VirtualBox enjoys great popularity where it is required to virtualize common operating systems for conventional use-cases at no cost. In comparison with other hypervisors such as VMware Workstation, VirtualBox only offers basic graphics acceleration - which is sufficient for classic desktop applications. During a …

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An advantage of using Kerberos along with SSH is that it makes entering passwords obsolete when establishing connections. Unfortunately this is not working out of the box under OS X in the first place: 1$ kinit cstan@STANKOWIC.LOC 2cstan@STANKOWIC.LOC's password: 3 4$ klist 5Credentials cache: API:xxx 6 Principal: …

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The middle mouse button offers extended functionality in the most software - e.g. it can be used in web browsers to open or close tabs. When using the integrated trackpad of a MacBook or the Apple Magic Mouse this will not work due to missing mouse buttons. To enable this functionality under OS X there is a free …

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Attentive readers of my blog or Twitter feed might have seen that I'm also spending my time on OS X relevant topics for two months. The reason for this is that I switched the operating system of my notebook from Microsoft Windows to Mac OS X. Why? To be honest there was no crucial reason for switching. Since my …

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The Apple App Store is not the only way to installation additional applications under OS X - another way is to install .pkg files (which have been created by the Apple Installer Framework). Unfortunately not all applications installed using these files are present in the "Programs" category inside Finder. …

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Files can be easily transfered from an Android device to Windows computer using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). Unfortunately this protocol is not supported in Finder which means that you need to connect your smartphone as hard drive - if this function is supported. My Android 4.4.x ROM isn't supporting this function …

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OpenVPN connections can be established under Mac OS X using the free software Tunnelblick - I kept in mind. Using the most recent OS X version Mavericks this is a problem. The stable version of Tunnelblick is not ready yet for Mavericks which means that it is necessary to use beta version. Unfortunately those were not …

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By default, OS X installation media isn't shipped with Macintosh computers - there is also no information about purchasing installation media. It seems that Apple wants to prevent that "homebrew macs" are built. This is a problem if you bought a Mac with a small or slow hard drive (saved money in the wrong …

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