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RazunaDesktop: Works now on MacOS X again

Razuna — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:31:15 +0000

Finally, after a couple of weeks waiting for a Bug fix from the almighty Adobe (I think there is enough buzz in the press already on the Flash issue and MacOs X) we are happy to let you know that our RazunaDesktop application works under MacOS X again. Bruce already released version 1.1.4 some time [...]

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update is here

Razuna — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:26:26 +0000

Finally, after a long wait Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update is here. There are a lot of changes, make sure you get the update soon Update: Some users reported that their download was in the range of 190MB. I have a new MBP and my download was 377MB!

Time Machine disables Bluetooth

Razuna — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:39:39 +0000

I have to admit, that I haven’t used much of the build in features of MacOS X in the past, so I haven’t really hit any problems in running my setup. So, today I thought that I give Time Machine a try. I mean, after all it sounds very impressing and I also want to [...]

Apple forgot the – disable Trackpad settings – for the new MacBooks and a workaround

Razuna — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:37:42 +0000

I have to say that the new MacBook’s are really great workhorses and I like it a lot (well, have to be honest I switched from a new MacBook to a MacBook Pro for the greater screen estate). For some, like myself, I can not really “dig” the new Trackpad. It is ok to work [...]

I just did the best thing to myself and my development environment with Eclipse

Razuna — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:05:54 +0000

As some of you might know by following on Twitter I “switched” from a MacBookPro to a MacBook, but actually I don’t want to bore you with that (even if I love to talk about the new MacBook). This post is about how I saved myself some sanity for my development work in regard to [...]

VMWare Fusion 2 now available

Razuna — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:51:05 +0000

Our favorite virtualization tool has been upgraded to version 2 today. VMware Fusion 2, a free, downloadable upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x customers, adds over 100 new features and enhancements. Some of the new features are; Application Sharing, Link Handling, Mirrored Folders, Driverless Printing, True Multiple Display Support, Custom Keyboard Mapping, DirectX 9.0c with [...]

MacOS X 10.5.5 is here

Razuna — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:39:10 +0000

Apple just posted the latest MacOS X upgrade 10.5.5 on Software Update. Looks like it is not available on Apple’s download site yet. Here are the final release notes.

Mac OS X 10.5.4 update arrived

Razuna — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:47:13 +0000

Only one month ago, Apple released 10.5.3 and now we are getting 10.5.4. I guess this is the shortest Update release for Apple ever. The release note for 10.5.4 can be found here and you get the Update best trough the built in Software Update. Looks like they made some major improvements for Spaces.

The juice of Apple WWDC Keynote 2008

Razuna — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:09 +0000

Did we mention that we love the Mahalo search engine? Did we mention that we love the Mahalo daily even more? If you don’t want to waste your time, but still want to talk about the new iPhone 3G and what Apple presented during the WWDC, then spend 60 seconds watching this.

Firefox 3 launch soon but RC3 needed for Mac OSX only

Razuna — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:55:46 +0000

All systems are go for the market launch of Firefox 3 for Windows and Linux but Mozilla plans another minor release candidate for the Mac OSX version due to plug-in hiccups introduced by Apple’s 10.5.3 update. That’s the word from Mozilla’s Firefox group, which held today what may be final pre-release meeting for the much [...]

MacOS X 10.5.3 is here

Razuna — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:31:27 +0000

Apple finally released MacOS X 10.5.3 today. The update comes in at just around 200 MB and is available trough Software Update. The release notes show a lot of changes. Let’s see if this update resolves a lot of hanging that a lot of people reported.

Apple EFI Fireware update fixed my screen issue

Razuna — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:07:52 +0000

In a recent blog post of mine I said that since 10.5.2 update and the graphic update my external Apple Cinema Display is not working anymore. Yesterday evening I applied the just released “Apple EFI Firmware update” and now this morning my MacBook Pro is working flawlessly with my external screen again! I don’t know [...]

