Had the most frustrating time grading projects this semester. Since I got a new laptop just before the semester ended, I held off migrating until classes were over. I took advantage of the time between classes and exams to migrate to the new laptop. Big mistake. I had to finish grading projects on the new …
Category Archives: Mac OS X
New Mac – Lots of Pain
After too many years of upgrading from one Mac to the next, I’m starting from scratch with my latest Mac(book Air). It’s an opportune time since Mac OS X Catalina (10.15) deprecates 32-bit applications. So far it’s been lots of “fun”. All my apps have been re-downloaded, but I’m only installing them as needed. Lots …
Installing the Nix Package Manager
There isn’t really a reason to read my install directions for nix, I just used the default install command for Linux/Mac OS X. To wit: curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh Except that I had to modify the .profile script to work in tcsh. Namely, I created a version of the default nix.sh file works for csh/tcsh: …
BasicTeX 2015
Ok, this is part of the regular series of these posts, and mostly serve as a simple record for my own use. If there’s anyone out there reading this, please disregard yet another TeX upgrade posting. I know I’m going to have to do this again in a week or so when BasicTeX 2016 hits, but …
BasicTeX 2013
Well that didn’t take long. Only 1 month after the release of BasicTeX 2013, I find myself in need of a new package. The TeXLive repository has already deprecated all of the 2012 pacakges, so I’m off and running installing BasicTeX 2013. This year the steps are mostly the same, with the addition of more …
Avoiding Cisco AnyConnect on the Mac
I haven’t had much luck with Cisco VPN software on the Mac in the past. Unfortunately, the Cisco AnyConnect software that we use at Towson doesn’t accept connections from the built-in Apple VPN client. Luckily (and predictably), the open-source community has a solution to this problem. OpenConnect is an open source replacement for AnyConnect. It …
BasicTeX 2012
I just upgraded to BasicTeX 2012, and here’s a quick synopsis of the steps: tlmgr uninstall download and install the current BasicTeX package from tug.org update PATH environment variable to include the current install location: /usr/local/texlive/2012basic/bin/universal-darwin tlmgr update –self tlmgr update –all tlmgr install collection-fontsrecommended tlmgr install subfigure tlmgr install exam The Exam package is …
Uninstalling Java for OS X
Wouldn’t you know it, I install Oracle Java SE 7 for my Mac just days before a serious exploit is found in this newest version of Java. If you’re like me, it’s easier to just uninstall Java until Oracle has a chance to fix exploit. Here’s how: Using the Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) enter the following …
CS4 Service Manager complaining about JRE
I finally got around to installing Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) this week. Most things seem to have gone smoothly, expect Adobe CS4 is now whining at after the initial boot. Specifically, I’m getting the following error: To open “CS4Service Manager,”, you need a Java SE 6 runtime… Very annoying, especially since I think Adobe’s …
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Flashback Trojan targets Macs
Ars Technica is reporting on a new piece of Macintosh malware spreading on the Internet. The Flashback trojan has actually been seen over the past few months, but apparently it’s managed to infect a sizable number of systems. Apple recently released a patch for Java that fixes the vulnerability, but you should also check if …