OS X, reformatting using the non-case-sensitive version of HFS+. I don't really understand why some apps just don't work with the case-sensitive version, but hey.
Also, I've recently started using Synergy, although apparently I'm very late to the party on this one (everyone else already seems to know what it does). The best way I can explain it is a software KVM, without the V. That is, you run a server on one PC, and a client on another, and the keyboard and mouse is shared between the two. It's quite neat. Also, it's cross-platform, which allows me to share my mouse and keyboard between my laptop (Mac) and desktop (Vista).
On the topic of keyboards, I've just ordered one of the keyboards that come with the new iMac - I was originally considering buying an iMac too, but decided that money would be better spent on buying a car that's better than what I'd be able to afford having bought a $2500 computer. So soon, I'll never have to use anything that isn't essentially a MacBook keyboard. I must be one of the only people who really like them - everyone else I've spoken to finds them really difficult to use for some reason.