When I started to use my HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP it turned out that manual duplex printing was not exactly working. Page 1 had page 7 on the back etc. The problem was that the printer prints its pages in opposite direction, starting with the last page. I spend lots of time seaching for a solution. I found this website, which descibes how to change your printer driver in order to print from 1 to n. Here are the steps you need to do…
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Color LaserJet CM1312, duplex, hp, OSX, printing, tutorial
AppCleaner is a free tool which helps you to remove an application completely from your harddisk. If you remove an application in OSX you simply drag it to the thrash. The application is then removed, but some small garbage might be left. AppCleaner makes sure everything is cleaned. The nice thing: it is free!
AppCleaner screenshot
Software
OSX
Quintin Smits has wrote an interesting article describing how you can make your server appear in Finder as a share even over a VPN.
Nephys as a share in Finder
Linux, Software
bonjour, OSX, VPN
If you are wondering about whether your software will run on the new OSX Snow Leopard this is definitely a site to check out. Wikidot listed lots of OSX software and the how they run on Snow Leopard.
general
apple, OSX
Xbench is a tool which benchmarks your Mac. It runs several tests like: harddisk, memory, cpu, graphics and more. The nice thing: it is free 
Results after running xbench
Software
apple, OSX
Last week I saw the free disk space left was below 2GB. I found the free tool Disk Inventory X and was surprised what took all the space 
screenshot
Software
OSX
A friend of mine showed me CocoaBooklet, which is a free tool for OSX which makes it possible to print everything as a booklet.
Software
OSX
The monitor I am working on is a Samsung 244T. This monitor has the capability of rotating from landscape to portrait mode. OSX supports rotating the screen, but to do so you need to go trough a lot of menus.
Display Rotation menu icon
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apple, OSX
Last two weeks I noticed my MacBook Pro’s battery really started to fail. When watching a movie my battery was drained within 45 minutes. Since my MacBook Pro only 11 months old, having such a bad battery should not be the case.
On the Internet I found some tools to check the condition of the battery…
coconutBattery screenshot
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Software
battery, macbook, OSX
I have three computers: MacBook Pro, Netbook and a PC. They all have their own data. It would be very nice if I had all my files on just one location (e.g. my server). The only problem is: how do I access these files in a secure way. SSH is an option, but does not quite fit my needs. The solution: NFS over a VPN. NFS fulfilled all my needs, but I do not want to open NFS to whole world through my router.
A VPN, gives me access to my home network and makes it possible for me to access all my files in a secure way. My server (an Asus EEE Box) runs Ubuntu Server, and there is a Linux version of OpenVPN! I thought installing OpenVPN should not be that hard; I just need to find the right tutorial.
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External links, Linux, Software
eee box, openvpn, OSX, tutorial, Ubuntu, ubuntu server, VPN
