This post is part of the MacBook Pro Complaints series. Instead of (or in addition to) linking directly to this post, consider linking to the series link, which includes a summary of all findings to date and direct links to the pertinent downloads that users may find useful. Thanks for reading! Since I first wrote […]

A much-overlooked perk of Mac OS X’s BSD underpinnings is the presence of full-fledged support for NFS (network file system) in every shipping version of the operating system. This support serves as the underlying technology for the “Network Domain,” the fourth member of a family of directory hierarchies that also includes the System, Local, and […]

First let me say, I love Netflix. When I’m not programming, sleeping, or running, I’m usually watching Netflix. What a life! A friend who also loves Netflix came to me with a puzzling problem. He’s coming out of a long term relationship, and among the other shared possessions to be carefully divided was the couple’s […]

From time to time, I get dragged into the Mac OS X Console application. Either it’s because I’m printing debugging output via NSLog and Xcode has suddenly stopped showing it in the “Run” window, or I’ve just started seeing some wiggy stuff happen with my computer and I need to check under the hood. What […]