I followed this post to fix Bluetooth on my dell running OS X. I would recommend just following the first post, the script included later does some bad sed(ing), it changes far more values than it needs to. Sure the script works but it is a bit of a sledge hammer approach.
But following the first post I now have bluetooth working great, and tethering to my iphone (3.0) working as well. It is brilliant.
Thanks to a fairly new project, Google Sync, I am now nolonger interested in a mobile me account.
It wasn’t the storage which interested me, and I am happy with picassa over Apple’s equivalent. But I use multiple computers, and I wanted the same calendar and mail on each computer and my iphone, and mobile me seemed the best way to do it. But now with Apple’s Address book able to sync with google, and Google Sync for the phone. I have all of my computers and iPhone syncing with the Google cloud, and staying in sync with each other.
Google Sync is also good news for linux users, allowing syncs without itunes. I think I’ll write a howto for linux users soon.
Read on for a how to. Continue reading ‘Replacing Mobile Me with Google Sync’
My Dell shipped with BIOS A01, A05 is the current one …. there is a WinXP download and a DOS download. Well I wasn’t about to re-install XP to upgrade the BIOS, so instead a made a bootable freedos usb stick.
Tip! Before you install OSX, upgrade the BIOS, I wish I had done this.
But if like me you need to do this another way, read on. You will need another computer. Continue reading ‘Updating BIOS on mini 9 running OS X / Or creating a FreeDOS Bootable USB Drive’
It has been done many, many times before, but let me say, it is awesome.
Wasn’t sure if I would like it or not, but it is amazing. Everything just seems to work. I have had a couple of hiccups, I cannot seem to tether a 3G phone without problems via bluetooth, and the the trackpad simply sucks, but it is great.
I used the howto from gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook.
There is just one simple error in the post. Once you have booted from the usb, device 80 is the USB stick, not the SSD. All you have to do is select device 81, and you can boot from the internal drive. You do not need to use a CD Drive for the second part of the process like the howto suggests.