Symbolic Link or symlink is a linking system within in files and directories that points to another file or directory usually in UNIX ot Unix derivative OS. Symbolic Link can be created in Windows Operating System too, beside Linux, BSD and OS X. Symbolic Link is equivalent to the word Soft Link as unlike a hard link, this reference is not equivalent to the actual file system entry in the referenced file and deleting the original file makes the Symbolic Link invalid.…
TRIM is a command. TRIM is not an acronym. TRIM command allows an operating system to indicate that a disk controller, which blocks of data are no longer used and can be deleted. This command improves access to SSD performance. SSD by function works somewhat like ‘placing data across various locations’ when compared to platter hard disk which ‘saves data in cluster’. We wrote about Solid State Drive a year back.…
How to Share Files and Folders Between Windows and Mac or Linux ? Normally users uses a router to connect. But you can use Wi-fi, Bluetooth or other cables too. Actually sharing between Windows PC and UNIX system like Mac or Unix like OS like Linux is not that easy because of sub-standard sharing options of Windows system and if you are using the wireless sharing option, there is enough chance to get hacked if you are a newbie.…
Cloud Computing as terminology raises the eyebrows of some users who are associated with academics and computing for many years. There are certain reasons for publishing this article. Few days ago, one of our follower on Google Plus raised an important point – that is the security points of Cloud Computing. Definitely, security is a concern; but there are other concerns as well. Basically these points are written many a times. Our view on Cloud Computing is – Lick the honey, but do not chew the spoon. That definitely needs quite good knowledge about Computing itself. Keep in mind – science is always free; there is no copyright for any remarkable Law or Hypothesis associated with science.…
Dock of Mac OS X is an icon of Mac itself. Dock derived from OS X’s predecessor NeXTSTEP Operating System. Dock of OS X has several discovered tweaks. Another important feature we wrote about OS X is the Dashboard of Mac OS X. As we said before, the Dock is among the feature of Mac OS X those has been tried by Windows developers to re-create similar looking application. XWidget is an example of such prototype clone for Windows OS, Rocket Dock is another example. In this article too, on Dock of Mac OS X, we are writing OS X and Mac OS X alternatively. The reason is, Mac OS X is OS X now, but not all the users are aware of this kind-of rename.…
Pushing Git Repositories over FTP in Rackspace Cloud Sites is possible in read only mode. Here is a guide for hardcore command line interface users to use git. After reading the title – Pushing Git Repositories over FTP in Rackspace Cloud Sites, as a Rackspace Cloud Sites user, you might get this kind of feeling – “what ? git ? is it Rackspace Cloud Sites ?” Yes, Pushing Git Repositories over FTP in Rackspace Cloud Sites is for Rackspace Cloud Sites. Who told you that you will always need the shell access for git ? We usually use git with shell access, possibly git is developed in that way, but actually command line work is possible with Rackspace Cloud Sites – be it with FTP / SFTP or git. Here is how. Please remember, we are using OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion. Commands and method to install the components is easier on Linux. Windows …
Fix Mountain Lion Slow Shut Down Time that takes more than ~3 sec to shut down after a gray screen with spinning icon. 20 second shutdown is not nice for a Mac. It is a bizarre issue for OS X 10.8.x and was not not present in Lion. The possible reason is the changed Software Architecture towards more UNIX and chopping out some BSD parts by Apple. So any old application, be it officially installed or you have installed it, can cause this after some triggering event. It seems there is an issue that possibly increases non response or requires forced to be closed. This is not hardware issue. You can create a new user account and shut down from that account – it will frankly shut down like a dream that we expect – click on Apple Icon > Shut Down… > Alert box > Click Shut Down > hardly 2 seconds > black screen – yes its off. …
How to set VNC up on a Linux Server with Rackspace Cloud Unmanaged Server plus tips on suitable Linux distro, which clients to use – all in one compact article. How to set VNC up on a Linux Server with Rackspace Cloud Unmanaged Server is not a naive guide, we have several textual guides with full commands required to setup plus there are video guides. Those who can not understand what is VNC, for them, in simple word, VNC is Virtual Network Computing, it is a setup where the GUI of a remote computer or server can be controlled from a local computer. That means you can use just like a remote desktop computer using your tablet PC or full fledged computer. The reason behind easy setup of VNC and making it a full working desktop is nothing but actually there are very few difference between a Server Operating System and Desktop Operating System. So let …
Feel The Sound on MacBook Pro With Default iTunes 11 and by using various Audiophile Grade Hardware and Softwares to maximize your Sound experience from Mac. The equal kind of article can be found for Windows PC as iTunes 10 with SRS Audio Sandbox on Windows 7 – Feel the Sound.To feel the sound on your MacBook Pro you need a bit primer on Acoustic Technology.…
USB 3.0 or SuperSpeed is a major revision of USB with a 5 Gbit/s transfer rate, which is much higher than currently widely used USB 2.0 standard. Mac OS X Lion (10.7 and 10.8), Windows 8 and all major Linux distributions support USB 3.0, whereas Windows 7 has no support for USB 3.0 at the time of writing this article.…
