Configure Archive Utility in Mac OS X

Having recently purchased a new MacBook Pro and electing to skip the option of running Migration Assistant to transfer my data and settings, I noticed that a few applications were behaving differently. Over the years I’ve configured quite a few things on my Mac, and eventually I became accustomed to said customizations. One of the [...]

Check if your Mac is 64 bit

Here’s an easy way to determine whether or not your Mac is 64 bit capable. Open Terminal.app, which is located in /Applications/Utilities and type in sysctl hw |grep 64bit. If your machine is 64 bit capable, the result will be hw.cpu64bit_capable: 1 If your machine is not 64 bit capable, the result will be hw.cpu64bit_capable: [...]

I shed a tear for Quicksilver today

Today I uninstalled Quicksilver, in favor of using the LaunchBar 5 beta. It was late 2007 when developer Nicholas Jitkoff released the source to Google Code, and I’ve been hanging on tightly ever since. I understand that the project will continue to be updated, but I’ve come to my wits end, and am done struggling [...]