An interesting bug/feature of Simply Burns (Mac)

I was having trouble burning some files this afternoon. I thought I wasted four DVDs. It turns out it may be the way the filesystem wants to handle file names at the root level of the disk. By putting the problematic files into a folder and putting the folder at the root level of the disk, the problem was solved.

Must have software for shell users of OS X

iTerm allows the user access to additional features not provided by the pre-installed Terminal program. Such as custom backgrounds, saved settings, middle mouse click copying, and other features available in Linux shells.

I've also found programs from MacPorts (or similar packages) to be quite useful when I need things done very fast. For example ncftp, unrar, and par2. There is also a problem with finding 7zip for the Mac. This can be installed from MacPorts.

Some people advocate gedit (a cross-platform text/program editor). I personally like Text Wrangler.

Something interesting about VirtualBox

I'm not really an expert on most of the things I am testing out so I keep track of the things I learn here.

It seems as though there are at the moment four networking options avail to VMs in VirtualBox. The first is not to allow networking. This cuts off access to ALL networking programs. The second is a NAT. Essentially this allows the VM access to the network with its own pseudo-router serving up a Class B private address. The third is a bridged network. This allows the VM to aquire a DHCP generated IP address from an external router. I haven't really looked at the fourth setting.

To allow access to the CD/DVD burner the CD/DVD needs to be set to passthrough. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get it to work yet.

I tried a webcam recently and although it was recognised there was no video or audio on the screen.