Category Archives: Mac OS X
Using git with Xcode
About git Git is a distributed version control system that is easy to use and free. I will describe the use of git with Xcode on Mac OS X for iPhone development. Because git is distributed, each client has a … Continue reading
Using rsync and Time Machine for web site backups
Jeff Atwood has declared December 14th, 2009 as International Backup Awareness Day, and with good reason, as his blog, Coding Horror, experienced catastrophic data loss. Long story short, a disk drive failure on a external hosting server resulted in complete … Continue reading
Using at for command scheduling under Mac OS X
Mac OS X contains the handy at command for scheduling commands to run at a later time. at is used to schedule the commands, and the atrun utility is used to execute the jobs. However, by default the atrun utility … Continue reading
File System Compression in HFS+: Space savings and performance gain?
Many modern operating systems offer compression at the individual file level. This is most useful when it is transparent, allowing all programs and utilities to take advantage of compression without a need for specific programming. Contrast this with compressed file … Continue reading
HFS+ and File System Fragmentation
A common question asked by Mac users is: Does my HFS+ file system get fragmented and what should I do about it? This question is most often asked by those who have experience with the Windows operating system, where defragmentation … Continue reading