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NIS under Mac OS X Leopard

Posted on 10 September, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

After my LDAP server stopped working I had to re-configure my Mac to use NIS which caused me a lot of problems under Mac OS X in the past. But it seems that Apple actually fixed NIS support in Mac … Continue reading →

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Updating to Mac OS X Leopard

Posted on 9 May, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

I recently updated my Power Mac G5 from Mac OS X Tiger to Leopard. I used the update option offered by the Leopard installation DVD which did a reasonable job. The process took about two hours and the machine started … Continue reading →

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How not to handle bug reports

Posted on 29 March, 2008 by Matthias Scheler

After installing Apple’s latest security update on my Mac I could no longer use the Emacs editor. The problem was easy to fix by correcting the permissions of the main binary. I decided nevertheless to report this problem to Apple … Continue reading →

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