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How To Downgrade Maven from 3.x to 2.x on Mac OS

I was not happy about to realize that one of the last Apple updates updated maven to version 3. Maven in it’s new version does brake quite a few concepts which were in version 2, and maven does not go for downwards compatibility. I had no issues with simple builds, but when I had …

Broken Macbook Pro

This article is about how Frau Klein deals with a dying hard drive in her new macbook pro having time pressure of finishing up a project. the ongoing head -> wall, swearing and screaming isn’t documented here ;)Symptoms: The mac used to freeze for a few seconds every now and again. Since I am …

Scannen am Mac

Wie es sich fuer einen ordentlichen Businesskasper gehoert, trage ich meinen portablen Scanner mit mir herum, derzeit ein Plustek OpticSlim M12. Auf Windows lief alles fein, die ganzen Tools, die mit dem Geraet kamen hatte ich installiert. Mit dem Mac ist nun alles neu… und alles laeuft ohne Probleme: das Geraet habe ich angeschlossen, …

MacBook Pro and DVI – still not working

Still struggeling getting my Samsung SyncMaster P2370 working via DVI on a MacBook Pro. I just came across this article, a guy named Justin Ball had the same issue like I have: an external monitor doesn’t get recognized when connected via DVI. The DVI cable shipped with my monitor is a single DVI cable. …

Mac Mail and desparation – part III

In two articles I was ranting about Mac and Mail and my issues to get it working: here part I: desperation and part II: a first guess about the cause.Right now I think I know the cause and have a work around: As I am working most time remotely I was connected to the …