Archive for September, 2008

Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 15 Sep 2008

Resize Sparse Disk Images

I am a big fan of encrypted sparse disk images in Mac OS X. I use them primarily to keep my financial data secure w/o the need to use FileVault. This way, only the data that needs to be encrypted is protected with quick access to everything else. Using sparse disk images saves space, b/c [...]

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MS-Windows Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 15 Sep 2008

Rescue Application-Windows Lost in in Monitor Nowhere-Land

If like me you have two monitors connected to your MS-Windows laptop at work, I am sure you have experienced the nuisance of “loosing” your application windows. Basically, the window manager appears to be smart enough to remember a window position, i.e., which monitor it was on last, but too dumb to realize that that [...]

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