Category Archives: MacBook

syslog consuming 100% cpu – SOLVED!

Finally figured out. Can’t explain how it happened, but I know what happened. A couple of months ago, I dropped my MacBook and the hard drive froze. I was able to replace it with no issue. I went to install … Continue reading

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ok…just kidding…no idea what’s up with the syslog process

Just an update, I have no idea what’s causing the syslog process to hog all the cpu. It appears to be related to the periodic daily task, but not sure which one..

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syslog consuming 100% cpu part deux

So, from the previous post, I thought I may have been on to something with 100GB daily.out file. As it turns out, I wasn’t. But, I kept digging today. And I found something interesting in system.log file Mar 26 03:30:41 … Continue reading

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It started with syslog consuming all my cpu

A rather strange phenomenon has been occurring on my Mac over the last several weeks. Don’t know what started nor do I know if it’s over, but I want to tell you the tale of the 110GB daily.out file and … Continue reading

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Praise to Time Capsule

Last week, I dropped my MacBook in our living room. The net result? A failed hard drive. After a quick trip to Best Buy, I picked up a new drive and later that night had it plugged in. I suspect … Continue reading

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Safari 3: “cannot decode raw data” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1015)

Out of the blue, when I launched Safari 3 on my MacBook, I started receiving the error: The error was: “cannot decode raw data” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1015) when trying to access My Yahoo! To fix, I went to Safari -> Reset Safari … Continue reading

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iTunes + iPhone + Leopard Upgrade = broken :(

This weekend, I received Leopard as a gift for being the best man in a wedding. I installed it tonight without a hitch, or at least that’s what I thought. I must say, the upgrade was easy and much to … Continue reading

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Network Printing and Canon PIXMA MX310

Purchased the Canon PIXMA MX310 all-in-one office printer tonight and the heat was on to get it to work for the MacBook over a wireless network. I have the DLINK DPR-1260 wireless router/booster/print server which does not have any support … Continue reading

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Experimental site navigation added to blog

Recently, I have become enamored with the concept of a “command line” interface. While, I wish I could take credit for the concept, I was quick to realize that before the OS UI, there were punch cards…the punch cards were … Continue reading

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Unable to Connect to Windows XP Network Share from Mac OS X

Over the Christmas Holiday, I finally decided to take on the challenge on why I could not connect to a share on my Windows XP computer from my MacBook. When I would try to go to Network -> Gandalf (my … Continue reading

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