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Starting MySQL ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file

Darren Terhune — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:44:37 +0000

This error is a chown issue. I recently saw that my home brew directory was owned by root somehow and without thinking ran $ sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/ which really probably messed more than just mysql owner privileges. However this is just about fixing mysql so it would boot up again. First I ran [...]

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Replace Parallels ugly (Red Slash) Desktop icons

Darren Terhune — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:35:38 +0000

Recently I upgraded to Parallels version 4 then noticed that the icons were ugly! Other people were talking about it too. So I decided to re-create my own that were easy on the eyes. First I downloaded IconBuilder plugin for photoshop or fireworks. Then I grabbed some images to work with in Photoshop (new iMac [...]

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Installing ImageMagick on Mac OS X Leopard

Darren Terhune — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:13:09 +0000

I recently just got the 24inch iMac and had to undergo the massive task of porting over everything from my MacBookPro. This included installing all the needed custom installs of Ruby, Rails, ImageMagick, RMagick, MySQL and configuring everything to work properly. I had the most trouble with ImageMagick, although it wasn’t that hard It still [...]

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How addicted are you to Apple?

Darren Terhune — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:11:24 +0000

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Modifying Textmate drawer font size

Darren Terhune — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:49:15 +0000

New builds of textmate come with the ability to change the font size! See @Allan’s comment below for details. Download the intel based test build by option clicking the check now button in TextMate’s system preferences software update tab. $ defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakProjectDrawerFontSize -int 15 If you are like me and hate how small [...]

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Pimp my text mate or other mac apps UI

Darren Terhune — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:13:15 +0000

Subtle Gradient has a post about pimping out your favorite mac os apps ui’s. Think I’ll be hitting up the hack for my Text Mate ui. I hate that the fonts and colors in the drawer don’t match my editing area and I also hate how small the fonts are. I have my fonts jacked [...]

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Expose previous mail recipients in mac os x mail.app

Darren Terhune — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:55:35 +0000

Ever forget someones email address that you have previously emailed? Want to know the address? In Apples Mail.app you can goto =>Window =>Previous Recipients … and a list of all the email addresses that you’ve sent emails to should appear in a window. (Powered by LaunchBit)

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iDVD bug – App hangs when authoring audio

Darren Terhune — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:49:36 +0000

I just used iDVD for the first time in a long time on my new MacBook Pro (I’m a Final Cut, DVD Studio Pro guy). I was authoring a fairly large video (about 90min), with audio, motion menus, and audio menus. Everything went fine until It started to author the audio from the video. As [...]

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TextMate desktop shortcut image

Darren Terhune — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:58:06 +0000

I just made a switch to TextMate for my editor of choice and found a sweet shortcut png file for my desktop. When ever I need it I just use expose on my MacBook Pro and walla! Easy shortcut help. Makes life so easy breezy. (Powered by LaunchBit)

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Mac OS X Keyboard Sleep Shortcut

Darren Terhune — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:39:04 +0000

After being a full mac user for about 6 years now, i’ve started to notice how much I use “keyboard shortcuts”. They make things easy and quick. Here’s one that I just learned that puts your mac to sleep: Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power Check out Apple’s page to see some more useful shortcuts. Also to see [...]