If you have a Mac with Leopard installed, you should have Apache and PHP installed on it by default. If you try to modify your PHP installation however, this is where you run into problems. This was easy to do with Tiger, and I had written several articles on how to do this. Eventually, when [...]
Using Web Inspector in Safari 3
I am really digging Safari 3. One of the cool features in Safari 3 is web inspector. Web inspector is a tool mainly for web developers to use in debugging web pages. It is basically Firebug for Safari.
Web inspector is not new. It has been available for a while in Safari 2. But it has [...]
Safari 3 for Tiger is Now Out
You may or may not know that Apple released Safari 3 with Leopard. If you are like me, you were wondering when it was coming out for non-Leopard Mac-users, or if they were going to release it at all. Well, today is the day. Safari 3 is now available on Tiger. Read about it here.
To [...]
Installing PHP 5 on Mac OS X
Okay, so I have been running PHP 4 locally on my Mac OS 10.4, but I recently needed to upgrade to PHP 5. In addition, PHP 4 will no longer be supported after the end of this year. The installation instructions are the same as for PHP 4, which is not a big deal. I [...]
Apache 2.2 Included with Leopard
So here’s one more reason to upgrade to Leopard, especially if you are a developer. Leopard reportedly comes with Apache 2.2 installed. A co-worker of mine got it yesterday and was able to confirm this. This is the first I have heard on what software packages are installed with Leopard other than Ruby.
This is great [...]
Leopard Does What Tiger Took Six Weeks to Do
Apple today announced that they have sold two million copies of Leopard since it went on sale on this past Friday. By comparison, Tiger took six weeks to sell 2 million copies. To me, this shows how much Apple’s marketshare has grown.
Leopard Release Day
You may have heard that Leopard for Mac OS X is due to be released Friday, October 26th at 6 PM. Apple sent out e-mails to their subscribers today announcing retail events across the country. The events are taking place between 6PM and 10PM on Friday.
According to the e-mail, Apple Store employees will be doing [...]
Installing Apache 2.0, PHP and Subversion on Mac OS 10.4
After trying to install Django on my Mac and failing, I have decided to try and upgrade my local version of Apache 1.3 to version 2.0. If you are developing on the Mac OS, you may know that Mac OS 10.4 comes with Apache installed on it. While this is one of the great things [...]
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008
As the end of the year approaches, the release of Mac Office 2008 is getting closer. According to this post on the Office for Mac blog, it is currently projected for a release date of January 15, 2008. Here are some good sites to read up on Office 2008 until then, Microsoft Office for Mac [...]
Mac OS X Leopard
It’s official. Mac OS X Leopard will make it’s debut on October 26th at 6PM. The price is $129 for single user and $199 for the five-user family pack. You can pre-order it now from Apple to recieve it when it is released.
Apple is touting over 300 new features in this release. Personally, I [...]