Mac OS 10.7: Hidden Wifi Diagnostics Utility

On August 24, 2011, in All, Tech, Techie Talk, by Mr_Kitty

As referenced in Mac OS X Hints, Lion comes with a built-in wireless diagnostics application that will show you clear Signal & Noise level graphs as well as allowing you to capture raw packet data. Pretty cool (and somehow, not included in Lion’s feature list)! /System/Library/Core Services/Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app

 

The Wacom Thorn in Lion’s Paw

On August 19, 2011, in All, Mac: 101, Tech, by Mr_Kitty

I just discovered at my most recent client appointment that the latest Wacom drivers for their professional line (e.g. Intuos, Cintiq, etc) aren’t compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Version 6.1.6-4 of their Wacom tablet drivers take an extra 40-60 seconds to start up after the user logs in, drawing in Photoshop and zBrush [...]

 

Previous Graphic Art

On December 23, 2009, in All, Artsy Stuff, Graphic Art, by Mr_Kitty

And a listing of the previous poster & graphic art I’ve done.

 

Previous Figure Drawings

On December 23, 2009, in All, Artsy Stuff, Figure Drawing, by Mr_Kitty

The latest WordPress update seems to have eaten my gallery manager, so here is a listing of my previous figure drawings as posted on Flickr.

 

How to get the Out-Of-Box experience on OS X 10.5.x Leopard

On November 21, 2008, in All, Tech, Techie Talk, by Mr_Kitty

This is in response to TAUW article: Get the “out of the box” experience with an older Mac. The above article is good, but the steps are limited to regenerating the Setup Assistant. The steps in the comments for deleting the user account are for Tiger (10.4.x) and do not work on Leopard (10.5.x), since [...]

 

Mac OS X Security & Permissions

On April 21, 2008, in All, Mac: 101, Tech, by Mr_Kitty

This is a republishing of a response I posted on the Mac OS X tribe some time ago. Mac OS X inherited it’s file-level permissions scheme from it’s UNIX ancestors. The advantages of this approach are many fold, not limited to making it very difficult for malicious software to be installed on your system without [...]

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