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How do i delete SVN folders?

May 26, 2010

When deploying websites, all SVN folders should be deleted, but SVN doesn’t include any built in commands to do this. The registry hack below can do this for you – it adds “Delete SVN Folders” to the context menu for folders. When you select it, it removes all folders named .svn inside the folder and [...]

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Flash IE6 and SSL Issues

October 20, 2009

Flash or data within flash not loading in IE6? Just change the following headers in code

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Hash key on a mac keyboard osx

October 10, 2009

Having trouble finding the hash key on your Mac keyboard? hold the Alt key down and then press the number 3.

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How to repair a VMWare Virtual Disk on OSX

September 9, 2009

If your having an issue with your virtual disk it is worth trying the following: Open a Terminal window /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmdk If this fails with a message like ‘FILE: FileIO_Lock on ‘/Users/Shared/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmdk’ failed: Lock timed out’ then: cd /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory [...]

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Chinese characters appearing incorrectly in Excel when generated by an ASP.Net page

November 15, 2008

We recently launched a site that required an excel download to be generated with complex and simplified Chinese characters. In producing this we had issues presenting the Chinese – they would come out as garbage. It was strange as if you saved in notepad and re-opened in excel it would be fine, so the problem [...]

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Shuffle won’t play Audiobooks and podcasts

April 15, 2008

When iPod shuffle is set to shuffle songs it will play all the audio files on iPod shuffle that are not audiobooks. Podcasts of type .m4b or AAC will not play on iPod shuffle when it is in shuffle mode, which is the intended behavior, although a podcast of type .mp3 or .wav may play [...]

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Option key on a mac

February 19, 2008

I had to empty a locked item in the trash and needed to hold the option key, nobody seemed to know it was the alt key on a mac, except one designer and wikipedia.

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Issue With SuperDrive Update 2.1

August 26, 2007

Since I downloaded SuperDrive Update 2.1, whenever I restart my Mac, it still launches, telling me there are no devices requiring the firmware update. I know this, because I already updated it! What the SuperDrive update doesn’t let me know is how to stop it from opening each time I restart my Mac. Removing SuperDrive [...]

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