Category: Apple
Update rsync on OS X 10.9.3
Just in case you’d like to update rsync on your Mac — for example, to do iPhoto incremental back ups — you can do the following: Download the latest and greatest from http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/ Run the following command in a terminal window: ./configure && make && sudo make install That’s it! Hope this helps.
OS X: Corrupted locate database fix
In case your locate database gets corrupted, run the following in the terminal: sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb It’ll take a while, but you should be running after the rebuild.
Apple Extreme 802.11ac: Allow DHCP renewal packets
I recently purchased an Apple Extreme 802.11ac router, as my trusty, old WRT54G running dd-wrt has finally died. I’m not too happy that this router doesn’t support stateful packet inspection — I need to know what my kids are viewing. Other than that, it’s been super easy to setup. Anyway, my AT&T 3600HGV modem is…
Install wget on OS X Mountain Lion
From the terminal, do the following: curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.13.tar.gz tar -xzvf wget-1.13.tar.gz cd wget-1.13 ./configure –with-ssl=openssl make sudo make install
SVN Fix: Could not use external editor to fetch log message
In case you encounter the following error using SVN — on my Mac, for me: svn: E205007: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the –message (-m) or –file (-F) optionssvn: E205007: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no…
soapUI Error: “ERROR:com.eviware.soapui.support.SoapUIException: Failed to init connection for drvr [oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver]
I was encountering the following error in soapUI when one of the test steps was to check the database. com.eviware.soapui.support.SoapUIException: Failed to init connection for drvr [com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver], connectionString [jdbc:sqlserver://server:port;databaseName=DB name;user=username;password=#####] The issue was because my soapUI installation didn’t have the appropriate ODBC jar file. 1. Get it from Oracle 2. Place it in your $SOAPUI/bin/ext…