OSX Internals

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Author: Drew McCormack

For those of you who have been wondering about what Apple’s mystery WWDC Science Coding Project will be, I am now able to spill the beans. I’m sure some have already connected the dots, but for those who haven’t figured it out yet, Apple’s WWDC code-a-thon is centered around the new open source Core Plot framework.

The Core Plot project began back in January after a post I made here on MacResearch as a ‘call to arms’ to build a decent open source plotting alternative for Apple systems. There are some options already available, such as SM2DGraphView and my own Narrative framework, but these are getting long in the tooth and are reasonably basic. There is also the very capable DataGraph framework, which is a commercial offering, but one drawback of all of these solutions is that they were developed before the iPhone, and do not support what has become a very important platform for developers.

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(Via MacResearch – Online Community and Resource for Mac OS X in Science.) Original Link: Apple’s WWDC Mystery Coding Project Revealed

Without plugin support (read: Flash), a preference screen, or any semblance of stability, this super-early, unsanctioned build of Chrome for OS X is by no means ready for daily use. It’s good to see that it works, though—and now we know that the planned fall beta is at least plausible. [Manu-J via TUAW]

(Via Gizmodo.) Original Link: Unofficial Preview of Google Chrome for OS X Available For Download [Chrome]

Enable SpeedStep support on any capable Intel CPU: “As described on Wikipedia, SpeedStep ‘is a trademark for a series of dynamic frequency scaling technologies (including SpeedStep, SpeedStep II, and SpeedStep III) built into some Intel microprocessors that allow the clock speed of the processor to be dynamically changed by software. This allows the processor to meet the instantaneous performance needs of the operation being performed, while minimizing power draw and heat dissipation.’

Apple implements SpeedStep on certain Macs, but not all of them (and if you’ve built your own Mac, you may not have any SpeedStep support). Here’s how to enable SpeedStep on any Mac: Use the xnu speedstep kernel extension. Just download IntelEnhancedSpeedStep.kext.1.4.5.zip, then copy IntelEnhancedSpeedStep.kext into /System/Library/Extensions. Don`t forget to repair permission (in Disk Utility) when done, then reboot your…










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(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Sync Your iPhone in Linux—Version 2.0 [Linux]: “

Apple’s 2.0 firmware update generally killed wireless syncing with Linux. Ubuntu users, hackers that they are, have posted a detailed walkthrough detailing a work-around or two that re-connect the two. Thanks Salvador!

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(Via Lifehacker.)