Installing pillow on OS X Mavericks with Xcode 5.1

I've been doing some Python and Google App Engine development lately and I hit an issue with clang throwing an error like the following....

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cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -mno-fused-madd -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -pipe -arch x86_64 -DHAVE_LIBJPEG -DHAVE_LIBZ -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Headers -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Headers -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -IlibImaging -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c _imaging.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/_imaging.o

clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' [-Wunused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future]

clang: note: this will be a hard error (cannot be downgraded to a warning) in the future

error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

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The following discussion helped: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22334776/installing-pillow-pil-on-mavericks I've had more issues with the March 2014 version of the Command Line Tools for Mavericks. Grrrr.

Disappearing USB ports on Mac Pro (Early 2009)

Just a quick note before bed. Recently I've been having issues with my Mac Pro not recognizing my HiFiMan headphone amp through a USB connection. I thought it might be the amp, but I tried it on my MacBook Pro and it recognized it immediately. Tonight, I noticed that my iPod would not connect iTunes on my Mac Pro. Searching around, I found an easy solution:

1. Shut down your computer.
2. Unplug the computer from power and wait about 15 seconds or so.
3. Plug the computer power cord back into a power outlet.
4. Restart your computer.

Voila! I have my USB ports back and my system is recognizing both the HiFiMan amp and my iPod.

Loving my new Magic Trackpad

Just received my Magic Trackpad from Apple today.  Very impressed after a bit of use with it.  Love all the different gestures that you can map to.  After using this, a mouse is going to seem awfully archaic.

Mac OS X key bindings

I'm trying to make my Xcode environment a bit more friendly and thus I'm investigating key bindings. A good article that summarizes how to change key bindings system-wide.

http://www.erasetotheleft.com/post/mac-os-x-key-bindings/

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work with Xcode. My original investigation started here.

Video conversion with HandBrake

I have a JVC Everio HDD camcorder that I haven't used very much until just recently. Looking for some software to convert the MOD formatted video files on the Everio to a different format, I happened upon HandBrake. HandBrake did a nice job of converting the video to something I can use in QuickTime. Very impressed with this piece of open source software.

Mac Pro upgraded to Snow Leopard

Painless install of Snow Leopard on my early 2009 Mac Pro. I don't really notice much new. System seems a bit snappier, but that purely qualitative observation on my part. No numbers to back that up.

My top 5 favorite Mac OS X apps/tools/utilities

One of my friends is buying his first Mac (a Mac mini) and I told him I would compile a list of tools and utilities that I use on my Mac systems. Here are my top 5 that I absolutely must have:

• Google Quick Search Box/Quicksilver: I was a big fan of Quicksilver, but it seems to be dead. Sounds like the Quicksilver developer is now working with/for Google on something similar: Google Quick Search Box (QSB). Love QSB and it seems to be in active development too.



• iTerm: Gotta have a command line. This one does tabbed terminal consoles.



• TextMate: Great programmer's editor.



• Versions: A good Subversion client for OS X.



• Growl: Notification system. Extremely helpful.

First reactions to Xcode 3.1.3

Code Sense seems to be much better. Acts intelligently and pressing Return on the suggestion selects the suggestion. It's been a while since I've been in Xcode, but I remember the Code Sense being somewhat odd. That doesn't seem to be the case now. BTW, I'm using Xcode from the iPhone SDK released last week.

Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu Server

I'm brining up an Oracle 11g install on Ubuntu Server here at home, and I had a need to install VMware Tools on the server installation before I got hot and heavy into the Oracle installation. Here are some great instructions on how to do just that. I'm using VMware Fusion 2.0.4 on a Mac OS X 10.5.6 host system. Seems VMware has released the source for VMware Tools and you can now get it from an Ubuntu apt repository.

Versions, a native Mac OS X Subversion client

Just bought a license for Versions, a native Mac OS X Subversion client. I've been playing around with Versions in pre-release form and really liked it. I did have some troubles with previous releases reading my 1.5-based working copy, but that seems to be fixed in the 1.0.3 version of the Versions client. I really like the responsiveness of Versions and they have a very clean and uncluttered UI. Previously, I was using SmartSVN. Check it out, I think you'll like what you see.