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GitX Update: Remote Selector
Previously, I implemented toolbar buttons where each button was tied to a specific remote repository. This was/is fine if you’ll only be working with one or two hosts but becomes cumbersome when dealing with multiple hosts.
Enter the NSPopUpButton. By switching to this UI element I’m able to allow a user to select a remote from a configurable list of remote repositories. I like this UX slightly better than having a button for each remote and the functionality behind the scenes still reaches the same result.
Now with that out of the way, I can move on to some other items on my TODO list…:)
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Upgrading Flash Builder
March 1, 2010 - 8:46 pm
Tags: Adobe, AIR, Flash, Flex, OSX
Posted in Adobe, Apple, Flex, General, OSX | No comments
Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. If you have other cool ways to persist workflows between upgrades, [...]
GitX Tweaks: Commit View
So, after thinking about my most recent updates, I decided I wanted to change the way that the commit view looks but just slightly. This is my 1st pass on some things I’d like to have available via the toolbar.
Would also like to tweak the view selector buttons, revise remote selection and add toolbar buttons [...]
GitX: A git GUI for OSX
GitX is a git GUI made for OSX. It was created by Pieter de Bie and is a really solid tool for working with git on OSX. I’ve been using it for about 9 months now. I liked it so much when I first began using it that I immediately added the ability to perform [...]
Overlaying the Flex SDK with the AIR 2.0 SDK on OSX
December 4, 2009 - 7:55 am
Tags: AIR, Mac, OSX
Posted in AIR, Adobe, Apple, Flash, Flex, OSX | No comments
Since I develop with multiple IDEs, I maintain the latest releases of the Flex and AIR SDKs in a centralized location outside of their default install locations. This made enabling the AIR 2.0 SDK simple for me as all I had to do was the following:
1. Duplicate my Flex 3 SDK path
2. Rename the duplicate [...]
Working with MySQL Doesn’t Have to Suck
November 25, 2009 - 6:06 am
Tags: Admin, Mac, MySQL, OSX
Posted in Apple, IT Managment, OSX, OSX Server | No comments
That’s the tag line for Querious, an awesome MySQL database management tool from Araelium Group. It’s like MySQL Administrator combined with Sequel Pro.
Prior to Querious, I would have to use both of those other apps plus some CLI to manage all the data systems I’m responsible for. Now, with Querious I can use one [...]
Installing New Snow Leopard Server
November 21, 2009 - 1:41 pm
Tags: Mac, OSX, Snow Leopard
Posted in Apple, IT Managment, OSX, OSX Server | No comments
During a super busy week this week the main server on the internal network died. This was bad, really bad. As the Open Directory Master, this machine was responsible for everyone being able to enjoy a smooth workflow. Promoting another server to OD Master just wasn’t an option as there were other critical services running [...]
Using the Flex IViewCursor to Manage an ArrayCollection
One of the nice things about the Flex framework is the various utility classes that make it so much easier for you to accomplish your development tasks than you’d be able to without them. One such class, in my opinion, is mx.collections.IViewCursor.
To open aum.flexbuilder.osx, you need to install Rosetta
October 22, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Tags: OSX
Posted in Apple, Flex | No comments
If you’re a Flex developer that’s recently upgraded to Apple’s latest OS, Snow Leopard, you may run into this prompt when launching Flex Builder 3. This is saying that in order to use the Adobe Update Manager plugin for Flex Builder, you need to install Rosetta. Rosetta which was enabled by default in Leopard, is not in Snow Leopard as Apple tries to push the market towards 64-bit computing.
The application Finder cannot be opened -10810
October 14, 2009 - 6:57 am
Tags: Mac, OSX
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If you have experienced this issue since upgrading your Mac to OSX 10.6, here’s the skinny on what’s going on and what you can do about it. Basically, this occurs when attempting to access external drives (ie, USB, Firewire, iDisk, etc). Symptoms of this error include a missing menubar (unless an application is active and in focus) and no “active” indicator beneath Finder in the Dock. This particular error can prove to be extremely annoying since the majority of Mac GUI applications incorporate the Finder in the UX (ie, Open and Save dialogs).
Transmit and Amazon S3
Just discovered that Transmit 3.7 has S3 support. You can manage it using the Advanced Preferences tab which you access by holding down the Option key while clicking on the Transmit application menu. From there you will see an extra preference tab where you can manage server connections and S3 settings. Now if they only added a tab for managing public keys for SCP/SFTP. For this you have to make sure your key is available @ ~/.ssh
