SVN Missing in Mac OS X 10.8 – Mountain Lion

Having recently upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 – Mountain Lion, I was surprised to learn that SVN (Subversion) is not included in this release of the OS. This was a big pain point for me as I use Coda together with Versions for versioning and tracking revisions to my WordPress themes and websites.

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View Source of a web page on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch (using mobile Safari)

After recently implementing WPTouch Pro for mobile devices, I was curious to know what HTML it generated when viewed from my iPhone and iPad. Surprisingly the mobile Safari browser does not have an option to view source, even more surprising is that I’ve just found this out after owning a iPhone for over 3 years!. This little guide shows you how to view the source code for the HTML, CSS and JavaScript code of a web page from Safari on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

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Unhide Library Folder in Mac OS X 10.7 – Lion

In Mac OS X Lion (10.7), Apple has made the user Library folder hidden. Preferences, presets, and other user customisation settings are stored within this Library folder.

There are two ways to access this folder:

Temporary

To keep the folder hidden and to access it sporadically:

  1. In Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder
  2. In the Go To Folder dialog, enter ~/Library
  3. Click Go

Permanent

To unhide the folder permanently:

  1. Open a Terminal session
  2. Enter the following command (replace <username> with your actual username
  3. chflags nohidden /Users/<username>/Library
  4. Quit Terminal

Upgraded RAM on MacBook Pro – Geekbench Results

So today I received my memory upgrade kit from Crucial for my MacBook Pro.  Initially when I bought the MBP I went with the stock memory and harddrive, knowing that I would upgrade these myself at a later date.  Apple’s upgrades are too expensive.

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Apple Wallpaper Collection 2

Another set of fine Apple wallpapers to enhance your Mac desktop.

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