DISQUS

@John - I fixed the link, thanks for the feedback

@Matt - Are you running Tiger or Leopard? Spotlight changed with Leopard to highlight the first result - making it a great way to launch applications. Quicksilver is very nice and much more powerful than Spotlight but if you only use it for launching apps or opening files, why install extra software that you don't need?

@Andy - Good tip, thanks.

@Dustin - Wasn't aware of that one, thanks.

@Ben - Try,

nohup /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

@Henrik - Glad to help! Did you see the other Leopard Tips ?

@J.J. - I agree completely in the case of a windows machine. For a Mac I use a combination of filevault, 1password, firefox with noscript, firewall turned on of course, and little snitch. With that combination I feel pretty secure. However, I would be hesitant to enter passwords or private information on someone else's Mac.

Also I am very nervous connecting a computer directly to the internet, I feel much better from behind a NAT device with UPnP disabled. You can use the GRC port scanner to test your firewall at https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 . If you are serious about security you should listen to the 'Security Now' podcast as well.

@J.J. - You might consider running portable applications from a flash drive, for example keep firefox and thunderbird on a flash drive and carry that around in order to check the web and email from any mac. You can find out more here,
http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/
Check carefully about where your passwords are stored before using this solution. There are also windows versions available here,
http://portableapps.com/

Is this more to your liking? I simply don't know of a version of roboform2go for the mac, sorry.

@J.J. - Upon further investigation I'm finding that IronKey's Linux and OS X features are limited, see https://support.ironkey.com/article/50150000000... and https://support.ironkey.com/article/50150000000... . Let me know what you think of the IronKey features.

@J.J. - Take a look at IronKey, it does what you are describing and more. IronKey supports Windows, Linux, and OS X. Check it out at https://www.ironkey.com/overview

@vic - link removed, my apologies

@Sniper Fox - Very very good point. I guess I am most concerned about securing traffic such as banking and email when in a hotspot (e.g., starbucks, panera). If someone is concerned about an outside party knowing which sites they are visiting they should use a HTTP poxy as you suggest.

@Philip - Thanks, however, if someone is using port forwarding (i.e., a port other than 22) to get through a firewall I don't think svn+ssh will work. If anyone knows of how to specific a port number in the svn+ssh command let me know.

@Mark - I had trouble figuring out how to specify a specific port number with svn+ssh. I have to poke through a firewall to reach the svn server. If you know of a solution please let me know.

@Greg - Good point about Dynamic DNS, I wasn't aware it was free.

@Brandon - A windows guide would be great, I'll be in touch.

@Annette - Sounds like you might have a corrupted address book database. I'd recommend reverting to a working backup.

@Richard - :)

@Sam - Glad to help.

@polo - If you are trying to create an encrypted volume on a 4GB USB drive you will probably have to create a volume that is around 3.8GB. Check the actual (not the commercial claim) volume for your memory stick and you should be able to create a custom sized encrypted volume of the appropriate size. Let me know if that works for you ...

@Miguel - Not that I know of, please report back if you find a way to enable auto syncing.

@Sam - Ok I started from scratch on a new machine to try and figure out your problem. During step 2, when you have iSync open. Go to iSync preferences and check the 'Enable syncing on this computer' as well as the 'show status in the menubar' option. Close the preferences window but NOT iSync, check the menubar icon to confirm a 'Sync Now' option is available. If it isn't open preferences again and toggle the 'Enable syncing on this computer' option off and back on. Close the preferences window and check the menubar again. Repeat this until you get a 'Sync Now' option, took me a 3 times (some sort of bug). Make sure you quit iSync before you select Sync Now though. Good luck, let me know if it works for you.

@Brian - Try reseting the sync history. To do so, go to the iSync.app - Preferences and click reset sync history. Quit iSync and try a fresh sync from the menubar.

@Gabe - Thanks, that is a good suggestion. I should have included that one as I use it everyday. Well, actually I use the middle mouse button which does the same thing.

@Mikey - I tried Smultron about a year ago and it didn't seem very polished at the time. Based on your recommendation I'll give it another try. Thanks!

@Christy - Good point! I guess I have always viewed Aperture as more of a competitor to Adobe's Lightroom than Photoshop. Since I haven't tried either Lightroom or Aperture I can't comment on functionality differences. I started using Pixelmator and have been quite happy with it.

@Ken - I wasn't aware of that one, thanks!