Time-Machine related info

"A little-known fact about Time Machine is that it depends on the MAC address of a computer to tell one system from another. This means that if you have your Mac repaired with a new logic board, or replace your system with a new one, you can't resume backups where you left off. If you know of the problem, though, it's not very hard to fix. You need to re-pair the backup to the new logic board's MAC address. Further complicating matters is the ACL which prevents you from changing the system ID information."

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Apple Portables: Resetting the SMC

The battery of my MacBook Pro behaves a little strangely lately (according to iStat Pro -- look at the Health percentage).

After reading some posts (this and that) I found out that resetting the SMC may help.

I then followed the instructions found at Apple's site.

How is the battery of your MacBook Pro?

My article for the Jan.2009 MacTech issue

Title: An introduction to GraphViz

Subtitle: What is Graphviz and how to use it?

Learn Objective-C on the Mac

Publisher: Apress | End of 2008 | more info

Learn Cocoa on the Mac

Publisher: Apress | March 2009 | more info

Lazarus

Today I heard about Lazarus for the first time.

Do you know anything about it?

What is your opinion about Lazarus?

Core Data. Apple's API for Persisting Data under Mac OS X

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf | March 2009 | more information

Cocoa Programming. A Quick-Start Guide for Developers

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf | March 2009 | more information