Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software

Posted by Giuseppe Cascone on October 5, 2009 under IT Security | Be the First to Comment

Summary

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is designed to protect your Mac from certain incompatible software that can quit unexpectedly or cause other issues in Mac OS X v10.6.

When you install Snow Leopard or migrate to Snow Leopard, known-incompatible software is moved to a folder named Incompatible Software on your hard drive.

Snow Leopard also prevents known-incompatible software from opening.  If you see an “Incompatible software” message, contact the software’s vendor or visit their website for a later, compatible version.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258

Remove and reenter the Office 2008 product key

Posted by Giuseppe Cascone on under Computer Science | Be the First to Comment

If your copy of Office 2008 was installed with an invalid product key, or if you mistakenly used the same product key to install Office 2008 on more than one computer, you must remove the invalid product key and enter a valid product key to use Office 2008.
In the Finder, select /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist, and then on the File menu, click Move to Trash.
Select /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 settings.plist, and then on the File menu, click Move to Trash.
On the Apple menu, click Restart.
After your computer restarts, open any Office 2008 application.
The Office Setup Assistant opens.
Accept the software license agreement, and then enter your valid product key.
The product key is located on the back of the Office 2008 for Mac DVD sleeve or on the back of the Install Guide.

thx macgix (-;

and also this file if it exists, Remove as well:

your_username/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 settings.plist !!!

Unix Timestamp arriva al valore 1234567890

Posted by Giuseppe Cascone on February 13, 2009 under Computer Science, Various | Be the First to Comment

Si avvicina San Valentino, e i geek quest’anno si potranno consolare regalandosi una vigilia di San Valentino speciale, infatti alle ore alle ore 17.30 del 13 Febbraio 2009 lo Unix Timestamp avrà il cosi tanto aspettato valore: 1234567890.

Ma cos’è lo Unix Time?

Lo Unix Timestamp, che inizia dalla Unix Time Epoque (00:00:00 UTC 1 gennaio 1970), è un modo per descrivere una data comprensiva di ore minuti e secondi.
Un giorno è composto da 86400 secondi, l’unità di misura che scandisce lo Unix Timestamp è proprio il secondo.

Facendo qualche calcolo ho visto che siamo vicinissimi al tanto aspettato Timestamp, che arriverà alle 17.30 del 13 febbraio 2009, e che chi già da tempo si sta preparando a festeggiarlo, come timestamp1234567890.com dove possiamo addirittura lasciare un messaggio.

Almeno i geek potranno consolarsi con questa curiosa notizia!

sebyechelon!