Category Archives: OS X

db46 Checksum Error During MacPorts Upgrade

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Jeff Fitzsimons

Problem When upgrading my MacPorts installation, using sudo port upgrade outdated, I ran into the following error: —> Verifying checksum(s) for db46 Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for patch.4.6.21.1 Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for patch.4.6.21.2 Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for patch.4.6.21.3 … Continue reading →

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Mounting a TrueCrypt Partition on Mac OS

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Jeff Fitzsimons

When an entire volume has been encrypted by TrueCrypt, it looks like an uninitialized drive to Mac OS. A dialog box will pop up, asking if you want to initialize (format) the drive. Click ignore. Next, run TrueCrypt. If TrueCrypt … Continue reading →

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Better GMail Causes 100% CPU Usage in Firefox

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

For the last several weeks, I’ve noticed excessive CPU usage whenever GMail (GAYD-hosted email, specifically) is open in Firefox. By turning off add-ons one at a time, I found that this is caused solely by Better GMail 2. Firebug, FireGPG, … Continue reading →

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Making OS X Command Line Behave More Like Linux (GNU)

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

The command-line oddities of Mac OS X’s BSD heritage drive me insane. I much prefer the behavior of the GNU toolchain, as provided by Ubuntu Linux. To begin, first install MacPorts. MacPorts Installation Variant +with_default_names With several MacPorts packages, the … Continue reading →

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