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Formatting external drives for Mac OS X
Most external hard disk will arrive formatted for a PC, hence when plugging into a Mac they will be formatted in FAT.
For Intel Macs:
- open Disk Utility
- select the new external hard disk
- select the Partiion tab
- select "1 Partition" from the "Volume Scheme" drop down menu
- select the "Options..." button.
- select the "GUID" radio button.
Source: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1282849&tstart=0
OS X Windows file sharing rules
When activating Windows file sharing on OS X Tiger, by default OS X only configures the firewall to allow ports 139 (TCP) and 137 and 138 (UDP). To successfully connect from a Windows PC it may require that port 445 (TCP) is manually added to the list of firewall port exceptions. To do so:
1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2. From the View menu, choose Sharing.
3. Select the Firewall tab.
4. Select New.
5. Choose Other from the port menu.
6. In the TCP Port Numbers field, type 445 and in the description type “Windows sharing”.
7. Click OK.
Cmd - Tab crashing the dock
FarCry CMS installation on OS X with ColdFusion 7.01
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents/farcry_site/www
ServerName localhost
Alias /farcry "/Library/WebServer/Documents/farcry_core/admin"
Alias /CFIDE "/Library/WebServer/Documents/CFIDE"
Traffic and server monitoring tools (for free)
For those running a small Windows-based network (one SNMP capable router and 1 - 3 servers), the following client-limited versions of commercial applications may be useful:
- PRTG for monitoring network and bandwidth usage using SNMP, packet sniffing or Netflow protocol. The freeware version is limited to a single sensor (try the 'Internet' port on your router).
- GFI Network Monitoring for monitoring raw server statistics (CPU, disk etc for Windows and some Linux distributions) and applications (SQL Server, IIS, Exchange and others). A full list of features is available. The freeware version is limited to 3 servers.
