September 2009
10.6: Enable root user on Snow Leopard →
Accessing the root account is disabled by default in Snow Leopard and the Directory Utility application is not available in the Utilities folder any more. Here’s how to enable root in Snow…
10.6: Copy/paste current IP into active... →
Ever wanted to quickly copy/paste your current IP address into an application? Now you can, using a relatively simple Automator Service in Snow Leopard. Just download this file (75KB) and save…
10.6: Fast forward QuickTime X at less than 2x... →
A simple hint for the new Quicktime X player. Clicking the fast forward button increases video playback speed to 2x, then 4x then 8x. 2x, however, is a bit fast to watch a video. To increment by…
10.6: Use enhanced keyboard navigation in Finder →
When navigating the Finder in column view in 10.6, the system now allows the use of Tab/Shift-Tab to go forwards and backwards in the folder hierarchy. Unlike (for me at least) 10.5, the arrow…
10.6: Remember PDF display options in Preview →
In Snow Leopard’s Preview, if you Control– or Right-click on a PDF and change the display option (e.g. from Single Page Continuous to Two Pages), this setting does not stick between launches. The…
10.6: Take advantage of better screen zooming →
In OS X 10.5, when you zoomed in (Control and scroll/gesture), the screen would zoom to your mouse and then move when you moved your mouse. In 10.6, when you do this, the viewing portion only…
10.6: Possible fix for screen savers closing on... →
Just in case someone wonders why the screen saver immediately closes after it starts, check your system for an activated Caffeine. The program doesn’t seem to be 10.6 compatible, therefore, the…
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Liars, Thieves & Virtualization Statisticians →
It seems everyone understands the “true picture” of the enterprise virtualization landscape. Everyone too, appears to be in a unique position to report on it. In the latest salvo, Alex Barrett,…
Betting Big on Desktop Virtualization →
Network World created quite a buzz last week with an article about a “major desktop virtualization push” being rolled out by Citrix. The story, which was picked up by sister publications like…
10.6: Open a new Search this Mac window →
New to Snow Leopard (I think) is the ability to open a new global search window in the Finder via a keyboard shortcut. Just press Command-Option-Space, and you’ll get a new Finder search window…
Recreate 'Page Snapback' feature in Safari 4 →
I was unhappy when Safari lost the Page Snapback command from the History menu. This command would take Safari back to the very first History page for that window/tab. Well, here’s a little…
10.6: Auto-scroll large Stacks →
When you open a large Stack in which you can scroll, it is possible to let it auto-slide to the bottom or the top.
Open the stack and use the mouse to ‘drag’ on the very bottom or very top of…
10.6: Permanently disable spelling correction in... →
I write a lot of notes to myself in TextEdit. Ever since the autosave feature was introduced, I use it as a better version of Stickies. I was surprised when Snow Leopard kept changing my text,…
10.6: Run FreeHand in Snow Leopard →
FreeHand won’t run in Snow Leopard, apparently due to a permissions issue. The solution is just copy two Macromedia folders from the previous system into the same relative folders in the new…
Empty the trash from any application via... →
One thing that has always annoyed me in OS X is that the Empty Trash shortcut only works in Finder, so I wrote an AppleScript that lets you empty the trash from any application. First you’ll need to…
10.6: Use new custom labels in Address Book →
In the 10.6 version of Address Book, there are new categories that you can choose when naming phones and emails. iPhone is an option for a phone number in the pop-up menu, and MobileMe is an…
Xen.org Xen Summit Asia 2009 50% Sold Out →
The Xen.org community announces that registration for Xen Summit Asia 2009 (Nov 19-20) in Shanghai, China at Intel is currently 50% sold out. With a collection of global speakers and a wide range…
New articles - get your geek on →
There are some new articles posted on the Workflow Studio section of CDN. These will probably only be of interest to the developers and advanced workflow gurus out there, but I found them…
XenApp Workflows Available →
We have posted some initial XenApp workflows that demonstrate the capabilities in the new XenApp activity library. You can use these workflows to backup applications on your farm and then…
Platform Support →
With Workflow Studio 2.0 we officially support 8 different OS platforms (all on the latest service pack only):
Windows XP x86 Windows XP x64 Windows Vista x86 Windows Vista x64 Windows…
Lab Management - What's Important to You? →
The lab management capabilities in Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Hyper-V make it possible for development and deployment organizations to rapidly spin up and shut down complex development,…
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Announcing the Citrix User Group - Fort Lauderdale... →
We are proud to announce the *NEW* Citrix User Group - Fort Lauderdale! We will be holding monthly meetings at Citrix HQ geared towards people who administer and use Citrix products. This is not…
Citrix XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 - an embarassment... →
I heard a great phrase recently “an embarrassment of riches” . I thought to myself…that is definitely what XenApp has become. There’s nothing you can’t do with it now. When it comes to
10.6: Fix some Kyocera printers in Snow Leopard →
Adding Kyocera printers connected via network (IPP) will cause a Printer paused status as soon as the first job is queued in Snow Leopard. Reinstalling the drivers for 10.5, changing the…