Apple Security Update 2008 – 002

Razuna — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:09:48 +0000

Looks like a Update Day from Apple. Apple just released the “Security Update 2008 – 002″ for 10.5.2 and I believe 10.4.11. The update addresses some issues with; Apache: Updated to 2.2.8/1.3.41 to address several vulnerabilities FireWall OpenSSH: A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges PHP: PHP is updated [...]

Apple’s Keynote also does numbers

Razuna — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:44:05 +0000

Now, this got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. The other day, I was preparing a presentation with Apple’s Keynote and was doing what one of these tables with numbers and figures (you know the ones that investors need ). Since it was a presentation I thought about entering each [...]

Finally, Apple releases fix for Keyboard Issues

Razuna — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:44:31 +0000

Today, Apple released a “Keyboard Firmware 1.0″ which will fix (according to the description): “This MacBook and MacBook Pro firmware update addresses an issue where the first key press may be ignored if the computer has been sitting idle. It also addresses some other issues.” This has driven me nuts. Thank you Apple for a [...]

MacOS X 10.5.2 Graphics Update and external monitor issues

Razuna — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:55:37 +0000

Since installing the Graphics Update on our MacBookPro (right after you install 10.5.2 you get prompted to install the graphics update) we have had problems with our external monitor (Cinema Display). Such as that the MacBookPro does not start correctly (kernel panic) or when it starts it does not see the external monitor. Looking over [...]

MacOS X 10.5.2 is here

Razuna — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:19:39 +0000

Apple just posted the MacOS X 10.5.2 update on Software Update. Go and grab it now. It comes in with a whopping 180MB and contains a lot of changes.

Custom 404 pages with ColdFusion 8, MacOS X and the difference with IIS

Razuna — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:40:51 +0000

For one of the projects we are working on (news will be revealed very soon) we will need to redirect a clean URL like “http://www.mydomain.com/mybox” to a certain record. Of course, our first thought was that it is easy to create a custom 404 page, add this to the web server configuration, get the query_string [...]

Create custom Keynote ’08 theme

Razuna — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:17:37 +0000

We have been playing around with Apple’s Keynote ’08 some more and I have to say that it looks and feels much better then Powerpoint. Anyhow, then thing that most people need and want to do is to create their own themes. Not that the supplied themes are bad, actually they are quite good, but [...]

MacBook Air makes other laptops look fat

Razuna — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:54:14 +0000

Ok we have tried to avoid the MacBook Air, not because we think it is too expensive, too thin, to cool or simple to good. No, because of no apparent reason we simply did not write about it, because the world around us has done it for us already. But this footage is simply to [...]

Office 2008 on syncing Entourage and cleaning up duplicated events

Razuna — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:32:22 +0000

Entourage 2008 allows you to turn on syncing. With this feature your contacts, calendar events and notes will sync with the same repository used by the System Address Book, iCal, and then iSync, iTunes and .Mac syncing. The problem with this, very useful feature, is that it does not work correctly and in most of [...]

Macworld 2008 keynote in 60 seconds

Razuna — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:25:25 +0000

My favorite search engine Mahalo brings you Mahalo Daily which turned the 90 minutes keynote from Steve Jobs into a 60 seconds “all you need to know” clip. This is perfect and fun to watch. Now, if you can not spend 60 seconds to watch it, then you really need to ask your self “what [...]

Installing Office for Mac 2008

Razuna — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:47:24 +0000

The good people over at the Entourage Help Blog have posted a well drafted post on how to install the latest Office 2008.

More insight on Entourage 2008 and task handling

Razuna — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:26:40 +0000

Over at Mac Mojo we find some more interessting information on how Entourage 2008 will handle Tasks for you. Quite a good read.

NetNewsWire, FeedDemon and all available for free

Razuna — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:15:15 +0000

This is big news! My favorite Feed-Reader (NetNewsWire) just became free of charge. Actually all the client applications from Newsgator are available as of now for free. NewsGator also announced that all of its client RSS reader products are now available free of charge and include free synchronization along with other services. Users can now [...]

