I’m a mac user for the most part, so when I work on a windows machine some tasks that are routine for me vary ever so slightly, and I’m stumped for a moment on how to do them. Today’s silly stumper was how to zip a file on my boyfriend’s xp machine. It was really easy, but I had to find the right option.
- Right click the file you want to compress
- Mouse over to the “Send To” option (it’s another drop down menu)
- Select the first choice “Compressed (zipped) Folder”
And you’re done it’s that easy, provided you know where to look. The send to drop down was what confused me. I didn’t look there at first because I didn’t think it suited the action I was trying to complete. Just goes to show you check every menu if you don’t see what you’re looking for.
What you are doing here is overriding the internet’s domain name system, so that when you type www.web_address_here.com into a browser, it will send you to the new server.
- open the Terminal
- sudo su
- enter your computer’s password
- vim /etc/hosts
- Use the down arrow key to get to the end of the file
- Press “o”
- Then add the following line: [ip address you want to reroute to] www.web_address_here.com
- esc
- :wq
Ok that’s it. You should now automatically be routed to the ip address you entered. When you’re ready to stop routing to the given ip address simply go back to the file and delete the line you added.
The hinge on my titanium ibook broke last week. I was in sitting in a fairly long lecture on nutrition this past weekend when I opened my laptop to take notes. A crack was heard. It sounded like someone cracking their nuckles. I knew it was a bad sound as did my friend sitting next to me, who said “that didn’t sound good”. I couldn’t immediately assertain what the damage was until I closed the machine, and there it was staring me in the face.
When I first got the machine, from my employer. I did some research on it to find out more about it. When I asked wikipedia, it warned me the hinge was a congenital defect, of this particular version. My last mac died from a congenital defect of the video card, so I was prepared for something like this to happen.
I’ll be taking the machine to the local mac guys in Allston over at the Computer Loft. They are my go to guys when something Like this happens. I hope it doesn’t cost too much to fix. It’s not in critical condition. I can still use it. But I don’t like opening and closing it because I have to lift that side of the monitor over the break. It’s simply disconcerting, and I don’t want to cause more damage to the machine.
Incidentally it was a bad day for the computer overall. About 5 minutes later the power source I was using stopped working. I was able to test and be sure it was my power source because my other friend sitting with me has the same kind of plug for her machine, and hers worked fine for me, but my plug did not work for her. I got a replacement charger for $35 including shipping. It’s working right now, so that’s one less thing to worry about.
Well I finished the download/install of Xcode, and started the youtube tutorial. I’m going to have to find another tutorial, because the one I linked to is done entirely in Microsoft visual studio 6.0, which is only going to cause me agony to try and translate the instructions to the program I’m using. At the moment I’m a little overwhelmed by all the options simply to start a project. I’m going to have to read more, before I feel comfortable with what I’m doing.
I know the information is out there though, so It’s just a matter of time to find it.
