Does Serious Sam 3 run on an iMac (Mid 2011) and OS X Lion?
Yes, it does! Seriously. Even on “Ultra” with GPU Settings on “High”. Period.
Automator-Service to add Task to Wunderlist
I started using the fantastic app “Wunderlist” for my personal Task Management on the Mac, of course with synchronisation to iPhone and the web. Thanks to a Blog post from James O’Donnell on Scribd, I got my hands quickly on the required AppleScript. However, I didn’t like the fact that he made the script ask for a new User Input which will be created as new task – rather than just taking the currently selected text. So I adjusted his AppleScript code and put it into an Automator Service workflow, which you can download here.
How to prevent somebody using your Domain for sending SPAM Mails
Recently I noticed that I receive regularly “Delivery Failures” and “Out of office replies” for mails I have never sent. It was obvious that somebody started to use my domain for sending SPAM e-mails to various addresses. This is not only annoying, but also your domain could get “black listed” as soon as SPAM protection services realize that this type of mails are being sent from your domain. Based on a forum post on the Digital Point forum, I summarized the steps I followed to prevent the abuse of my domain for SPAM.
OS X: Create ZIP archives without hidden System files
Get rid of these .DS_Store files when sharing ZIP files with friends…
OS X: Delete single objects from Time Machine backups
I already posted a step-by-step guide on how to delete old backups from your Time Machine drive in order to free up space. What I did not mention in that article was how you can delete single files & folders… Continue reading » “OS X: Delete single objects from Time Machine backups”
Project Server 2010: Export Status Report Responses using Excel
Microsoft didn’t spend too much time on the “Status Reports” module in Project Server 2010, leaving it with many disadvantages and even a somewhat not so intuitive handling. This affects especially the extraction of Responses to Status Reports. That’s why I developed my own SQL-Query to export these responses to an Excel Pivot-Table.
Project Server 2010: How-to add Notifications for your Users
Unfortunately Microsoft’s Project Server 2010 doesn’t allow an administrator to set default settings for Notifications for all Users. So I had to figure out a way how I can “force” my Users to receive certain Notifications – and I dug into the Database for that.
Create a local copy of your public WordPress Blog
Recently I struggled a little with un-publishing my public Wordpress Blog to a local MAMP environment, for local testing purposes, before I apply big changes (as it should be). There are actually some minor things to consider, so you can properly get your Wordpress installation running locally.
A Thankful Tribute to Steve Jobs
Without the Macintosh Computer, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I wouldn’t know what I know today. I wouldn’t be as open minded, customer focused as I am today. Working with the Apple Mac shifted my mindset to “Think Different” in terms of thinking in a simple way and not to go the complicated way. Thank you Steve Jobs.
Windows 7: How-to Hide the Libraries Icon and Window-Previews
On my new corporate computer installed with Windows 7 OS, these two things bugged me from the very beginning: how can I remove this unnecessary “Libraries” folder from the desktop (still didn’t figure out what it is for) and how… Continue reading » “Windows 7: How-to Hide the Libraries Icon and Window-Previews”