Installing Mac OS X Lion and making an installer backup
Finally decided to upgrade to OS X Lion and check what all the fuzz is all about, Lion no longer support PowerPC apps which is the one thing so far that I dont like but could live with it.
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Setup EC2 and FileZilla with PPK file on Mac OS X
Coming from a Windows platform where I have tools like Putty to connect via SSH to our EC2 (Elastic Cloud Compute) instance on Amazon web services(AWS) and a tool like Pageant where I can load a .ppk key to allow me to connect my Filezilla client to connect via SFTP. I had to do the… Read More Setup EC2 and FileZilla with PPK file on Mac OS X
How to Setup PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
My previous working setup was on WAMP( Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP). On Windows I used a bundled app WampServer that did the job, just install the executable and your all set. On Mac it kinda needs a bit of work but basically you have to configure PHP, download-install MySQL and phpMyAdmin.
My Fresh MacBook Pro
Finally after a long wait, which was also a good thing as the MacBook Pro line got a total refresh that is truly significant than the last one. New processor, new graphics card, bigger RAM and storage, the new technology for 10GB transfer called Thunderbolt. Plus some Facetime  HD which records in 720p HD. I… Read More My Fresh MacBook Pro
Restart Apache in Mac OS X
I miss using a Mac, saving up to get the latest MacBook Pro. Here is quick tip for an alternative method on how to restart Apache using the Terminal. Long method is go to Preferences then Sharing and disable enable Personal Web Sharing. Shortcut is Open the Mac OS X Terminal window then type in.… Read More Restart Apache in Mac OS X
MacBook Pro won’t boot(sniff)
Been using my MacBook Pro regularly for the past several months I even accidentally dropped it when my bag was not close properly and it slid out to floor 4-5 months ago once but still it runs perfectly well. Today after using it the battery got drained. I hooked up the charger and behold, it… Read More MacBook Pro won’t boot(sniff)