HI, I´m trying to install pyqt in macos. I read on Internet that i need: sip + pyqt + qt (obviously) I had no problem installing qt & sip. When I try to install pyqt I can see the following error at the terminal: python configure.py Error: A Qt installation could not be found. Use the -q argument or the QTDIR environment variab...
Apparently Mac keyboards don't have an Insert key (or maybe they do but I can't find it). How can I get to insert mode in vim on a Mac? ...
I'm on a mac server. From my home directory, I can get to mysql on the command line. But apps I install (I've tried phpMyAdmin and then Wordpress) can't connect to mysql@localhost. Suggestions on troubleshooting the problem? Also, how can I tell what port mysql is running on? ...
What is the best way to convert a table within an HTML document to an excel-readable file? I would like this to be a command-line tool that I can call in bash on my mac, as I'd like to batch process a bunch of HTML files. I know I could write a script to do this fairly easily, but am looking for generic, existing tools that can be call...
I've just listened to episode 6 of StackOverflow podcast, and I just wonder, is there a free and good enough implementation of Mac Spaces for Windows? ...
I have searched but cant find this question anywhere. My wife and I are about to take on iPhone development and we've only got the funds to purchase one iMac 24" to do this. Anyone out there with iPhone development experience know if two different Apple developer accounts can be profiled on one development Mac? Not only via the devel...
Hi I just can't seem to get the background to be transparent on a Mac, see here: http://www.digiflipconcepts.com/smokinhot/templates/smokinhot/ I'm using wmode=transparent. I've been searching google for ages and see that wmode is not very stable and that it will work if I use the 'embed' tag but it would not be valid code anymore. Can...
On Mac OS X Leopard - when I try and access a remote repository from Terminal it always asks for: 1. Password 2. Username 3. Password (again) with the message: "Authentication realm: http://svn.myserver.com:80 Subversion" I've checked and my credentials are being stored in Keychain and SVN has access to them. Why won't it use them? ...
I need to detect the current locale in OS X from the command line. On Linux/Unix I can rely on LANG, but it is not always set: http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/10/displaying-utf-8-correctly-in-leopard-terminal I am looking for command line utilities or AppleScript code that allows me to find that information. Ideally they would work from 10.2...
I need to assist my computer-challenged aunt with setting up a new printer to her OS 10.3.9 system. In the past, I've used TeamViewer on Windows, which is dead simple easy to use...which is what I need in this case. I know TeamViewer has an OS X version, but it requires at least 10.4. Anyone know of a VERY simple to connect remote "ass...
I'm running a Mac OS X Leopard Server and I created a new user without designating a home directory for that user. Is it possible to have that user authenticate using a Public Key? I know that when a user does have a home directory it goes in to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys I don't want to create a home directory for this user because my und...
Following the Android notepad tutorials using Eclipse 3.4.2 on OSX 10.5.6. I'm instructed to set a breakpoint in one of the following ways: Double click on the gray bar to the left of the editor pane. this just brings up the "Add Bookmark" window Select "Toggle breakpoint" in the context menu the only options in the context menu ...
I'm developing a Cocoa/Objective C application that reads the active document from any application using AppScript. I've done this part successfully, but it would be really good to be able to tell for sure whether the application is document-based or not. The obvious approach is to look at the AXDocument attribute of the active window w...
I am kind of new to making iPhone apps. I have already made a few small ones. But the best way I learn is by completing tutorials (not just broad/general topics, manuals, class definitions, etc). Are there any good tutorials that just walk through making an iPhone app? ...
Hi, How to specify which GDB (with the full path) I can use in XCode on MacOS? Thank you. ...
I have three new admin users for my Mac: Math, CS and Fun. I would like to move my user settings such as keyboard layout and other config files in the user Masi to other users. I use mostly terminal softwares. How can you move the user settings from one user to other users in Mac Leopard? ...
Is it possible to have more than one version of XCode installed at the same time? If so, please post any tip, tricks, or potential issues to watch out for. EDIT: The reason I want to install multiple versions is to try out the new sdk beta, but if the new XCode is buggy I want to be able to use the older version for my existing proje...
Is there a way to convert logs from YM for mac to Adium ? Thanks Cezar ...
The company I work for is developing an ASP.NET application that is used by both PC and Mac users. We're considering making our next version in Silverlight. If you've developed a business application in Silverlight, are there differences in appearance/performance etc between Silverlight on the PC and Silverlight on the Mac? If you've h...
I would like to compare all GNU Unix manuals and and Mac's Unix manuals by sdiff. I do not know how you go through, for instance, all Mac's Unix manuals and then save them to a file. The comparison can be done by the following code when the manuals are in two files sdiff <(file1) <(file2) Perhaps, there is some index of Unix command...