Before leaving Lion

I will wait for the following things to completely go to Mountain Lion:

• MacPorts compatibility
• LaTeX compatibility
• Finish a MacTech article I am writing :)
• Check if my HP OfficeJet 8500 printer is supported

All of them are very important to me and I want to make sure that they will be fine.

I think of doing a clean install.

Mac OS 10.7.4

As usual, I will install the combo update.

Mac OS X 10.7.3 is available

You can find more information here.

How to restart apache on Lion

Check if apache is already running:
mtsouk$ ps -ax | grep -i http
   38 ??         0:01.79 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -D WEBSHARING_ON
   99 ??         0:00.02 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -D WEBSHARING_ON
93322 ??         0:00.00 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -D WEBSHARING_ON
93337 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i http


Stop apache:
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist


Check that apache is not running:
$ ps -ax | grep -i http93343 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i http


Restart apache:
$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist


Check that it is running:
$ ps -ax | grep -i http
93346 ??         0:00.25 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -D WEBSHARING_ON
93348 ??         0:00.00 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -D WEBSHARING_ON
93350 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i http
mtsouk$

How to use PHP on Lion

Edit the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file 
and uncomment the following line:

LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

Restart apache and you are done!

Lion Security Update 2011-005

Create a Gmail POP3 account

When creating a Gmail account using the Mail application that comes with Mac OS X 10.7 (a.k.a. Lion), it only allows you to create an IMAP account.

If you do not want that, hold the option button down until ‘Create’ turns into ‘Continue’ and you are done!

Running Lion

Earlier today, my iMac started running Lion.
It was pretty tricky to do the clean install I wanted. I had to install Snow Leopard without any apps, update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 and then upgrade to Lion.


Everything looks fine until now. I am now installing MacPorts software. The two things left are SuperDuper! and LaTeX. I also have to find which version of MySQL I will install as Lion does not come with MySQL.

Installing Lion 10.7.1

After a little delay, I am now installing Lion 10.7.1 using clean install.


More tk :)

Lion 10.7.1 available

You can find more information about Mac OS X 10.7.1 here.

Lion FAQ

• Have I already installed Lion?

No.

• Why?

Because I have some work to do.

• What kind of work?

I have to write articles (using MS Word) about WireShark, LaTeX and Octave and I do not want to have compatibility issues.

• Will I install it?

Yes, possibly at the end of August or at the beginning of September 2011.

• Anything else?

I do not find something in Lion that I desperately need, Snow Leopard is just fine for what I do (iOS programming, photography and writing articles). Nevertheless, I want to have the latest version of Mac OS X for programming reasons. I would also like to install the 10.7.2 version of Lion but I do not know when it will be available. This time I will do a clean install - install everything from scratch as I want a clean system.

Lion GM is available

Apple made the GM of Lion available to developers...
Hopefully Lion will be available to the rest of us next week.

Mac OS X 10.7 (a.k.a. Lion)