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Category: macOS
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Upgrading to OSX Mavericks
I’m a late adopter, but I finally took the plunge and upgraded to OSX Mavericks tonight. A few gotchas:-
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Search and replace on a large file on OSX using Sed
My code editor of choice, Sublime text 2, crashes when you try to do a search and replace on a large file. This makes it difficult…
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Managing Google App Engine SDK versions on OSX with virtualenv
When I first started developing Django apps on Google App Engine (GAE), I downloaded the google app engine launcher. Installing this will install the latest version…
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Web developer tools of the trade
I’ve had to change machines a few times recently, and each time I wish I had a decent checklist of what I need to be able…
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Macbook air 13 inch as primary machine
When I first saw the macbook air I was awe-struck by it’s design and portability, and like many people I was wondering if it would be…
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Setting up apache on osx lion
For general website/ PHP development, I like to have multiple local sites running from my Sites folder using virtualhosts. Up until now i’ve usually done this…
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mysql_config not found osx
This always gets me when I try to install mysql-python on osx using pip:- Googling round finds that most people suggest editing a line in MySQL-python/site.cfg…
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Running Google App Engine SDK on OSX lion
OSX Lion comes with python 2.7 as default. Although App Engine will run on 2.7, it is safer to develop on the version of python that…
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New macbook air got me all excited – the ultimate ultraportable workstation?
I’m having to write this blog post as a brain dump – those annoying boffins at apple have got my brain in a recursive loop because…