Archive for January, 2010

Permission error of AppleScript in iTunes

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

I was getting a permission error (code -54) when trying to set an id3 tag of a track using AppleScript. The solution was to add a delay between each operation: delay 1

Note that the track will remain “locked” until you restart iTunes.

Скрипт для замены основного шрифта сайта

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Я написал небольшой скрипт для файрфоксовского плагина GreaseMonkey, заменяющий основной шрифт сайта на Helvetica Neue. Это имеет смысл в тех случаях, когда дизайнер сайта использовал шрифт, отсутствующий на вашей Mac OS X, а предлагаемая им же замена выглядит намного хуже оригинала.

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Inability to upload files using any browser on Windows

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

One my friend who runs Windows XP encountered a strange problem: she couldn’t upload any large (more than ≈100 KB) files using upload forms on websites under any browser. We tried Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome with no result, although Flash uploaders were still working. The solution was to change the MTU value in the registry.

Slow startup and sleep problems on MacBook Pro 2,2

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Once I noticed that it has been taking up to 5–7 minutes for my MacBook Pro 2,2 to boot (the longest phase of the startup process was the blue screen which usually appears right before the desktop) and additionally, sleep (hibernate) mode stopped working. Both problems appeared simultaneously, so right from the start it was clear that they’re related.

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