OS X Lion downsides: end of PowerPC Apps, more RAM hungry

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Although I love the new features of Lion, the multi-touch gestures, some of the security and file saving features, it has come at a cost.  The worst for me is the end of PowerPC App compatibility and the RAM use.  My computer running with 4GB of RAM (& 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor) has been made into a dinosaur.  Had I really had a feel for the RAM consumption I might have chosen to skip the Lion update for that computer and ended my upgrades with Snow Leopard.

Here is some discussion on these points:

If you are thinking of going back to Snow Leopard, you can pretty much forget it:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3200632?start=45&tstart=0

Pros & Cons for pre-change thinking:
http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-lion-faq/os-x-lion-pros-and-cons-worth-it-or-not.html

Regarding the end of PowerPC apps:
http://www.cultofmac.com/103458/os-x-lion-kills-rosetta-powerpc-support-heres-what-to-do-about-it/

 

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Increase Maximum upload file size in WordPress

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

OBJECTIVE: INCREASE THE MAX FILESIZE PARAMETER FOR UPLOADS INTO WORDPRESS to 40 Megabytes  via  ../wp-admin/media-new.php

Many other avenues were attempted, but what worked was simply to
modify the php.ini file line:

post_max_size = 40M

The post_max_size was the line to modify and not  upload_max_filesize
Which is what had me stumped for awhile – you’d think you’d have to modify the upload parameter, but actually it’s the post parameter which needs modification.  Not intuitive, but there it is.

 

 

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Clipboard Management

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

Update: I was using Jumpcut – and it worked well, but have been using “Clips” by Conceited software: http://www.conceited.net/
They do NOT have great support / documentation and the software is a bit buggy, but overall worth the mild headaches.

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Jumpcut: Minimalist Clipboard Buffering for OS X

When multi-tasking goes wrong  - cutting the last item into clipboard oblivion – but maybe this will help: Continue reading →

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How to Open MHT Files | eHow.com

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

The quick answer for us Mac users = the Opera Browser.

more info here:

How to Open MHT Files | eHow.com

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Best Open CMS: WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal « Keep an Open Eye Eye, Sir

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

Best Open CMS: WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal

WordPress wins!  Glad we’ve picked the winning horse :)

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managing email addresses – the good ol’ fashioned way

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Sometimes I have questions which really take me back to the basics.
Today I had a question from someone who is excellent at what they do, but not terribly literate when it comes to computers.  And that’s ok, they don’t have to be, that’s why they have me to help them out :)  Anyway, they simply wanted to manage a small (under 25 names) sub-group of their address book for sending once a month emails and not interested in a lot of fuss Continue reading →

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iTunes – Ping This. The little arrows next to the song title, artist & album!

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

So now the arrows are gone, never mind reversed.  Want ‘em back? Continue reading →

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iPhone photos PNG vs. JPG

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

I noticed that some of my photos that I downloaded from my iPhone are PNG and some are JPG.  What’s the deal? How to standardize? Continue reading →

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iPhone photo management for Apple computers / Mac

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

The best way to remove photos, archive on computer, keep select photos on iPhone.

Answer:
Remove photos from iPhone using Image Capture
/Applications/Image Capture.app

HOW TO: Continue reading →

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Now powered by WordPress 3!

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

Wow – what an easy upgrade of this blog to 3.0

Let the fun begin!

http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/

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