WPA enterprise not working in Snow Leopard

In my workplace we have a wireless network working with two different authentication methods: Personal certificate (a file .pem you keep in you PC) WPA Enterprise (you log in with your username and password) Guess what? Both methods works with either Linux or Windows… but my MacBook Pro refuse to connect. The certificate is not [...]

X-ray folders in Snow Leopard

With Snow Leopard you can enable a preview of the content of folders with this terminal command: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

AppCleaner: easily uninstall mac programs

As you know each Mac OS X program is provided as a single file with the .app extension. These special files are packages, containing all the executables and libraries needed, so – in theory – to remove an application you only need to trash the program package (.app file). The only caveat is that each [...]

Force Safari to open new pages in new tabs

Safari settings allow to choose the behaviour of new pages, but when the link is encoded to be opened in a new window… Safari won’t complain! Open the terminal and execute the following command to change this: defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Show path bar in Finder

To view the path bar, a handy and interactive “where are you?” panel, just select “Show path bar” from the Finder’s “View” menu. You can see where  you are at a glance, you can click on upper folders and go to them, and also drag and drop files to upper folders to copy/move them. Alternatively [...]

Play WMV files in QuickTime

Flip4Mac is the solution. If you only  need the codecs for QuickTime (that is: to play files), then you can download the package for free from Microsoft’s website.

Quicktime X preferences

The new version of Quicktime (called X, for 10) has a suprising feature: no features! If you look for a “Preferences…” menu under the QuickTime menu you won’t find anyting. Consider for instance that you want to play a video as you open it – sounds logical, uh? – well, you have to work it [...]

Backup your iPhoto library

The iPhoto library is easy to backup, because it appears as a single file (its a package, in other words). The library is stored within the Picture folder of your home folder. The full path is: Macintosh HD >> Users >> Yourname >> Pictures There you can find your “iPhoto Library” icon, that can be [...]