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Changing iCal’s Default Alert Sound (Mac OS X Lion)

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  1. Download and install Xcode from Apple.
  2. Quit iCal if it is running, and open your user Preferences folder. (Easiest way to open it is to use Finder’s Go menu; press and hold the Option key and you will see Library folder; click and open it; the Preferences folder is in there.)
  3. Open the file named com.apple.iCal.plist with Xcode.
  4. Right click (or Control+click) anywhere in the window, and select “Add Row”
  5. Edit the created row as follows: Key=Default alarm sound, Type=String, Value=Glass (the last value can be changed with the default sound of your choice)
    Adding the preference for the default alert sound for iCal

    Adding the preference for the default alert sound for iCal

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Joining Wireless Network with Airport Express

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I have an existing wireless network with a 3rd party router. I tried to connect Airport Express; everything worked fine using the Airport Utility, except that after updating the configuration and Airport Express restarted, it could not be detected anymore.

Solution:

  1. Plug in Airport Express to a power source.
  2. Reset Airport Express by pressing the reset button. (We have to wait until the LED light flashes.)
  3. Connect Airport Express to the router with via ethernet.
  4. Connect to the wireless network provided by Airport Express. (The network name looks like “Airport Base Station …”)
  5. Using Airport Utility, set up Airport Express so that it joins the wireless network we already had.
  6. Wait until Airport Utility reports that the update was successful.
  7. Disconnect the ethernet cable from Airport Express. We’re done.

Configuring Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 on a Mac (맥에서 마이크로소프트 마우스 5000 기능 설정하기)

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Just got Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000. (Google shopping page here.) It’s a great mouse, and the reviews are nice.

Now, this mouse has a 3rd and 4th button. One can configure it on a mac so that say, the 3rd button works with Exposé and the 4th opens the Dashboard. These can be configured in System Preferences > Exposé & Spaces

물리학자들이 즐겨 쓰는 컴퓨터

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그것은 물론 리눅스이겠지만, 그 다음은 맥이 아닐까요? 수학자들을 만나 보면 윈도우즈 보다는 맥을 선호한다는 것은 진작부터 느꼈던 바입니다. 그 이유야 자명(trivial)해서 설명하기가 부끄럽습니다만, Cox의 말을 빌리자면 다음이 그 이유 중 하나입니다:

“If you asked a physicist, ‘What’s the ideal laptop?’ they would say a UNIX machine that runs things like PowerPoint or Adobe Photoshop,” says Cox. “That’s what everyone wants. And that’s what the Mac is.”
— Brian Cox, “Smashing Research at CERN“