Monthly Archives: June 2012

Stop MacOS X Lion Office reopening old documents

Posted on 2012-06-24 by

UPDATE: This doesn’t seem to work any more. I now just have the setting “Close windows when quitting an application” set in System Preferences – General. Original post: On Mac OS X Lion, Microsoft Word reopens previously edited documents when … Continue reading →

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Setting up VNC on Raspberry Pi for Mac access

Posted on 2012-06-12 by

I wanted to set up VNC on my Raspberry Pi so I could use it via a remote desktop on my MacBook Air. There are lots of instructions scattered in various places around the web, but now I’ve put together … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, Raspberry Pi | 55 Comments

Bash script to copy Raspberry Pi disk image to SD card

Posted on 2012-06-05 by

When you’ve downloaded a disk image for your Raspberry Pi, you need to copy it to your SD card. You can follow the simple instructions, but if you have to do this a lot it’s easier just to have a … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X + FileVault 2 + Safe Boot… Don’t!

Posted on 2012-06-01 by

A word of warning… If you use FileVault 2 (full disk encryption) on your Mac, you might be tempted at some point to perform a Safe Boot by setting the boot flag: Don’t! What will actually happen is that the … Continue reading →

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