This is a link to a really good set of instruction on how to get your Mac printing to a printer connected to a Windows machine on your network. I took a while looking at this as you should be able to do this through the OSX "Print & Fax" system preference pane. As I discovered however it is a little more involved.
You actually have to go through the Unix Printing System via a web browser. This tutorial makes the process very clear and you will have cross-platform wireless printing in no time.
Connecting to Shared Windows Printer In Leopard
Friday 30 January 2009
Create Symbolic Link - Mac Automator Action
This is an automator action plug-in for OSX that allows you to easily create Symbolic Links to files or folders. Symbolic links are similar to aliases except that some applications such as the Create Clean Archive action will treat them as the actual file they point to. This can be useful when zipping folders that contain symbolic links as you do not need to keep multiple copies of the file on disk taking up a large amount of space.
My most used task for them however is to link to custom libraries when developing applications from within Xcode. This means I can have all my relevant SDK's and Libraries on a convenient place on disk eg. my Documents folder and then create a symbolic link to them and put it in the main include path in "/usr/include/". I can then link to that library in my project using the angled brackets notation which is a lot clearer and takes up less space eg. "#include".
You will probably find more uses for symbolic links but will undoubtably find them very handy.
Create Symbolic Link 1.0
My most used task for them however is to link to custom libraries when developing applications from within Xcode. This means I can have all my relevant SDK's and Libraries on a convenient place on disk eg. my Documents folder and then create a symbolic link to them and put it in the main include path in "/usr/include/". I can then link to that library in my project using the angled brackets notation which is a lot clearer and takes up less space eg. "#include
You will probably find more uses for symbolic links but will undoubtably find them very handy.
Create Symbolic Link 1.0
Disk Inventory X - Disk Usage Utility
This application allows you to view the size of files and folders on your hard drive in a graphical manner. Once scanned the contents of one or more of your disk drives (including removable drives) is shown in various sized blocks which are colour coded in relation to their file type.
This method of display can make it easy to track down large files or folders that you could delete to free up some much needed hard disk space. You can use the browser to delete files from within the application or open Finder windows to browse the directory.
This application is derived from a Linux utility called KDirStat. As such there are almost identical versions for Linux and Windows.
DiskInventoryX - Mac
WinDirstat - Windows
KDirStat - Linux
This method of display can make it easy to track down large files or folders that you could delete to free up some much needed hard disk space. You can use the browser to delete files from within the application or open Finder windows to browse the directory.
This application is derived from a Linux utility called KDirStat. As such there are almost identical versions for Linux and Windows.DiskInventoryX - Mac
WinDirstat - Windows
KDirStat - Linux
Quartz PDF - Inline PDF Viewer for Firefox
This is a Mac only extension to Firefox that allows you to view PDF documents directly within the browser. This is similar to the functionality that Adobe PDF Viewer adds on the PC but does not require an additional application installation.
Once installed this add-on will make any links to PDF files display just like any other webpage in Firefox. This means that you don't have to open Preview or another PDF reader to look at the files. This also save you from having a load of unnecessary files in your downloads folder.
The add-on is very fast and once a page is loaded there are options for you to adjust the zoom, number of pages displayed and also for saving and printing the document.
Quartz PDF
Once installed this add-on will make any links to PDF files display just like any other webpage in Firefox. This means that you don't have to open Preview or another PDF reader to look at the files. This also save you from having a load of unnecessary files in your downloads folder.
The add-on is very fast and once a page is loaded there are options for you to adjust the zoom, number of pages displayed and also for saving and printing the document.
Quartz PDF
ImgBurn - Disk Burning Utility for Windows
If like me you have had problems with the built in CD/DVD burning support in Windows ImgBurn is a great alternative. It can support CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray and almost every kind of burning or ripping required.
ImgBurn supports reading and writing of a number of image formats for backing up discs. You can also build disc images and then burn them from files on your computer. There is also support for creating Audio CDs for playing in a stereo. There is also a good verification utility to check that data is being correctly written to the disks.
In addition to the various reading and writing modes available there is support for adding meta data to the disc. This can things such as volume identifiers and CD cue points.
This is a leightweight application and definately worth checking out.
ImgBurn
ImgBurn supports reading and writing of a number of image formats for backing up discs. You can also build disc images and then burn them from files on your computer. There is also support for creating Audio CDs for playing in a stereo. There is also a good verification utility to check that data is being correctly written to the disks.
In addition to the various reading and writing modes available there is support for adding meta data to the disc. This can things such as volume identifiers and CD cue points.
This is a leightweight application and definately worth checking out.
ImgBurn
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