tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post1200534373713346608..comments2023-12-15T23:33:59.034-06:00Comments on Cary Millsap: Syncing..., Part 3Cary Millsaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16697498718050285274noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-66600316706750567132009-01-14T16:16:00.000-06:002009-01-14T16:16:00.000-06:00Thanks, Mark.Thanks, Mark.Cary Millsaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697498718050285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-80884739742467103992009-01-14T16:12:00.000-06:002009-01-14T16:12:00.000-06:00Hi Cary,I haven't noticed any problems with it on ...Hi Cary,<BR/><BR/>I haven't noticed any problems with it on any of the 10.5 releases. The only problem I have noticed is occasionally the ~/Documents folder does not seem to get indexed - I think this has been logged as a bug with the QS developers but it is certainly something that you can live with until they have a fix.<BR/><BR/>The SSH plugin is especially useful for connecting to different accounts on different hosts:<BR/><BR/>http://boinkor.net/archives/2006/11/more_quicksilverification.html<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>MarkMark Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702873419228283241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-91823248705857764842009-01-13T22:05:00.000-06:002009-01-13T22:05:00.000-06:00I have not tried Quicksilver. I had heard the name...I have not tried Quicksilver. I had heard the name, but I didn't even know what it did until I looked it up in response to your note. Sounds great, but the caveat I saw about stability looks a little worrisome. Have you found that to be a problem on 10.5?<BR/><BR/>CaryCary Millsaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697498718050285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-71960557882497048392009-01-12T16:00:00.000-06:002009-01-12T16:00:00.000-06:00The Mac is a great tool for working in the Oracle ...The Mac is a great tool for working in the Oracle world.<BR/><BR/>Have you tried using Quicksilver on the Mac yet? Its a very handy utility esp when you start working with some of the plugins for the various tools.Mark Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702873419228283241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-29534907642296429172009-01-04T00:07:00.000-06:002009-01-04T00:07:00.000-06:00Actually the folks at Wolfram let me transfer my l...Actually the folks at Wolfram let me transfer my license from Windows to OS X at no charge. I agree with you on the Quicken part. The only things I use the VM for are: (1) Quicken, (2) QuickBooks online (which is an ActiveX application that requires MS IE—yuck, yuck, yuck), and (3) our Profiler.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen anything resembling the CPU take-down problem you've described on my Mac. I've been quite pleased, especially since upgrading to Version 2.0.1. They apparently profiled the Virtual Machine Library panel, because when I went from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1, the latency on waiting for the "play" button to activate went from tens of seconds to sub-second. Startup used to be my only problem, and now that's really quite snappy.Cary Millsaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697498718050285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-47973426473276770522009-01-03T19:54:00.000-06:002009-01-03T19:54:00.000-06:00Welcome to the dark side. I made the switch to Mac...Welcome to the dark side. I made the switch to Mac a few months back. I love it most of the time, but once in a while the Mac is just too smart for it's own good. VMWare is pretty awesome, but of all the software that I use regularly, it is the one that I bugs me the most. The performance does not seem as good I would have expected, but I haven't tried to do anything to make it better. (any hints would be appreciated!) Here's a little top output:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Processes: 83 total, 4 running, 5 stuck, 74 sleeping... 453 threads 19:19:05<BR/>Load Avg: 2.02, 1.59, 1.59 CPU usage: 16.46% user, 27.98% sys, 55.56% idle<BR/>SharedLibs: num = 8, resident = 53M code, 52K data, 3632K linkedit.<BR/>MemRegions: num = 21817, resident = 679M + 23M private, 503M shared.<BR/>PhysMem: 1968M wired, 1372M active, 723M inactive, 4066M used, 30M free.<BR/>VM: 17G + 375M 1031167(0) pageins, 341100(0) pageouts<BR/><BR/> PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE<BR/> 249 vmware-vmx 32.4% 61:27:55 24 201 2543 13M- 9060K 210M- 2139M<BR/>74574 top 16.0% 0:02.56 1 18 29 1344K 188K 1936K 18M<BR/> 51 WindowServ 12.7% 2:10:01 5 468 1985 14M 176M 192M 614M<BR/> 270 iTerm 6.8% 23:26.39 8 119 259 13M+ 28M 32M+ 390M<BR/> 539 firefox-bi 5.8% 23:19:09 28 730 2569 111M 33M 164M 1539M<BR/><BR/>(hopefully that will format OK). <BR/><BR/>Anyway, VMWare is burning about 32% of a cpu - which is a lot considering it's not doing anything. And this is actually fairly mild - I have seen it consume close to 100% of a cpu. On our linux boxes it is common for the vm processes to consume close to 100% of a cpu even when no users are connected. But the benefits it provides on the Mac are compelling. So I guess I will quit complaining. <BR/><BR/>The switch for me has been very positive and VMWare has provided the safety blanket that has allowed me to migrate at a more reasonable pace. (I'm assumine Mathmatica is running under VMWare for you) I don't know if Quicken is available for the Mac but that is the main app that I am still using on the Windows side (and of course the various VPN clients).<BR/><BR/>I haven't tried the iPhone, but the sync capabilities have worked quite well with all my apps and other devices. (I did a couple of posts on it on my blog as well)<BR/><BR/>Always interesting to hear what your thinking about. Keep up the good work.<BR/><BR/>KerryKerry Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129210709237272590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-69190689885197804222009-01-01T20:50:00.000-06:002009-01-01T20:50:00.000-06:00Happy New Year sir!RegardsAman....Happy New Year sir!<BR/>Regards<BR/>Aman....Aman....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03468684193635458317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954359812249072053.post-72212426724960163692009-01-01T20:31:00.000-06:002009-01-01T20:31:00.000-06:00Wow...This sounds so cool. Can it solve the travel...Wow...This sounds so cool. Can it solve the travelling salesman problem and populate a schedule for him?<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year<BR/>MaheshMaheshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984773849590215351noreply@blogger.com