I’ve been using a small app called dockless. Dockless hides the icon from the dock…that’s all. But it does it great and it’s free.
Dockless is a little app that does what some people have always wanted – remove certain applications from their dock. Dock real estate can become precious, and some apps don’t make a whole lot of sense sitting there. That’s where Dockless comes in. With Dockless, any OS X application can be made to show in the Dock or not.
Download dockless here
I just remapped the Caps Lock key since I’m not using it!
In my case I want it to open nvALT for really fast note-taking.
Source: How To Turn Caps Lock Into A Search Key On Your Mac, Redux
One more great guide from the guys at TheHowToForge!
A step by step instruction on how to use the Host Update Utility from VMware.
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-vmware-esxi-3.5-to-4.1-update-1-free-version
Found this great tip at techrepublic.com!
Configure BgInfo to run via a GPO for a consistent experience
This is the first thing I removed from my Mac OS X Lion install.
How to remove the Login Window entry from the OS X Lion Menu Bar – Simple Help.
Great guide on how-to upgrade Debian.
HowTo upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze | MDLog:/sysadmin.
Some time ago I found this great blog-post about how to prioritize the Ethernet connection over Wi-Fi. In my case this is when I’m at home.
Sometimes, your Mac will connect to a janky Wi-Fi network. The connection is slow or you’re on the other side of a lead wall and you’re getting a really poor signal. When you finally find an Ethernet jack to plug into, you may notice you’re still connected to the Wi-Fi network that was giving you problems. This is because your Network Service Order list is out of its proper order to allow the Ethernet to take over when plugged in. Don’t fret, we’ll show you how to reset the Service Order list on your Mac to ensure that Ethernet takes priority over AirPort.
Great post!
I have been using Droptext and Elements. But they don’t work nearly as great as Nebulous.
Nebulous supports access to your Dropbox and will store and sync offline copies of the files that you are working on.
I found this great Powershell script that convert virtual disk files to eagered zeroed.
Awesome script! I had to make some changes to make it work in my environment.
function Set-EagerZeroThick{
param($vcName, $vmName, $hdName)
# Find ESX host for VM
$vmImpl = Get-VM $vmName
Write-Host $vmImpl
if($vmImpl.PowerState -ne "PoweredOff"){
Write-Host "Guest must be powered off to use this script !" -ForegroundColor red
return $false
}
$vm = $vmImpl | Get-View
Write-Host $vm
$esxName = (Get-View $vm.Runtime.Host).Name
Write-Host $esxName
# Find datastore path
$dev = $vm.Config.Hardware.Device[10] | where {$_.DeviceInfo.Label -eq $hdName}
Write-Host $dev
if($dev.Backing.thinProvisioned){
return $false
}
$hdPath = $dev.Backing.FileName
Write-Host $hdPath
# For Virtual Disk Manager we need to connect to the ESX server
$esxHost = Connect-VIServer -Server $esxName -User $esxAccount -Password $esxPasswd
# Convert HD
$vDiskMgr = Get-View -Id (Get-View ServiceInstance -Server $esxHost).Content.VirtualDiskManager
Write-Host $vDiskMgr
$dc = Get-Datacenter -Server $esxHost | Get-View
Write-Host $dc
$taskMoRef = $vDiskMgr.EagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task($hdPath, $dc.MoRef)
Write-Host $taskMoRef
$task = Get-View $taskMoRef
Write-Host $task
while("running","queued" -contains $task.Info.State){
$task.UpdateViewData("Info")
}
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $esxHost -Confirm:$false
# Connect to the vCenter
Connect-VIServer -Server $vcName
if($task.Info.State -eq "success"){
return $true
}
else{
return $false
}
}
$vmName = "vm1"
$vCenter = "vcenter_server"
$esxAccount = "rootuser"
$esxPasswd = "password"
Set-EagerZeroThick $vCenter $vmName "Hard disk 1"
To validate before and after running the eageredZeroed script I run the following script:
$vm = Get-VM vm1 | Get-View $vm.config.Hardware.Device[10].backing $vm.config.Hardware.Device[10].DeviceInfo