When trying to copy a folder onto another of the the same name in OSX you will only get prompted to replace the items and not merge them. This is a real pain in the ass if you’re trying to merge folders and if the folder has several other nested folders. I just came across [...]
Continue readingNo matter how much we spend on new hardware, progress bars, spinning timers, system freezes and occasionally crashes are a familiar site when developing RIAs. My Macbook Pro seems to be fast approaching the end of it’s life and I’ve started to think about a new machine. So I thought rather than spend forever looking [...]
Continue readingSo I imagine very few people are bothered about this, but for anyone out there as precious as I am about things being ‘just right’ they might be interested in this. I prefer to use the Plugin version of Flex/Flash Builder than the stand alone install, I’m not sure why it just feels better and [...]
Continue readingIn Terminal type: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Then you’ll need to restart Finder by alt + right clicking the Finder logo and selecting relaunch. Obviously change to NO to disable again.
Continue readingIf you’re running visual studio in Parallels you can set it up to deploy to a virtual directory in IIS then make that site accessible to OS X. This is great for when developing web services or remoting in .Net with Flex Builder in OS X. You can also assign an alias to your windows [...]
Continue readingSo, I’ve been sucked in and caved. I now own a brand new 17″ 2.4ghz MacBook Pro. I’ve been getting familiar with it for a few days now, keeping my HP laptop for work whilst familiarising myself with the mac way of doing things out of hours. It’s been an odd experience, I finally understand [...]
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