Sky and Dreams
Mountain Lion 10.8.5 just released and available for download. All users with 10.8.4 are recommended to upgrade.
I just upgraded my macs without any issues. All apps work fine including my Time Machine setup using shared folder in Ubuntu. No additional setting needed.
I just completed the upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. I get to like the new look of Unity and the HUD simplicity design.
So I created a new natural, simple and clean wallpaper, to make it look nicer. I took the idea of this nice text design from Oneiric Ocelot wallpaper by Tux-planet. The text is blended to the wood skin from maciad.com, and give a burned-pressed effect on the wood.
The logo is from the two OS that I use, my favorite systems, Mac and Ubuntu, that work together for my daily work.
Yes, it says Macbuntu, actually it is my work-in-progress to find the best Macbuntu theme for Pangolin. Tell me if you like it.
At last I have a chance to upgrade new updates of Netatalk 2.2.2 that already released two months ago. The Time Machine and my shared folders work great with no issues. I use Ubuntu 11.04 and my Mac use latest version OSX Lion 10.7.3.
I see that new features are not really for Ubuntu, but there are some updates and bugs fixes that are useful to users. So it is recommended to upgrade for users who uses version 2.2.1.
This article is for you who already used Netatalk 2.2.1 and follow this post. If you are new to Netatalk, please follow the steps in that article. Continue reading “Upgrade Netatalk”
If you want to connect to server every time you logon, is very simple in Mac. We can utilize Apple Script to do the magic. In this tutorial is using example from my previous post, Share Folder in Ubuntu 11.04 for Mac OSX Lion, how to mount Time Machine disk in Ubuntu server.
Applescript is very useful and simple tool available in Mac OSX that can help us to do whatever we want.
Create the script
The logic for this task is first to check if the volume is exist, if not then the share server is not connected so tell Mac to connect to server. Second is add it to Login Items List to run it automatically.
Open the AppleScript Editor. From Finder open Applications - Utilities - AppleScript Editor. Then copy and paste the following code.
tell application "Finder"
if not (disk "TimeMachine" exists) then
mount volume "afp://username:password@192.168.1.10/TimeMachine"
end if
end tell
Change the username and password as whatever you have created in your server. You can also add more disks to the script for example mount share disk, DVD, etc. if you like.
Save it to whatever you want, for example connect_afp_server.
Testing
Let’s do the testing. Make sure you are not connected to the server. Disconnect it or unmount the disk from Finder if you are connected. Go back to AppleScript Editor, click Compile button. If you see no error then click Run button. You should see file: "TimeMachine" at the Result pane. Check from Finder to see if your mounted disk is there.
Run Automatically
To run it automatically we need to run the AppleScript every time you login. First we have to save the script as Application. From AppleScript Editor click Save As, Select File Format as Application. Click Save button.
Then add it to the Login Items List. Open System Preferences, click Users & Groups. Select the user or group that you usually use. Select the Login Items tab. Then click the + button to add the AppleScript. Find the script you just created. See the column Kind, make sure you select the one with Application kind.
One more test to check if the script works as what we want. Logout, then login again, wait a few seconds, we have to let Mac run the script and mounting the disk. If you see the Dock carefully you will see AppleScript icon popping up a second when the script is running. Then check from Finder if the TimeMachine disk is mounted.
That is it. Now your Time Machine Disk is automatically connected.
I’m looking for Macbuntu logo for My Macbuntu. Macbuntu replaces original Gnome distribution logo with Apple logo. There are some available after I googling. I think I need something really fit on the screen. The logo should represents the beauty and simplicity of Mac theme and the great Ubuntu OS. I make a simple one, see the logo above.
I use it as the distribution logo for Mac themes in my Ubuntu. Tell if if you like it.
Remembering the good and the bad things in the old time always make me smile. This is exactly what I feel when trying an old style theme of Mac. I found an old Mac OS 8 “Classic” theme. You see the above screenshot: the window borders, tabs, fonts. The Mac OS 8 was firstly introduced by Apple in July 26, 1997.
It’s 14 years ago, wow! What did you look like 14 years ago?
I setup the “Classic” Mac OS theme on Ubuntu 11.04 with classic desktop (of course). I activate the global menu applet, adjust the panel, set the right font, and of course the wallpaper.
To make it feel more real, I also use the old Netscape theme on the Firefox internet browser. I am still looking for the icons, could not find one yet. But I already really feel the old time when using it.
Source:
Mac OS Classic Platinum 1.0 theme
Wikipedia, Mac OS 8
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