Mac OS X slow for 10-15 minutes after boot – THE FIX - mattgadient.com Scroll down to the pictures if you want to get right to the fix. The Symptoms: The actual boot-up is pretty quick. As soon as you log in, it slows down to a crawl.The desktop takes forever to load after boot.Programs take forever to start immediately after boot.You may hear the hard drive ticking (thrashing) during this slow period.It may appear as though the hard drive is swapping during this slow period. Sound like the problem you’re having? If the answer to that is “yes”, here’s the next question…. Actually, it’s not bootcamp’s fault. So how to we fix it? It’s a bit of a convoluted process, so I’ve tried to make this pretty simple. 1) Boot into Windows (your bootcamp partition). 2) Run the “Command Prompt” program as an Administrator. (1) Click "Start", (2) go to "All Programs / Accessories", (3) RIGHT CLICK on the "Command Prompt" program, and (4) choose "Run as administrator". 3a) Type cd and press enter. 3b) Type type NUL > .metadata_never_index and press enter. Picture below to help:
System Optimization Tweak Guides System Optimization Tweak Guides This section contains links to guides I've written for tweaking Windows and performing general system optimization, as well as understanding and tweaking drivers and hardware-related features. The most important of these is: The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion contains all my Windows customization, optimization and troubleshooting advice for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. A Guide to HDTVs ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide Firefox Tweak Guide Gamer's Graphics & Display Settings Guide Google Customization Guide Hardware Confusion Hardware Confusion 2009 Nvidia Forceware Tweak GuidePC Game Piracy Examined Stable Gaming Tweak Guide VIA Hyperion FAQ Vista Annoyances Resolved Web Hosting - Ten Basic Tips Windows 8.1: My Opinion Elaborated Copyright © 2014 Koroush Ghazi
Getting Real Here are the 16 chapters and 91 essays that make up the book. Introduction chapter 1 What is Getting Real?A smaller, faster, better way to build software About 37signalsOur small team creates simple, focused software Caveats, disclaimers, and other preemptive strikesResponses to some complaints we hear The Starting Line chapter 2 Build LessUnderdo your competition What's Your Problem? Stay Lean chapter 3 Less MassThe leaner you are, the easier it is to change Lower Your Cost of ChangeStay flexible by reducing obstacles to change The Three MusketeersUse a team of three for version 1.0 Embrace ConstraintsLet limitations guide you to creative solutions Be YourselfDifferentiate yourself from bigger companies by being personal and friendly Priorities chapter 4 What's the big idea? Feature Selection chapter 5 Process chapter 6 The Organization chapter 7 Staffing chapter 8 Interface Design chapter 9 Code chapter 10 Words chapter 11 Pricing and Signup chapter 12 Promotion chapter 13 Support chapter 14
Exporting static models from Maya to Crysis. This page gives instructions about the way to export static models (.cgf files) from Maya to Crysis. For animated characters, please refer to this page. Installation instructions for MayaCGF can be found on this page. The Geometry: When working in Maya, you should make sure to turn off two-sided lighting in the viewport (Lighting->Two Sided Lighting). The model can be constituted of any number of separated meshes. You don’t have to delete the history when exporting a static model, although sometimes there’s no way around it (see Troubleshooting section). Physics Proxy: Before you export your model, you should make it solid by creating a collision mesh, also called a “physics proxy”. IMPORTANT: Do not turn the visibility of the physics meshes (or their parents) off. For a mesh called “myMesh”, you should name the proxy mesh “myMesh_Phys” and make sure it is parented to the top node along with the mesh itself. LODs (Level Of Detail objects): This paragraph deals with static model LODs.
How to Disable (or Enable) Spotlight in Mac OS X Lion Completely disabling and reenabling Spotlight in Mac OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, and OS X Mavericks can be done with the help of the Terminal. The following command unloads the Spotlight mds agent from launchd, thereby preventing the daemon from running or indexing any drives entirely. Open up the Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities/) and enter the following commands based on the need to either disable or reenable Spotlight indexing. This will effect indexing on all drives connected to the Mac. Disable Spotlight The primary method is using launchctl, this will require the administrative password: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist Another approach is to use the older indexing method of “sudo mdutil -a -i off” which turns off indexing only, but more on that in a minute. Reenable Spotlight The guaranteed way to reenable Spotlight is to reload it into launchd using launchctl: Use whichever method is most appropriate for your needs.
