by Chris | Jan 13, 2010 | Applications, Applications, Development, Development, Mac, Web
MAMP, a local webserver environment for the Mac, is perfect for testing, developing and designing with WordPress. MAMP comes with a ready to use configuration of Apache, MySQL and PHP in a single folder. But after installing and configuring a WordPress blog, you may...
by Chris | Sep 11, 2009 | Applications, Development, Hardware, Mac
Some days ago I published a first solution for reactivating printing on OKI-printers from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard … some of you managed it to reactivate the printer by following the instructions – others are still coping with that problem. Also I was...
by Chris | Sep 10, 2009 | Applications, Applications, Hardware, Mac, Mobile
On Sep 9th 2009 at 9am PST Apple invited selected journalists to a special event in San Francisco. Apple did not bring up the Rolling Stones with Mick Jagger on stage of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater … but their song “It’s only Rock’n Roll (But I...
by Chris | Sep 2, 2009 | Applications, Development, Hardware, Mac
Printer drivers under Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard are still sometimes causing trouble. After explaining how to reactivate an OKI-printer – here is the solution for an Kyocera-Mita-printer … and as always: no guarantee and on your own risk: Problem: After updating...
by Chris | Aug 31, 2009 | Applications, Development, Hardware, Mac
I just updated to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. My hard disk was still partitioned with the old Apple partition scheme – but Snow Leopard needs the new GUI partition scheme. So I had to do more as usual to do the update: First a complete backup of my hard disk...
by Chris | Jan 25, 2009 | Applications, Applications, Applications, Mac, Mobile, Web
Microsoft’s Windows Life Hotmail service wasn’t fun on the iPhone (and on other mobile devices), until now: You had to check the emails via the hotmail website. This was possible with modern smartphone browsers – but it was a usability nightmare....