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Cannot copy files from Mac to Samba

19/04/10 17:07 Filed in: Mac | Samba
There is a new bug in MacOS 10.6.3 which presents problems when you copy files and directories from a Mac to any Samba server or NAS box using Samba or providing Windows (or CIFS or SMB) shares.

When you try to copy files and directories onto the Samba/NAS, you will get an error message about you not having permission.

The following workaround appears to work:

1. Copy all the files you want to put on the filestore into a new directory on your Mac, this just makes things easier. For this example we will call this directory "/Users/Jules/Documents/MyNotes".
2. Open the Applications folder in Finder, go into "Utilities" and run "Terminal".
3. Type the following commands exactly (even better: copy and paste them from here!), replacing the directory name with the location you used in step 1. Do not miss the dot at the end of 3 of the lines.
    cd /Users/Jules/Documents/MyNotes
    xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine .
    xattr -d -r com.apple.FinderInfo .
    xattr -d -r com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms .
    exit

You should now be able to copy your directory MyNotes over to the Samba server.

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VMware vSphere Client in Parallels Desktop

15/11/09 20:20 Filed in: Mac | VMware | vSphere
This is a quick solution to a problem I suffered, and thought it was a bug in Parallels Desktop for Mac. You run the vSphere Client application, open a Console to a virtual machine, and after that all your Windows keystrokes and mouse clicks go into the Console and not into any other Windows applications at all, not even the taskbar or Start menu.

The key is that the vSphere Client uses the same "Ctrl Alt" key combination to get out of the console, as does Parallels to get out of Windows programs.

When running in Coherence or Crystal mode, you never really need this key combination as it works automatically anyway when you click in any other Mac application.

The solution is to change the Parallels "Release Input" key combination. Get out of Crystal mode, then go to the Parallels / Preferences window. Select the "Keyboard & Mouse" pane of the dialog box, and work through each Profile in turn. In each profile, set the key combination for "Release Input" to "Cmd-Ctrl-Space" (that's what I used).

Then quit and re-run Parallels and you will find the problem has gone away.

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Mac Internet Sharing to Squeezebox or XBox 360

26/06/08 10:00 Filed in: Mac
If you try to share a Mac internet connection, and you can’t get your Squeezebox or XBox 360 to get an IP address from it, read on:

The important file here is /etc/bootpd.plist. If this file doesn’t exist when Internet Sharing starts, it will create it, and remove it when it stops. But if the file already exists when it starts, the Mac will leave it alone and not overwrite or remove it.

  1. Start Internet Sharing
  2. Copy the file somewhere safe: “cp /etc/bootpd.plist /tmp/“
  3. Stop Internet Sharing
  4. Edit /tmp/bootpd.plist
  5. Look for the “reply_threshold_seconds” setting at the bottom of the file, it will be set to 4
  6. Change the 4 to 0
  7. Copy the file back in place: “sudo cp /tmp/bootpd.plist /etc/“
  8. Start Internet Sharing

Now just check that your value of 0 is still there in /etc/bootpd.plist, it should have survived.

Your Squeezebox or XBox 360 will now happily get an IP address from your Mac’s Internet Sharing.

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X in Solaris 10 on a MacBook

03/06/08 14:00 Filed in: X Windows | Solaris | Mac
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/sun/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "IA"
Load "Xst"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "bitstream"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
ModeLine "MacBook13" 172.73 1280 1336 1616 1728 800 802 814 840
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # []
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
# Modes "MacBook13"
EndSubSection
EndSection


# Option "dpms"
#EndSection
#
#Section "Device"
# Identifier "Videocard0"
# Driver "vesa"
# VendorName "Videocard vendor"
# BoardName "VESA driver (generic)"
#EndSection
#
#Section "Screen"
# Identifier "Screen0"
# Device "Videocard0"
# Monitor "Monitor0"
# DefaultDepth 24
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Virtual 1280 800
# Depth 8
# Modes "MacBook13"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Virtual 1280 800
# Depth 16
# Modes "MacBook13"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Virtual 1280 800
# Depth 24
# Modes "MacBook13"
# EndSubSection
#EndSection
#
#Section "DRI"
# Group 0
# Mode 0666
#EndSection

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X in CentOS/RHEL 5 on a MacBook

03/06/08 13:59 Filed in: X Windows | Mac
# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "MonitorVendor"
ModelName "MonitorModel"
Horizsync 28-50
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1280 800
Modes "1280x800"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

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X in CentOS/RHEL 4 on a MacBook Pro

03/06/08 13:58 Filed in: X Windows | Mac
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync 21.5 - 150.0
# VertRefresh 30.0 - 150.0
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
ModeLine "MacBookPro17" 136.3 1680 1720 1856 2096 1050 1053 1056 1084
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "VESA driver (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1680 1050
Depth 8
Modes "MacBookPro17"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1680 1050
Depth 16
Modes "MacBookPro17"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 1680 1050
Depth 24
Modes "MacBookPro17"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

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USB Serial Port Adapter for Mac

22/01/08 12:14 Filed in: Mac
I have bought a couple of USB serial port adapters which work as serial ports on Mac OSX. They are from SerialIO.com.

Drivers can be downloaded from http://serialio.com/products/adaptors/usb_serial.php and installation instructions and so on are at http://serialio.com/support/OSX/USB-Serial-plug.php.

You have to stop them being used as network adapters so that the serial devices are available as ports for minicom and the like.

You can build minicom from the MacOS Ports system with “port install minicom”. You have to bodge one little bit that doesn’t compile, by turning a compile of static variables into normal globals, but otherwise it builds okay. Hopefully someone will fix the compilation problem by the time this is needed.

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