Contact Hi there, my name is Koroush Ghazi and I'm the author of all the information you see on this site. I set up TweakGuides.com in April 2004 as a central place where all PC users can come to quickly find comprehensive guides on a variety of topics. The site name reflects the fact that the site focuses on providing top quality tweak guides, and acts as a repository for PC optimization and troubleshooting knowledge. You may well ask "What's tweaking?" Tweaking is about getting the most from your machine - whether it's the top of the range or a budget PC. Tweaking is about understanding and customizing all the settings in a game, application or Windows to make things run as fast as possible, as smoothly as possible, with maximum stability. If you have any constructive feedback please Email Me, however keep in mind that I can't provide any tech support, individualized tweaking advice or purchasing recommendations of any kind. Thank you for supporting TweakGuides. Cheers, Koroush Koroush Ghazi
Levels of TeX A friend asked us once, “Should I use LaTeX or MiKTeX?” In various guises, this is a common question, seemingly innocent, but actually betraying a fundamental confusion about the levels of operation in the TeX world. As a further confusion, the word “TeX” can be used to refer to any of a myriad of items at any level. Starting at the top: Distributions:MiKTeX, TeX Live, … These are the large collections of TeX-related software to be downloaded and installed. When someone says “I need to install TeX on my machine”, they're usually looking for a distribution. Output formats TeX source files can be typeset into several different output formats, depending on the engine. At a high level, the output format that gets used depends on the program you invoke. To get HTML, XML, etc., output, the tex4ht program is commonly used. ConTeXt ConTeXt is a special case, straddling levels. References Of course, this short web page is only a brief introduction to the basics.
Jailbreak basics: Everything you need to know for iPhone and iPad We see quite a few questions in our Jailbreak Forums about jailbreak basics. So, we've decided to compile a master list of some basic jailbreak magic right here in one place. Hopefully this will help a lot of you beginner jailbreakers learn the ropes (and maybe even help some of you decide whether the leap to the jailbreak world has its advantages for you). We've included common jailbreak lingo, popular jailbreak apps and tools, and videos highlighting some awesome jailbreak utilities! Common ways to Jailbreak There are usually several ways to Jailbreak depending exactly when a new version of iOS is released, when a new exploit is found, and when new Jailbreaks are released. If you're not sure, here's how to find out which iOS software and iPhone modem firmware you're running. iOS 5.0 & 5.0.1 (GSM/CDMA) Jailbreak (untethered) iOS 5 & 5.0.1 (GSM/CDMA) Jailbreak (tethered) iOS 5 & 5.0.1 (GSM) Unlock How to unlock iOS 5 & 5.0.1 via ultrasn0w iOS 4.3.3 (AT&T/GSM) Jailbreak (untethered) Jailbreak
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Free Technology for Teachers How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic More and more ISP's are limiting and throttling BitTorrent traffic on their networks. By throttling BitTorrent traffic the speed of BitTorrent downloads decrease, and high speed downloads are out of the question. The list of ISP’s that limit BitTorrent traffic, or plan to do so is growing every day, and according to the BBC, the ‘bandwidth war’ has begun. Are you not sure if your traffic is being throttled Check the list of bad ISP’s. But there is a solution. Encrypting your torrents will prevent throttling ISP’s from shaping your traffic. Tip: Want to download Torrents anonymously? What does encryption Do? The RC4 encryption obfuscates not only the header but the entire stream. Note that RC4 uses more CPU time than the plain encryption or no encryption. How can I do this? This is different for all clients; check the setting for your favorite client below. Azureus 1. 2. 3. note that RC4 uses more CPU time than the plain encryption or no encryption. 5. Bitcomet 1. 2. 1. 2. 3.
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