I have to reformat and reinstall every so often. Most recently I upgraded the hard drive in my MacBook and this time I decided to post a bit about my reinstall process and what apps I use.
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Using Concentrate for the Pomodoro Technique on OS X
Concentrate is a Mac only app. It lets you do a number of things like block web sites, launch apps, play sounds, etc. Combinations of these things can be configured to go on for varying amounts of time. I use it for the Pomodoro Technique when programming. Corey Haines introduced me to Tomatoist when I [...]
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NVidia Graphics Update 2009-01-26
I’ve written before about the problems with the Mini DisplayPort to dual link DVI adapter from Apple. Today Apple has released a graphics update that is supposed to fix the cursor movement problem. After having installed it, it does NOT fix the out of sync issues. I guess we’ll have to wait on that one [...]
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter Fix (Temporary)
The Mini DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter for the new aluminum Macbooks and Macbook Pros is getting some bad press due to sporadic flickering problems. There are seemingly very few people who aren’t having problems, myself included. This is a strange move by Apple. It seems unlikely that this could go unnoticed in testing [...]
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