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Comment on Backing up Snow Leopard Server with mlbackups by rtoads

rtoads — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:03:29 +0000

Example /etc/crontab entry for maclemon:

0 22 * * * root /usr/local/bin/mlbackup /etc/maclemon/backup/mlbackupconf

Compare that with the cryptic launchd entry required to do the same thing! (You’ll need to create the /etc/crontab file yourself)

One other thing: if vim is too complex for you, use pico. Also included in OS X.

Comment on Backing up Snow Leopard Server with mlbackups by rtoads

rtoads — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:06 +0000

Thanks for this tutorial. I’d like to point out that it’s still possible to use cron in OS X (even Lion, apparently) and avoid the complex and error-prone launchd configuration method. As you correctly state, “Launchd is a complex beast”. To that I’d add “needlessly complex”. Especially since cron does it all so cleanly and efficiently and has for decades.

I’ve read the theory behind the “need” for launchd but I’m entirely unconvinced it applies to 99% of users. Someone at Apple must concur, since cron continues to be quietly included in the OS.

Comment on Sequels by ssdbloke

ssdbloke — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:42:48 +0000

They film the sequels at the same time as the original – then put out the original – if it does well enough then they edit and finish the sequels – the industry does not care about quality of a 2nd, 3rd and 4th film – they know that people will watch them and so make money if the 1st one is a success.

Comment on Quick Apple Mail Fix for HTML font size by Vermyndax

Vermyndax — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:04:42 +0000

Sorry, Outlook for Mac is a completely different (and frustrating) animal.

Comment on Drobo Still Takes Forever to Rebuild? by patmuk

patmuk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:16:42 +0000

Hi,

did anyone waited out the long rebuild process?
I had the same problem: Suddenly a drive failure occrred. As it was a 3TB disk, just purchased 3 month ago, and my SATA2USB could only recognize 800 MB (I have no desktop, only laptops), I could not check if it has really failed.
As I had still the warranty I replaced it without probs (thanks to WD) and replaced the brand new drive into the failed drives slot.

And then the rebuild process started …
Now it runs for about a month!
Some days ago, as the drive was not shown in the dashboard anymore, unplugged the drobo and switched it on again. It was recognized again (although with read-only access) and showed me 119 hours needed to rebuild. When I checked after roughly 4 days only 9 hours where remaining. But after about 3 hours it jumped up to more then 200 hours, currently reporting 218 hours

Is it worth waiting, will it successfully end? I am thinking to switch as well, found: http://frankleng.me/2010/05/01.....ete-guide/ quite attractive …

Comment on Quick Apple Mail Fix for HTML font size by john

john — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:55:36 +0000

Hi, Do you have a terminal command for Outlook for Mac 2011? I am still having unPrOFessionAL eMAil messages sent with varying font sizes. Also, when I backspace the font in the message body turns into Helvetica.

Comment on Fixing Mangled Contact Labels on iPhone by dtchild

dtchild — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:58:27 +0000

The final file that I do get in the output has no information in it. Any other hints?

Comment on Fixing Mangled Contact Labels on iPhone by dtchild

dtchild — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:57:55 +0000

hmmmm. Still did not work for me.

-bash: s/_??_//: No such file or directory
-bash: s/BusinessPhone/Work/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/BusinessPhone2/Other/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/BusinessFax/Work: No such file or directory
-bash: s/BusinessFax2/Work: No such file or directory
-bash: s/MobilePhone/Mobile/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/MobilePhone2/Other/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/EmailAddress1/Work/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/EmailAddress3/Other/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/HomePhone/Home/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/HomeFax/Home: No such file or directory
-bash: s/HomeFax2/Home: No such file or directory
-bash: s/Custom: No such file or directory
-bash: s/Work2/Other/: No such file or directory
-bash: s/Work: No such file or directory
sed: option requires an argument — e

Comment on Fixing Mangled Contact Labels on iPhone by dogeared

dogeared — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:42:30 +0000

macsamurai: I had the same problem. The issue is with the “smart quotes” in the code above. Replace all occurences of:

‘

and

’

with:

‘

Comment on Fixing Mangled Contact Labels on iPhone by dtchild

dtchild — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:42:52 +0000

macsamurai, will you keep me posted if you find a fix? i have this same problem and cannot for the life of me find a solution.