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Cisco IOS on MACOS

January 4

Как новый год проходит, так появляется мода на различные планы и обещания. У меня тоже есть много таких, но обо всех рассказывать не буду чтобы не сглазить. Расскажу об одном, очень большом, которое давно хочу добить.

К концу года было бы здорово закончить курс CCNP (Cisco Network Proffesional). Сертификат-бумажка меня не интересует (на данный момент), на работе он тоже никому не нужен, возможно в будущем, кто знает?

Курс, достаточно серьезный, состоит из 4 книг, каждая по 800-900 страниц, где включены вопросы и практические задания. Список из 4 книг, которые надо освоить,

а) 642-901 BSCI: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks.
b) 642-812 BCMSN: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks.
c) 642-825 ISCW: Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks.
d) 642-845 ONT: Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks.

Прочесть эти книги я должен был еще вчера, но у меня всегда была отговорка. Все 4 книги требуют практическое использование Cisco IOS. На работе у нас есть один старенький 7200, которого ой как недостаточно. Значит нужно искать эмулятор, какие есть варианты? Для Windows, есть куча различных программ, чтож мы имеем для МакОС?

Уже давно я нашел GNS3 программа полностью бесплатна. Урааа, ну конечно программа условно бесплатная, для того чтобы что-то вышло нужно иметь Cisco IOS images. С помощью которых можно просимулировать тот или иной рутер.
Images можно достать с официального сайта Cisco, если у вас есть продукты данной компании, я же нашел их на пайретбэй. Все красиво и замечательно, но хоть убей не работает и все.

До того момента пока вчера я не нашел отличное описание по шагам для тупых, что надо делать чтобы запустить ГНС3 и мои images.

Теперь у меня есть Cisco IOS, только надо искать время для прочтения и понимания книжек, я себе пообещал один час в день, посмотрим как выйдет в итоге.

RAW update

July 23

I decided to store RAW images in the DNG, I sacrifice additional operations to get DNG file from camera, but get support by mostly available programs. At this moment I’m trying to use Aperture 2.

Today I discovered one great feature. Aperture 2 creates thumbnails for the files, once files are added to library. What do I get from this ? Leopard Magic functions preview is working with DNG files !!!

Preview DNG

Special program is not necessary to view RAW files, open folder with DNG file and click ‘space’ on the file to use Preview.

Copy by Drag in Leopard [MAC OS]

May 7

It is a small challenge to understand, what drag* icon action does copy or move in Leopard.

Help F1

1) Dragging from one folder to another on the same disk moves the icon.

2) Dragging from one disk to another copies the folder or the file.

3) It is possible to hold option key [alt in Windows terminology], while dragging folder or file to copy it. Vice versa apple key is used to move the file.

* Drag-and-drop is the action of clicking on a virtual object and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object.

P.S.

It is taken from book “The Missing Manual“. I cannot tell that every page there opens new feature in Leopard for me. Certainly it is worth to read that book and to get information about features usage. I’ve started to regret, that I read 0 book about Windows XP usage at time what I was used it. Probably I would like XP much more.

Don't do it !

April 30

Do not remove printer files to save extra space for you Leopard [MAC OS] !

One day screwed to figure out, why export file to PDF is not working correctly. It happened someday, when I figured out that extra space can be saved on Leopard by removing printer files. Guys reported that it works smoothly, and Leopard is smart enough to download specific printer driver, that didn’t worked for me.

Indeed more than 4 GB were saved on my MacBook, after HP and Canon files removal. I was so happy about that fact until yesterday, when it was ruined by PDF export problem.

Every application [Preview, Keynote, Pages] reported error, when I tried to export,

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Not very informational popup about the problem. I have overused uncle Google to find out the solution, only two reliable solution emerged. One fixprinter program that does not work on Leopard [but many users reported that it works on Tiger], second to fix one folder permission [that is done].

Normis offered solution to reinstall Leopard. No way it is not XP, I will fight till the end to find the solution.

MacOS free uninstall program, AppCleaner

March 31

MacOS uninstall process is not like Windows uninstall [everybody knows it],

when you click on ‘Uninstall program’ link or dig ‘Control Panel’ settings to find the button remove program.

MacOS uninstall, when you go to the Applications menu, find unneeded program and drag it into Trash. Program is uninstalled trash is empty, nice.

MacOS Trash

However, few programs are bugging additional information elsewhere, which is not deleted with dragging into trash.

I found very nice free program, that will do job for you, it is AppCleaner program.

Program provides with some additional and useful features, it can find already deleted program traces in the Application menu and you can delete them, if you are not happy with them.
There is Widget control, where you can see widgets installed and you can delete old widget, if you forgot about that.

Of course there is traditional delete window, where you can drop unneeded application and delete all related files.

Thank you very much for author of this software !