When deploying websites, all SVN folders should be deleted, but SVN doesn’t include any built in commands to do this. The registry hack below can do this for you – it adds “Delete SVN Folders” to the context menu for folders. When you select it, it removes all folders named .svn inside the folder and […]
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Flash IE6 and SSL Issues
Flash or data within flash not loading in IE6? Just change the following headers in code
Hash key on a mac keyboard osx
Having trouble finding the hash key on your Mac keyboard? hold the Alt key down and then press the number 3.
How to repair a VMWare Virtual Disk on OSX
If your having an issue with your virtual disk it is worth trying the following: Open a Terminal window /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmdk If this fails with a message like ‘FILE: FileIO_Lock on ‘/Users/Shared/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmdk’ failed: Lock timed out’ then: cd /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory […]
Chinese characters appearing incorrectly in Excel when generated by an ASP.Net page
We recently launched a site that required an excel download to be generated with complex and simplified Chinese characters. In producing this we had issues presenting the Chinese – they would come out as garbage. It was strange as if you saved in notepad and re-opened in excel it would be fine, so the problem […]
Shuffle won’t play Audiobooks and podcasts
When iPod shuffle is set to shuffle songs it will play all the audio files on iPod shuffle that are not audiobooks. Podcasts of type .m4b or AAC will not play on iPod shuffle when it is in shuffle mode, which is the intended behavior, although a podcast of type .mp3 or .wav may play […]
Option key on a mac
I had to empty a locked item in the trash and needed to hold the option key, nobody seemed to know it was the alt key on a mac, except one designer and wikipedia.
Issue With SuperDrive Update 2.1
Since I downloaded SuperDrive Update 2.1, whenever I restart my Mac, it still launches, telling me there are no devices requiring the firmware update. I know this, because I already updated it! What the SuperDrive update doesn’t let me know is how to stop it from opening each time I restart my Mac. Removing SuperDrive […]
Performance patch for Microsoft Outlook 2007
Microsoft have released a patch that fixes a number of issues around the performance of Outlook 2007. Microsoft indicated that the problem stemmed from RSS feeds, email, and calendar files all being stored in the same .PSD file which as one might imagine could grow in size rather quickly depending on the user. I loaded […]