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After working with Mac OS X Server for a few days trying to setup an Xserve for the business I’m starting to recall all the reasons I told myself I’d never use Mac OS X Server again after leaving Apple.

Submitted by Adam Knight on July 29, 2008 - 6:38pm.
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Small Oversight

MySQL client libraries and headers are not included with Mac OS X Server 10.5. If you are developing a MySQL client application for Mac OS X 10.5, you’ll need to download the MySQL client libraries and headers.

Mac OS X Server version 10.5: MySQL libraries available for download (Via .)

You can’t build MySQLdb for Django apps on Mac OS X Server without the MySQL libraries and headers, so follow those directions to get the files and then you can use the MySQL that shipped with the OS rather than trying to fight with another MySQL installation.

Submitted by Adam Knight on July 28, 2008 - 7:55am.
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noPhone

I’d love to get an iPhone, but I have a small problem: there aren’t any that I can find. I’ve called, I’ve emailed, I’ve chased my own tail — all with the result of being frustrated, tired, and dizzy.

The Apple Store at The Domain in Austin has taken up the attitude that they’re just going to stop answering the phone, it seems. They’ve left the opening day announcement about their July 11 store hours up and then you get perpetual ringing after that.

Down at Barton Creek it appears slightly worse: the number is always busy. You can’t even get to a menu; the line is just solid busy when I call it.

The AT&T store has given up stocking the devices and tells me that I have to:

  • Walk in.
  • Setup the account.
  • Order the phone.
  • Wait 10 to 21 days for it to be delivered.

sigh.

I guess I’ll stick to the iPhone Simulator for testing for now…

Submitted by Adam Knight on July 21, 2008 - 7:40pm.
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Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder


Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder (Via .)

Best advice for .Mac Sync failures, ever.

Submitted by Adam Knight on May 25, 2008 - 12:26pm.
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The Unofficial Release Comments for the Leopard Updates

I can see the future. Mainly because it’s just the past with a new veneer. Here are my predictions for the last words uttered by the release maintainer for each of the future updates before releasing them.

The Unofficial Release Comments for the Leopard Updates

10.5.0 “I’m so sick of working on this thing, let’s just ship it already.”
10.5.1 “Okay, that was a mistake in judgement.”
10.5.2 “Oh noes! People are using this already?”
10.5.3 “I don’t see how that was ever working in the first place.”
10.5.4 “Wait, we released with that bug?”
10.5.5 “Okay, I think that’s everything. This should have been .0.”
10.5.6 “I cannot believe someone tried to do that and we’re actually fixing it.”
10.5.7 “But that was in the release notes; I thought we were okay with it.”
10.5.8 “Odd, I always thought we could presume we had a boot disk.”
10.5.9 “Can we work on 10.6 now? Please?”

I have said it, so it shall happen.

Submitted by Adam Knight on October 16, 2007 - 4:18pm.
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