A
collection of miscellaneous links : (mainly for personal
use but you might find them useful as well)
- Updated Jun 2009
Horizen
Font HTML
sample page
Mac
Keyboard Shortcuts
(see also official Apple OS X shortcuts & Dave
Polaschek's shortcuts)
Apple Ports by port and by Mac
Find Router
IP Address (thanks to many smart people on the Internet
for these)
Australian
ISP Broadband Speed Test - www.ozspeedtest.com
Apple
• Mac OS X
OS X security and file permissions (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712)
OS X Disk utility and using fsck (docs.info.apple.com/article2.html?artnum=106214)
OS X build numbers (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106176)
OS X file journaling (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107249)
OS X file sharing (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461)
Port numbers (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439)
What is a port? (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106770)
How to enable root user in OS X (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106290)
OS X keyboard shortcuts (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459)
OS X Panther (10.3.x) Support (www.apple.com/support/panther/index.html)
OS X Tiger (10.4.x) Support (www.apple.com/support/tiger/index.html)
• Apple Hardware
Search Apple's support database (search.info.apple.com)
Apple reference library (developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/index.html)
Apple hardware products - developer (developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/hardware2.html)
Apple hardware spec database (support.apple.com/specs)
Apple hardware specs pre 1997(www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.legacy/index.html)
OS X hardware compatibility list (www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/devices.html)
Video Display ports in G4's (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58692)
Display Adaptors for all Macs (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=33001)
RAM config for Non PPC Macs (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=6784)
RAM
config for PPC Macs (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=20434)
RAM config for Powerbook (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14870)
Powerbook & iBook : Reset Power Management (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449)
Powerbook : Battery & AC Adapter ID (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=16168)
iMac : Open Firmware & Exiting to Mac OS (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30575)
Mac to Mac Networking - crossover cables (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42717)
Ethernet Speed (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106655)
How to create a network (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106658)
Final Cut Pro drive selection
(docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58636)
G5 hardware install info (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=26276)
• Apple Software
Software downloads (www.apple.com/support/downloads)
OS X downloads (www.apple.com/downloads/macosx)
Apple OS X downloads (www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple)
Apple support main page (www.apple.com/support)
OS 8 & 9 hardware/software compatibility table (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114)
Apple security updates (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798)
OS X and fonts (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75494)
OS X and additional dock features (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106743)
OS X and hierarchical docks pop ups (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106203)
OS X Unix & open source software (www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source)
Comparison between 4 pdf types (homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/pdfcombonew.gif)
Creative pro resources (www.apple.com/pro)
Mac Pro tips (www.apple.com/pro/tips)
How to use
iTunes (www.apple.com/support/itunes)
Mac games (www.apple.com/games/trailers)
• Mac/PC Connectivity
Mac / PC file exchange and file sharing (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75320)
Networking with a PC (docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19652)
• Mac Security
To detect failed login attempts open a terminal session and type in (cut
and paste) :
sudo grep "failed to auth" /var/log/secure.log
\
| sed "s/^.*user \(.*\) for.*$/\1/" | sort | uniq -c (needs
to be ‘ ‘ in 10.2, instead of “ “ on this line)
Activate iChat AV
1) Create .Mac account (www.mac.com/1/ichat.html)
2) Create AOL AIM account (www.aim.com)
Hardware
Kingston Ultimate Memory Guide (www.kingston.com/tools/umg/default.asp)
Corsair
Memory Basics (www.corsairmemory.com/memory_basics/153707/index.html)
Westwind
Mac OS invisible files (www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/invisibles.html)
Mac OS X folder hieracrchy (www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/where-files.html)
Mac OS X process summary (www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/background-processes.html)
Basic OS X terminal commands (www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline)
O'Rielly
Mac Center (mac.oreilly.com)
Top 10 OS X Tips for Unix geeks (www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html)
Mac Dev Center (www.macdevcenter.com)
Server Software
Apache (www.apache.org)
EIMS (www.eudora.co.nz)
PHP (www.php.net)
Perl (www.perl.org)
MySQL (www.mysql.com)
Squirrelmail (www.squirrelmail.org)
Webmin (www.webmin.com)
Aaron Faby
Apache 2 for OS X, also php, perl, sql (www.serverlogistics.com)
Software
Filemaker downloads, manuals & white papers (www.filemaker.com.au/downloads/index.html)
Railhead Design - hints and tips on Mac stuff, good graphics too (www.railheaddesign.com)
Xbench benchmarks index (ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/compareindex.xhtml)
PC
Nvidia (www.nvidia.com)
- get the latest driver
Microsoft Security (www.microsoft.com/security)
- a classic oxymoron
Miscellaneous
The Darwin Awards (www.DarwinAwards.com)
Writing with Elvish fonts (www.sci.fi/~alboin/tengwartutorial.htm)
PC Game guides (pc.ign.com/guides.html?fromint=1)
The best paper airplane (www.zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html)
Powers of Ten : Universe to Quarks (micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html)
Lord of the Rings (www.lordoftherings.net)
Stick men meet the Matrix (www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=15849)
- hiii yahhhhh !
History of Michael
Jackson's face : (www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html)
- go on you really want to look !
Can global warming trigger an ice age (www.whoi.edu/home/about/whatsnew_abruptclimate.html)
World record paper airplanes (www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml)
Operating Thetan levels (www.xenu.net/archive/ot)
- the secrets Scientologists never wanted you to see ...
Body Modification Ezine (www.bmezine.com)
- not for the faint hearted, shy or under 18's, you have been warned
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