Small Guide for eMail Security and Encryption

Razuna — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:09:34 +0000

So, let's go ahead and Click here to get your Personal E-mail Certificate now (If you are on a Mac use Safari to browse to this page!).

...Here you are then able to download and install your certificate (On a Mac you simply click on the "type" of the certificate and Safari will install/import the certificate to your Keychain application).

A Leopard Tweaking Guide

Razuna — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:13:11 +0000

The guys over at Appletell put together a “Tweaking Guide for Leopard“. From what I see, the mentioned tweaks are more on the “look & feel” functionality then on the system itself. But go ahead and judge for yourself.

Reviews of Office 2008 for Mac are in

Razuna — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:42:47 +0000

We are not much allowed to talk about the upcoming Office 2008 (Beta tester under NDA) but here are the first reviews on it. With release looming, Microsoft previews Office 2008Â and follows with a First Look at Word 2008 and a First Look at Excel 2008. I really wonder what they or the world [...]

An easy way to sync files on your Mac and your BlackBerry

Razuna — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:33:00 +0000

Yes, I got a BlackBerry 8310 Curve and I use a Apple MacBook Pro as my main machine. In the past this combo was not always the best since Mac users were somehow left in the woods with their needs. Actually, I always wondered if software companies did not know about the shiny Apple or [...]

Update on the Uptodate program for MacOS X 10.5

Razuna — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:59:00 +0000

Looks to me that US/Canadian customers are more in luck for the uptodate program then European ones. Here in Europe that uptodate program ends tomorrow (December 29th) and for US/Canadian customers it has been extended up to January 26, 2008.

Don’t forget to order your MacOS X 10.5 if you got a Mac in October or after

Razuna — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:51:00 +0000

We were just notified by our friendly Mac retailer that we will have to order our MacOS X 10.5 NOW, since Apple will close the up-to-date program, that lets you purchase MacOS X 10.5 for “almost nothing” when you purchased a Mac on or after the 1st of October 2007, on December 29th 2007. So, [...]

Apple Security Update 2007-009 v1.1

Razuna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:36:00 +0000

Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 addresses an issue introduced in Security Update 2007-009 that may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit when browsing to certain websites. There is no change to the security content provided in Security Update 2007-009. The security content of Security Update 2007-009 and Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 is available here Security Update 2007-009 [...]

Another virtualization environment

Razuna — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:18:00 +0000

I guess by now a lot of you know that there are virtualization solutions from Parallels and VMWare out there. Just today I found another player in the market and it is even an Open Source solution under the GNU license. So if you want to try out the new kid on the block then [...]

Apple rumor website shuts down

Razuna — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:03:00 +0000

Wow. ThinkSecret, one of the high traffic rumored sites, shuts its doors. Here is the statement by ThinkSecret: " Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer [...]

Bare Bones Software Ships BBEdit 8.7.2

Razuna — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:22:00 +0000

Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit 8.7.2, a maintenance update to its professional strength text editor.

Apple Updates Leopard

Razuna — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:06:00 +0000

We are probably the last ones to blog about this, but Apple just released two important updates to Leopard. MacBookPro Software Update 1.1 This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension of keyboard input which can last a [...]

iPod freeze and reset

Razuna — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:29:00 +0000

Lately my iPod nano freezes up quite often, especially after syncing with iTunes, and I always forget how to reset it. Today after another freeze up, and sitting on the train for an hour without remembering how to reset it I thought about posting the link here. So here weg. All you need to do [...]

Internet Explorer on the Mac

Razuna — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:57:00 +0000

There is a "new" way to run Internet Explorer on the Mac "natively". Actually this way of running Internet Explorer will save you tonnes of time, since you don't need to start up VMWare Fusion (or Parallels) just to look at a web site with Internet Explorer. Of course we are talking about the "ies4osx" [...]

