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I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use: | I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use: | ||
* MacPorts, a nice port management system for Open Source ports on the Mac. | * [http://www.macports.org/ MacPorts], a nice port management system for Open Source ports on the Mac. | ||
* EMACS on MacOS: [Aquamacs] [Emacs 21 for MacOS] [Emacs.app] | * EMACS on MacOS: [http://aquamacs.org/ Aquamacs] [http://members.shaw.ca/akochoi-emacs/ Emacs 21 for MacOS] [http://emacs-app.sf.net/ Emacs.app] | ||
* iterm (better Terminal) | * [http://iterm.sourceforge.net/ iterm] (better Terminal) | ||
* TeXniscope | * [http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html TeXniscope] | ||
* Enhanced Carbon Emacs (ECE) plugin | * [http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/mac-emacs/ Enhanced Carbon Emacs] (ECE) plugin | ||
* pdfsync | * [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/pdfsync.html pdfsync] | ||
* LinkBack Framework; you want the Keynote plug-in | * [http://www.linkbackproject.org/ LinkBack Framework]; you want the Keynote plug-in | ||
* | * [http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html SuperDuper!], an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives. | ||
Other places to look for cool Mac stuff: | Other places to look for cool Mac stuff: | ||
* Hawk Wings' list of MacOS Plug-ins | * [http://www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm Hawk Wings]' list of MacOS Plug-ins | ||
* PHP5 for Mac | * [http://php5.darwinports.com/ PHP5 for Mac] | ||
==Backing up a Mac== | ==Backing up a Mac== | ||
Revision as of 22:46, 12 April 2009
Notes on the Macintosh
I do most of my work on Macs because I like having a full Unix operating system, I like having well-integrated graphical tools, I like having hardware that's highly integrated with the software, and I like having other people worry about the system administration. The Mac is a great system, but I've also found that there are some programs that make it a lot easier to use:
- MacPorts, a nice port management system for Open Source ports on the Mac.
- EMACS on MacOS: Aquamacs Emacs 21 for MacOS Emacs.app
- iterm (better Terminal)
- TeXniscope
- Enhanced Carbon Emacs (ECE) plugin
- pdfsync
- LinkBack Framework; you want the Keynote plug-in
- SuperDuper!, an easy-to-use backup system for the Mac which makes bootable drives.
Other places to look for cool Mac stuff:
- Hawk Wings' list of MacOS Plug-ins
- PHP5 for Mac
Backing up a Mac
Although there are some nice programs like Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper! for backing up Macs, here is an easy way to clone /dev/disk0s2 to /dev/disk1s2:
#!/bin/sh asr --source /dev/disk0s2 --target /dev/disk1s2 --erase --noprompt disktool -n disk1s2 backup
