Due to Apple’s new 64-bit environment Snow Leopard, some third party add-ons to might no longer work. For example Adblock for Safari only runs if Safari is reduced to 32bit running mode. I think this is ridiculous, so I’ve been looking for an alternative.
Glimmerblocker is a proper alternative to Burgersoftware’s AdBlock, and it runs in Safari’s [...]

Back at the 64-bit mark. Last friday Apple released it’s latest operating system: Snow Leopard. After dumping IBM’s PPC 64-bit, and switching to Intel, computing has returned to the Macintosh! So back to the past?
Big difference
All standard programs are ported to 64-bit, Safari, and Finder run in 64-bit modus. It’s noticeable when you first start your Apple, [...]

I was trying to get Zend Framework up and running with the PDO_MYSQL extension. I’m doing quick development on my local Apple machine, with MAMP 1.7.2 installed. MAMP is an easy to use Mac Apache Mysql and PHP platform but it has it’s drawbacks. Installing additional extensions is really difficult.
A while back i’ve replaced my [...]

File sharing between computers at my home use smb/ samba connection. I also have an Apple Macbook, so why use a protocol by Microsoft? Apple’s Finder supports afp (appletalk) file share protocol by default, curious about it i’ve installed Netatalk on my Debian 4.0 lenny server. You cannot get filesharing working by using the default [...]

I’m using the Apple FileVault encryption tool that comes with Leopard as standard. There are a view problems with it.
One of them is: “resetting default applications preferences”. Extensions in Leopard are linked to Applications. The FileVault has a bug. It’s possible to change the extension preference but when restarting all defaults will reset.
Solution

Download a program called Lingon.
Add a new [...]