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An Introduction to Grand Central Dispatch

By chco : 27 July 2011 - 12:58 AM
Grand Central Dispatch, or GCD for short, is a low-level C API that works with block objects. The real use for GCD is to dispatch tasks to multiple cores without making you, the programmer, worry abou...
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A Short Introduction to Block Objects in Objective-C

By chco : 26 July 2011 - 01:44 PM
Block objects are packages of code that usually appear in the form of methods in Objective-C. In this excerpt from Concurrent Programming in Mac OS X and iOS the author speaks to their purpose and use...
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POLL: What's your experience been with the Lion update?

Asked by macnlos : 21 July 2011 - 05:22 AM

Answered by macslocum : Jul 22 2011 12:45 PM
Looks like I was lucky. I installed it on three different machines and didn't encounter any issues. full answer >
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The future of the Mac Mini Server

By macnlos : 13 June 2011 - 05:35 AM
Earlier this year I purchased a Mac Mini Server with Snow Leopard Server. I did this so I could set up shared calendars with my family, facilitate wireless Time Machine Backups, host a local update r...
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How to simplify choosing Network Locations with AppleScript

By macnlos : 22 February 2011 - 08:58 PM
My wife just got a MacBook Pro and I went in and created a network location that is specific to our home and another for when she's outside of the home. She keeps calling me and asking where to g...
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MAMP vs MAMP PRO

Asked by macnlos : 10 February 2011 - 08:42 AM

Answered by nguyenlocduy : Feb 13 2011 12:30 AM
You will need a 3rd service like DynDNS to route traffic to your local machine. MAMP PRO offers DynDNS integration via its interface. However with a little configuration you can achieve the same with ... full answer >
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How To Make Hi-Resolution, Chapter-Marked, Streaming Screen Capture Videos

By Michael McGuire : 08 October 2010 - 10:05 AM
So here was my problem: I needed to be able to produce hi-resolution movies of live screen presentations with audio.And because these presentations were two hours long people wanted chapter/section m...
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How to restore files from another backup set with OS X Time Machine

By mike-loukides : 12 January 2010 - 12:40 PM
I needed to find a file from a retired OS X machine. I still had the Time Machine backups, but by default, Time Machine only looks at the current machine's backup set. The solution is simple--...
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Introducing the R Graphical User Interface

By adfm : 08 January 2010 - 04:20 PM
The following excerpt from Joseph Adler's R in a Nutshell introduces the R Graphical User Interface. This is helpful if you would like to know what the R GUI looks like on other operating systems. ...
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What's the best way to deal with the Apple vs Windows keymapping issue?

Asked by blackbear : 20 November 2009 - 02:20 PM

Answered by adfm : Nov 20 2009 04:10 PM
You can remap the modifier keys on your Mac by going to "Keyboard & Mouse" in in the System Preferences and clicking on "Modifier Keys...". On Windows you can use a utility lik... full answer >
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