lookupd -flushcache

lookupd -configuration

Look for the following in the output:

LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
_config_name: Host Configuration

The FF (flat file) refers to your hosts file (/etc/hosts), and Tiger does check its contents before going to DNS and Netinfo. Just a little FYI for those who may not have realized that 10.4 fixed things.

Open Terminal and type:

hdiutil burn image.iso

defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool YES

This makes those little right-pointing arrows in iTunes point to your library, not the iTunes Store. If you want the iTunes Store, Option-click instead.

this is something that strangely doesn't happen automatically on ubuntu
in Ubuntu, just add

send host-name "dapperbox";

to your /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file

you might need to do a

sudo /etc/services/networking restart

On your Mac, you can now do

ssh username@dapperbox

instead of

ssh username@1.2.3.4

Check out man pmset for further command options!

sudo pmset -a disksleep 0 sleep 0 

install darwinports package

Add 'export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH' to ~/.bashrc

sudo port -d selfupdate

sudo port install ruby

sudo port install rb-rubygems

sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

sudo port install readline

sudo port install lighttpd

vi /opt/local/etc/lighttpd.conf [edit lighttpd.conf to your liking]

set up launchd item for lighttpd
        -- restart lighttpd: sudo launchctl stop net.lighttpd
                             sudo launchctl start net.lighttpd

sudo port install fcgi

sudo port install rb-fcgi
         
install official OS X MySQL package (not darwinports)

sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql

Links:
darwinports package
launchd item
OS X MySQL package

1) Download the launchd GUI, Lingon, from: http://lingon.sourceforge.net/

2) Add hourly job:

$RAILS_APP_DIR/script/runner 'ActiveRecord::Base.connection.delete("DELETE FROM sessions WHERE updated_at < now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR")'

3) My launchd task plist file (yours will vary):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>us.boygeni.mysql-session-sweeper</string>
        <key>LowPriorityIO</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/users/defeated/Sites/rails_apps/boygenius/script/runner</string>
                <string>'ActiveRecord::Base.connection.delete("DELETE FROM sessions WHERE updated_at &lt; now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR")'</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StartInterval</key>
        <integer>3600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

This html code makes an input box that looks like the one found at here (Under the search downloads box) It works only on macs(safari tiger only i believe) and does not validate. Note: type="search" is what makes it work.

<input type="search" name="blah" value="Search"/>

Some stuff won't compile with the shiny new gcc 4.0 on Tiger.
To use gcc 3.3 :

sudo gcc_select 3.3

To revert to gcc 4.0 :

sudo gcc_select 4.0

(found on the forum, thanks Damelon!)

(Originally posted at Unquiet)

I had to reinstall Mysql because it wasn�t one of the things I backed up before erasing my hard drive. Since I�m now running Mac OS X 10.4 �Tiger�, I decided to set it up to start when the system boots, but the system for creating startup items has changed slightly. So I saved the following xml in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.Mysql.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC 
         "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
        http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.mysql.Mysql</string>
        <key>OnDemand</key>
        <false/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe</string>
        </array>
        <key>ServiceDescription</key>
        <string>Mysql 4.1 Database Server</string>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>mysql</string>
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
        <string>/usr/local/mysql</string>
    </dict>
    </plist>

Note that I'm using the official OSX distribution of MySQL... but with a few changes to match your database location, you can get this to work with other installs (fink, darwinports, etc).