tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post3992353493567122452..comments2024-03-19T06:03:40.451+10:00Comments on marxy's musing on technology: Speed up your MacPeter Markshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-91273742906440929372007-01-17T05:25:00.000+10:002007-01-17T05:25:00.000+10:00I had a few things doing stuff in the background, ...I had a few things doing stuff in the background, there was an Epson scanner monitor and some HP printer software.<br /><br />There's a build in mechanism to detect a scanner and the only reason I can think of the HP printer software hanging around is that it has some flash card reader slots in it.<br /><br />My understanding is that Launchd can do all the app launching you need so there is no Peter Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-75817731328206115992007-01-16T21:18:00.000+10:002007-01-16T21:18:00.000+10:00Forgot to mention, a while back I used fs_usage to...Forgot to mention, a while back I used fs_usage to monitor activity on an otherwise idle system, and <a href="http://girtby.net/articles/2005/2/15/tangents">caught Palm Desktop red-handed</a>. It was polling. Yes polling. In this day and age. Just unexcusable really.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954201522416957112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-19506328234047659252007-01-16T18:47:00.000+10:002007-01-16T18:47:00.000+10:00FYI when uninstalling you can look through the rec...FYI when uninstalling you can look through the receipts in /Library/Receipts to see what was installed. Use lsbom, like so:<br /><br />$ lsbom /Library/Receipts/xxx.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom<br /><br />I <a href="http://girtby.net/articles/2006/7/23/tiger-revieww-retrospective">agree</a> there should be tools to do this stuff automatically.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954201522416957112noreply@blogger.com