Archive for the 'eecs' Category

making finder show dot files, or STOP showing them:

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool FALSE
(similarly, …TRUE to show them)
found again here after Bo had me run that ridiculous command over the phone a long time ago… and i was just vaguely annoyed for a while…

harvard ldap

Monday, November 21st, 2005

just because I found this in an old email to the UA list, and though that there might be other people out there looking for it:
A quick google on “harvard ldap” turns up this
and if I remember right from setting it up in mac mail, the important parts are phonebook.harvard.edu port 389 no ssl, and […]

isync + verizon v710 + bluetooth, part deux:

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

So a while ago I fought with ical and bluetooth setup assistant and my verizon motorola v710 with bluetooth… and got isync to sync calendars and phone numbers with it! it was amazing!
but then i updated to os x 10.4.3, and a new isync came in– 2.1.1! twas death for such a miraculous […]