Oct112011

Sugarsync Crash on Mac OS X 10.7 – Lion

By Sems on October 11, 2011

Yesterday, Sugarsync prompted me to install an update. After installation, it complained parts of it was installed separately and refused to run. I uninstalled it via /Applications/SugarSync\ Manager.app/Contents/Resources/SugarSyncUninstaller.command

Then I did a fresh install. Still no luck, it kept crashing. I fired up the Console to see if I can find any errors. I found some errors related to xfsmond, particularly:

10/11/11 5:43:46.788 PM [0x0-0x57057].com.SugarSync.Manager: launchctl: Error unloading: com.sharpcast.xfsmond

I fixed the permissions of the Launch Daemon for it via

sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist

And loaded it via

launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist

Voila, now SugarSync Manager runs fine, no more crashes. Hope this post helps someone…

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Jul212011

ICANN Registrants Rights and Responsibilities

By Sems on July 21, 2011

Recently, ICANN finalized and published a new document titled “Registrants Rights and Responsibilities.” The 2009 RAA included a provision that would require both registrars and their resellers to link to this new document from their website as a way both educate and protect domain registrants by ensuring they understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to their domain names.

So here is the link to the document for those who are interested.

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May172011

WordPress plugin updates and IIS 7 errors

By Sems on May 17, 2011

Whenever you upgrade a plugin in WordPress or WordPress itself while running under IIS 7, you get an error. This usually happens as the process was unable to delete the folder for the plugin or such. This issue is related to WinCache plugin for PHP and latest version fixes the issue.

Install the latest one at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wincache/files/development/

Happy blogging :)

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Mar182011

Making Mac OS X Terminal Behave Like DOS/Linux

By Sems on March 18, 2011

I was going through my bookmarks and such and I remembered an old gem. The default key settings in Mac OS X terminal will drive you nuts, if you are used to DOS or Linux terminal. Especially Home, End, Page Up and Page Down keys.

Fire up your Terminal, go to Preferences -> Settings – Keyboard and modify the following keys, so that their action matches the value shown. You can edit the keystroke for an item by double clicking on it, selecting “send string to shell”, and typing the indicated keys.

Key Action Keystrokes
control cursor left \033b ESC b
control cursor right \033f ESC f
end \005 CTRL+e
home \001 CTRL+a
page down \026 CTRL+v
page up \033v ESC v

That will be give you back the settings you are used to :) , kudos goes to Brian Duff

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Mar022011

How to start a Blackberry in Safe Mode

By Sems on March 2, 2011

There are times some third party applications starting automatically can cause havoc on your Blackberry device. If you are using a device with OS 4.6 or higher, you are in luck. You can simply start the device in safe mode, similar to Windows. This disables the automatically starting apps and allow you to troubleshoot.

The steps are really simple.

1. Remove and reinsert battery.
2. Wait for the red light go off.
3. As soon as red light is off, press and hold Escape key as the OS continues to load.
4. Shortly you´ll see a dialog box stating you are in safe mode, click OK to continue.

And to exit, you can simply reset the phone again.

See the details at Blackberry KB Article 17877.

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Dec312010

Happy New Year

By Sems on December 31, 2010

Happy New Year everyone, may the new year bring all the best for all of you…

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Nov252010

Happy Thanksgiving everyone…

By Sems on November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving from sems.org to all of my family, friends and visitors. It has been a tough year for me but I have many blessings that I am thankful for.

Don’t overstuff yourselves with Turkey and don’t miss tomorrow’s great deals…

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Nov252010

Handango – Early Black Friday Sale

By Sems on November 25, 2010

Very nice, if you are looking to buy some apps/games for your mobile device, Handango has 20% off site wide. Just use the BLKFRI20 coupon code :)

PS. This Black Friday offer expires at midnight C.S.T. 11.26.2010 and is only available on Handango.com

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Nov212010

Revamping the site

By Sems on November 21, 2010

It was about time to change from old blog system, which is no longer supported. So, welcome to new software and design. I am keeping the old links up, but eventually will remove them. If for some reason you need to view the old site, the link is:

http://sems.org/index.asp

So excuse the mess while I clean up. Feel free to post about any errors and I’ll fix them asap :)

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Sep222010

Kerio and Blackberry Enterprise Server – Round 2

By Sems on September 22, 2010

Last month I have talked about the Kerio Connect bringing BES support with 7.1 version. After some testing and creating a huge thread of complaints in Kerio Forums, I have some updates.

1. Amazingly, if you follow this exact order, it works fine:

a. Install AD
b. Install Kerio
c. Install Kerio Blackberry Connect
d. Install BES 5

I verified this with a local install. What perplexes me is the fact that if you reverse a and b, it will not work. KBC gives an error during MAPI account creation.

For those interested, you can see the thread at: http://forums.kerio.com/index.php?t=msg&th=17803&

So far, no one can explain why AD has to be installed first. On many existing installs of Kerio, companies don’t have the AD installed. I guess, their only solution will be using a separate server. You can do steps a, c and d on a separate server, if you have an existing server with Kerio running. The beauty is it even doesn’t have to be in your local network. You can have two servers in two separate locations. Of course it is not an ideal case, but it

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