Category Archives: Mac OS X

Java 5 for OS X 10.4 Tiger is here

Posted on April 29, 2005 by luis

Apple released Java 5 for OS X today. (Also known confusingly as both “Java 2 SE 5.0 Release 1″ by Apple and as Java 1.5 to Java developers who are used to the 1.x versioning scheme.) It only runs on … Continue reading →

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Why did I add Cocoa and Rails?

Posted on April 24, 2005 by luis

Astute readers may have noticed that the title of this blog changed this past month from “Eclipse/Java Programming on Mac OS X” to “Cocoa, Eclipse, and Rails Programming on Mac OS X”. Good thing I didn’t put in Panther in … Continue reading →

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Tiger World Premiere – Friday April 29th

Posted on April 21, 2005 by luis

Apple is throwing a big bash for their new OS, known as both Tiger and also OS X 10.4 to us geeks who like our version numbers. It’s called the Tiger World Premiere and its going to be going on … Continue reading →

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64 bit JVM, here we come

Posted on April 19, 2005 by luis

I’m planning my WWDC trip and I noticed that the preliminary schedules are up now. BTW, if you’re planning to go, I’d book soon, since the early registration is ending soon. One of the sessions caught my eye: “64-bit Java … Continue reading →

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Put your Mac to sleep with this keyboard shortcut

Posted on April 18, 2005 by luis

I like to put my PowerBook to sleep when I’m done using it, but when I’m at home and “docked” (hooked up to my mouse, my power adapter, my firewire drive and firewire audio interface), then I don’t like to … Continue reading →

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How to upgrade a Mac mini by yourself

Posted on April 16, 2005 by luis

I read the enjoyable “Forcibly Test-driving a Mac mini” by fellow Mac user and Northern Virginia resident Tom Bridge recently on OReilly. Tom’s PowerBook died suddenly one day and he started using his Mac mini for his daily work. It … Continue reading →

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I’m going to WWDC 2005!

Posted on April 13, 2005 by luis

I did it. I booked my hotel, my flight, and then signed up early for WWDC 2005 with the Tiger Early Start Kit. Getting that “kit” means that you’re an ADC Select member, where you get beta relases, a special … Continue reading →

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A tour through the Eclipse start-up options

Posted on April 4, 2005 by luis

I was tweaking the start-up options on Eclipse 3.1M6 on my PowerBook and I was curious what all these things meant. Some of these are Mac-only and some probably apply to all platforms. I welcome feedback on what other platforms … Continue reading →

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How to get better memory settings for Eclipse on Mac OS X

Posted on April 3, 2005 by luis

In Eclipse 3.1M6, the default memory settings were increased. This was done by putting in the eclipse.ini file: -vmargs -Xms40m -Xmx256m This probably works on Windows, Linux, and other platforms, but not on the Mac. So when you launch 3.1M6 … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Mac tops 200 members!

Posted on March 29, 2005 by luis

The Eclipse Mac user group is now over 200 members strong. We started the group back on October 29th, 2004. We’ve added 81 members this month and there are still a few days until April, bringing the total membership up … Continue reading →

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