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Unable to read a jre library while constructing the blacklist

December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Java, Mac OS X

Yesterday I started playing around with Google App Engine and Java. Today, when I tried upgrading the JDK/VM that Google App Engine is using from Eclipse Galileo to Java 6 in Mac OS X, I got the error below:
com.google.appengine.tools.development.agent.impl.BlackList initBlackList
SEVERE: Unable to read a jre library while constructing the blacklist. Security restrictions may not be [...]

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Show Desktop Command on Mac OS X

May 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Mac OS X, Tools

I’m relatively new to Mac OS X and have been struggling to find out how to quickly “Show the Desktop” to see all the icons I have in there.
I have been used to clicking that little “Show Desktop” icon on the bottom left of the screen in Windows and was looking for an equivalent on [...]

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vi Page Up/Page down for Mac OS X

May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Mac OS X, Tools

In case you’re wondering how to move up or down in “vi” from Mac OS X terminal:
Then CTRL-B and CTRL-F should do the trick.

Got this from the Mac forums at macworld.com.

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Windows 7 RC and Ubuntu 9 Downloads

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Mac OS X, Tools

Windows 7 Release Candidate is now ready for beta testing and will be available until July 2009.
Here’s what you need to have:
* Internet access (to download Windows 7 RC and get updates)
* A PC with these system requirements:
o 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
o 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB [...]

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Flex/Flash navigation link problems in Mac OS X

November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Flex, Mac OS X

I’ve had one of the weirdest problems last week when a friend reported that our newly designed navigation menu created in Flex was not working on her MacBook.
Basically, I had a couple of moving Flex Canvas’s where I attached mouse click events.

private function homeClicked(evt:MouseEvent):void {
getURL('/');
}

private function updatesClicked(evt:MouseEvent):void {
getURL('/category/updates');
}

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