MacOS X 10.5.1 Update is here

Razuna — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:08:00 +0000

It was rumored for some time now that Apple will bring an update as soon as possible for 10.5 and now it is here. So go and grab it over at Softwareupdate or at the Apple Website for 10.5.1. So far from reading what has been improved I don't see a lot of things fixed [...]

New PathFinder release fixed Leopard incompatibility

Razuna — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:35:00 +0000

The good people of the best Finder replacement released Version 4.8.2 of their product PathFinder. 4.8.2 fixes most of the Leopard (10.5) incompatibilities and brings two new features to the game: You can now set Path Finder as your “Default File viewer”! See the Path Finder Reveal preferences for this preference. Activating this will redirect [...]

Leopard (10.5) Users be aware of the “move file” issue

Razuna — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:10:00 +0000

There is a serious bug with the “move file” operation on 10.5; “if for whatever reason your target disk gets disconnected during a file move — a USB or Firewire cable is yanked, power failure, or a network interruption for a remote server volume — you’re likely to have problems with your moved files. In [...]

Our thoughts on Leopard (MacOS X 10.5)

Razuna — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:03:00 +0000

A new operating system is always a highlight, especially from a company like Apple. Their MacOS X is already a very advanced operating system and thus a new upgrade must mean some more benefit for the user and higher quality, right? Well, in the last couple of days we have worked extensively with Leopard and [...]

Discussion on installing ColdFusion on Leopard

Razuna — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0000

Apparently there are a lot of people who have upgraded to Leopard and can not get ColdFusion 8 running anymore. We have also updated to Leopard from Tiger and have no issues with ColdFusion 8 running. The difference might be that we never depend on the built in Apache server from Apple (because Apple updates [...]

VMWare Fusion 1.1 Release Candidate available

Razuna — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:37:00 +0000

VMWare Fusion 1.1 reached release candidate status yesterday, and you can download the new beta from VMWare's site. Actually if you have MacOS X 10.5 installed already then you should install VMWare Fusion 1.1 since VMWare says that version 1.0 will not run good on 10.5.

Ben Gertzfield of VMware: Behind the curtain at virtualization on the Mac

Razuna — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:03:00 +0000

If you ever wanted to get into the internal detail of virtualization then this talk is for you. Apparently the authors don't want to embed the talk thus you will have to watch behind the curtain of virtualization on the Mac here.

VMWare Fusion Beta 1.1 available

Razuna — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:27:00 +0000

Our favorite virtualization company made Fusion 1.1 Beta available for public download. The beta packs a load of features, top additions include DirectX 9.0 support, iPhone/Outlook sync, Unity and Boot Camp functional improvements, and better compatibility with host systems running Leopard. The beta also squashes a bug; the Airport process randomly ramping up to 100% [...]

Reasons why people don’t switch to a Mac

Razuna — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:44:00 +0000

This is a well written post about some of the reasons why Windows users don’t switch to the Mac. The post if coming from a user that has been a die hard Windows user. In short the reasons are: Ignorance The Office Hardware Price Lies Windows Bashing Vista Mac Users You really have to go [...]

10 things you can do with your Mac and VMWare

Razuna — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:10:10 +0000

The other day our favorite virtual appliance company VMWare posted a post on their Blog about “The 10 things you can do with VMWare Fusion and your Mac“. I like the arguments of “Go shopping for some appliances to match your pretty Mac” and “Frag some baddies” quite a lot

VMWare Fusion is available

Razuna — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:13:10 +0000

VMware released the final 1.0 version of VMware Fusion today. Fusion is a virtualization software which allows Intel-based Macs to run Windows, Linux or other PC operating systems. We have been a convert of Parallels Desktop and we are very happy with Fusion. Much faster, feels snappier and it opens up the whole VMWare application [...]

Installing ImageMagick on MacOS X

Razuna — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:37:29 +0000

The last couple of days I had to install ImageMagick on some different MacBook’s and seeing that there are still some users out there which don’t have any success installing that I thought I do a post about how to install ImageMagick the right way. I am using a MacBook Pro with MacOS X 10.4.10 [...]