[Mac] 在 Mac 上看 PPS

好消息!好消息!在 Mac 上的用戶也可以看 PPS 網路電視了~
它是 Silverlight 的應用, 所以必需先安裝 Silverlight.dmg
然後至瀏覽器網址列輸入: http://cool.pptv.com/ 就可以線上觀看各方視頻囉~

在 PPTV Logo 左下方有個向下的按鈕, 按下去後可以安裝到本機端, 方便日後隨時取用!

當然不只有 Mac 用戶, Windows 用戶只要有裝 Silverlight, 一樣可以享用~

[Mac] Mac Apps Links

Start using Mac again~

My Powerbook G4 is still alive, and another mac family is coming -- iMac~ woohoo!

Collecting some mac apps links for further use.

• Top 100 Mac Apps
• Open Source Mac
• 無盡 MAC Apps
• Essential Mac OS X Applications
• 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part I)
• 100 Free Useful Mac Applications (Part II)
• Mac Freeware - App Donkey
• 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps
  

I'll find a time to refine my own essential apps list!

Windows v.s. Mac Part II

Remember I made my laptop once looked like a mac box one or two years ago? Ha...this time, there is something new, and my windows box is more like mac.
Few days ago, Apple released Safari Beta version which can be installed in Windows OS. Besides, a pretty cool function that I could find on a mac, but now it's possible appearing on a windows. DaLa~ Now, introduce TopDesk to you! Expose is a wonderful function and I like it very much. It's useful to display all applications or same applications at the same "spaces" for switching. I'm glad that it can be integrated on windows box. Ha... See? Does it look like a mac?

[Mac] Color your bash

I love color feature in terminal when I use Linux so that I can distinguish which file type it is, such as folder, file, image. However, in Mac system, its terminal seems not set that by default. I tried to enter ls --color=always like I use in Linux, but it does not work in a Mac. Today, I found a solution online: Mac OS X Tiger: Bash Colors

System: Mac OS X 10.4

• Modify /etc/bashrc
• Add two lines in the file:
  export CLICOLOR=1
export TERM=xterm-color
• Close Terminal, and re-open the terminal.
• Color feature works in Mac terminal now!

Java Environment Setting in Mac

Defualt built-in Java in Mac is version 1.4, but I need to use Java J2SE 5.0 (version 1.5). Had a CS friend help this afternoon, I can run Java written in v1.5 properly now!!! :) (Make sure your machine update Java to 1.5)

Here is the solution:
1. In home directory, create a file called .profile
2. type command line below in the file:
export PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Commands:$PATH
3. source .profile
4. check Java version (java -version)
5. start programming!!! :D


OR do soft link for the whole system:

1. Use terminal and go to the directory below:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions

2. Remove the old 1.4.2 default link:
rm CurrentJDK

3. Re-create a new CurrentJDK linking to 1.5.0:
ln -s 1.5.0 CurrentJDK

(remember to change to root to do the commands - sudo command)

Mac Software

Everytime use a new system, first thing is to find some software to feed the needs.

Here are some software I need in Mac (Freeware)

Text Editor - Programming
jEdit
SubEthaEdit
TextWrangler (5/18/06 added)
xVRML project
Carina
FTP/SFTP
Fugu
Instant Messenger
MSN
Skype
AdiumX (AIM/MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/GoogleTalk, and more) (1/5/06 added)
Browser
FireFox
Media
RealPlayer
VLC media player (12/29/05 added)
Windows Media Player for Mac (1/5/06 added)
Server APP (althoug MAC already contains Apache1.3 and PHP4, but the version is too old, and doesn't contain MySQL; I need PHP5 and support XSLT)
MAMP (Apache2/PHP4&5/MySQL4.1) - but XSLT not enabled (5/18/06 XSLT enabled in newer version)
PHP5 (PHP 5.0.4 for Apache 1.3) (1/5/06 added) - XSLT enabled
MySQL (1/5/06 added)
Office - free alternative to Microsoft Office (9/13/05 added)
NeoOffice on Mac OS X (Run without X11)
OpenOffice for Mac
Remote Control
Remote Desktop Connection (Mac->Windows) (1/5/06 added)

That's much about it so far. :D
I will keep editing this list as needed.

Find more resources:
Pure-Mac Software for Macintosh
10 essential software for new mac users (1/5/06 added)
Essential Mac OSX applications (1/9/06 added)