Programatically enable/disable folder action... →
A tidbit for people who like Folder Actions. The System Preferences app has a suite for working with folder actions which lets you add, remove, or enable/disable scripts on particular folders on the…
10.6: Set up Time Machine on networked AFP volume →
The upgrade to Snow Leopard breaks 10.5.x Time Machine backups configured with AFP shares on network volumes, as per this older hint, for example. After some trial and error, I was able to…
Cue and trigger audio along with Keynote... →
I want to control a Keynote slideshow, clicking whenever I’m done with a slide to go to the next one. I want music tracks to play over several slides, then fade out and have another track come up for…
10.6: Avoid effects-related iChat and Photo Booth... →
If you have installed some additional visual effects for iChat and Photo Booth, these may cause those programs to crash. As a workaround, I found that running iChat and Photo Booth in 32 bit…
Make the green button maximize the iTunes 9.0.1... →
Thanks to @siracusa for this one; I noticed it being retweeted this morning, and figured more than a few folks might be interested in it. If you’re one of the people who preferred the “maximize on…
Preparing the troops to support XenApp 5 Feature... →
Planning is done, content is ready, now we are in the middle of rolling out the XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 training to the support teams worldwide. By Sept 29th, the date in which XenApp 5…
App Streaming - Kernel agents vs. all user mode →
To use agent-less streaming or installed agent streaming; that is the question. I have received inquiries recently - lots of inquiries on the same question actually - that all imply that “user…
Protect XML applications with the NetScaler... →
A new whitepaper describing the XML firewall features available in NetScaler version 9.x is available here.
It includes a concise summary of the feature capabilities and the types of…
Meet Our Newest Citrix Technology Professionals... →
Citrix is proud to announce that Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) awards have been extended to the following leaders in the technical community: XenApp CTP Awardees
Alaa Jallad Claudio…
Thinking of Using VM Hosted Apps? Here are Some... →
I am sure by now you have heard about this great new way of virtualizing applications with XenApp called VM Hosted Apps - now in Feature Pack 2. We have been talking it up everywhere…
Don't Miss Geek Speak VDI Expert Challenge! Today... →
Just wanted to remind you that we’re running a Geek Speak VDI Expert Challenge Live Webcast with Citrix CTPs Brian Madden & Ruben Spruijt, and Citrix VDI expert Amitabh Sinha today at 1pm ET. You…
Details of the Installation Process →
If you would like to install Workflow Studio in an unattended fashion or if you just want to learn more about the installation process, there is now an article available on the community site:
10.6: Java 1.6 works on all Intel Macs in Snow... →
One problem with using an Intel Core Duo Mac is the inability to use JRE 1.6. The JRE 1.6 update was limited to 64-bit chips only, which really ticked me off. After upgrading to Snow Leopard, a…
10.6: Create a 'copy as plain text' service →
I ran into an issue where I need to copy some items from Numbers into a table in Keynote — but they kept copying as table cells, thus inserting new cells and messing up my existing table. At…
Use Preview to create selective saturation photos →
If you’ve seen photos which have been edited to keep only a portion in color, then you’ve seen something called selective saturation. I recently discovered these images, and wanted to play around…
Toggle Sidebar in all open Finder windows →
Here’s an AppleScript that toggles the presence of the sidebar in all Finder windows. Toggle status is determined by that of the front window. In Tiger, it sets the sidebar to its minimum width; in…
10.6: Search by folder by default on 10.6 →
For those who haven’t noticed it yet, there’s a minor but long-overdue change in 10.6: The Finder Preferences’ Advanced tab now features a drop-down menu that allows you to pick the default…
10.6: Get new Address Book functions via the Debug... →
The debug menu in AddressBook is no secret, it’s been covered here before. If you don’t have it enabled, quit Address Book and open Terminal, then paste this command:defaults write...
10.6: Use Automator to ease document-app... →
As has been covered in many spots, including my own high-level look at the issue, Snow Leopard changes the way files are associated with their creating applications.
In short, you can…
Telecommuting saves you $2000 a year! →
I read this interesting report a few weeks ago regarding Virgina States Telework Day and lessons learned. I’ve visited a number of customers since reading this report and it struck me how…
Automate XenApp with Workflow Studio →
In a previous post announcing the availability of Workflow Studio 2.0 I listed the new features that are available. Here is a closer look at the first feature mentioned:
Native XenApp…
Workflow Studio Value and Capabilities? →
Alessandro over at virtualization.info commented that we need to do a better job communicating the value and capabilities of Workflow Studio: …
Convert text files to CSV format for analysis →
Have you ever received a text file that contains a lot of data you’d like to analyze? Rather than copy-and-paste it, item by item, into your spreadsheet app, here’s another solution. In my case, I…
10.6: Create Services to interact with Subversion →
After hastily upgrading to Snow Leopard, I found myself without various tools I had grown used to. One such tool was the SCPlugin, which provided a contextual menu for many operations with…