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Push Synology syslogs to Splunk
This article walks you through the steps that are needed to get the Log messages from your Synology NAS out and into a Splunk instance. For the sake of simplicity I assume in this example that the IP address of the Synology NAS is 192.168.10.99 and that the IP of the Server running is 192.168.10.200 1) Prepare Splunk First let’s prepare Splunk to receive syslog messages Click on Manager Select “Data...
read more“Open With” and “Always Open With”
Coming from the PC I often wondered how to easily define the standard application to open a certain file type. Here is the solution: Ted On Flash: OSX – “Open With” and “Always Open With”.
read moreHow to Remove Duplicates from “Open With” Menu
Extremely handy if you have a lot of apps on your Mac How To Rebuild LaunchServices to Remove Duplicates from “Open With” Menu | Mac|Life.
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Using Google Reader “Send To” with WordPress
I was pretty excited to read about recent enhancements to Google Reader, particularly the “Send to…” feature that allows you to post items from Google Reader into Facebook, Twitter, Delicious and many other sites. But, I wanted to send things to WordPress and that isn’t in the list. However, the Reader team smartly left a way for you to manually add your own “Send to…” destinations. I considered this and thought it may match well with WordPress built-in “Press this” function. And it does! You cannot use the “Press...
read moreHow to Install Snow leopard in VMWARE
via How to Install Snow leopard in VMWARE | Snow Leopard.
read moreHackintosh Updates Like a Charm to 10.6.3
It seems that the update to 10.6.3 works without a hitch if you followed the Lifehacker tuto. via...
read moreCreate an iTunes App Store account for another country without a credit card
There is a nice article on Apple.com explaining how to create an iTunes account without a credit card. This means that you’ll be able to create an US account even without a valid US credit card in order to download some of those free US-only apps… This seems to be completely legal and avoids hopping through hoops as we had to in the...
read moreLearn how to create your own DSDT (Updated)
UPDATE: I just re-released a modified and much improved version of the tutorial. This video tutorial gives you the basics for creating a custom DSDT file that matches your configuration (eee PC model, amount of RAM and BIOS version). The version of DSDT SE that goes with the tutorial can be downloaded here. This is for advanced users only, so you’ve been warned if you shoot your...
read moreHow to disable waking-up the MacBook when opening the lid
For some this is a big problem when running on a bus or traveling, the lid ever so slightly opens and it turns on. On your arrival you’ll find it overheated in your bag, without juice left for this terribly important presentation (and no power outlet in sight) and in the worst case with harddisk heads that have gotten to know the surface of the disks themselves – all data lost (believe me if I tell you that I had this happen twice to me)… This video shows in less than one minute how to avoid your MacBook waking up when the...
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