Comments for Petersen Did It http://blog.petersendidit.com blog of david petersen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Blurry Text on External Monitor with Snow Leopard by user http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/blurry-text-on-external-monitor-with-snow-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-822 user Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:14:36 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=110#comment-822 Just a followup, yes there was more then just the preference change. Apple completely changed the font smoothing in Snow Leopard and there is no 1:1 version of Snow Leopard to Leopard Font Smoothing. Everything in Snow Leopard is darker and bolder even when you get it somewhat close to how you had it in Leopard. The good news is most people don't even notice such things and just continue on without noticing the change. The bad is if your like me you can really see the difference and it will drive you insane. In the end I gave up and reinstalled Leopard because I just couldn't live with the bolder blurry fonts no matter how much it was tweaked. For future readers who have external LCDs or have keen eyes if you are interested in Snow Leopard install it via External Drive first and run it that way for a week to see if you can live with it. Just a followup, yes there was more then just the preference change. Apple completely changed the font smoothing in Snow Leopard and there is no 1:1 version of Snow Leopard to Leopard Font Smoothing. Everything in Snow Leopard is darker and bolder even when you get it somewhat close to how you had it in Leopard.

The good news is most people don’t even notice such things and just continue on without noticing the change. The bad is if your like me you can really see the difference and it will drive you insane. In the end I gave up and reinstalled Leopard because I just couldn’t live with the bolder blurry fonts no matter how much it was tweaked.

For future readers who have external LCDs or have keen eyes if you are interested in Snow Leopard install it via External Drive first and run it that way for a week to see if you can live with it.

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]]> Comment on SSH host name completion on a Mac by David L http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/ssh-host-name-completion-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-818 David L Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:23:27 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=138#comment-818 get the same effect in one line: complete -W "$(echo `cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | sed -e s/,.*//g | uniq | grep -v "\["`;)" ssh get the same effect in one line:

complete -W “$(echo `cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | cut -f 1 -d ‘ ‘ | sed -e s/,.*//g | uniq | grep -v “\[“`;)” ssh

]]> Comment on Stateful jQuery plugins with jQuery UI’s widget factory by motoplux http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/stateful-jquery-plugins-with-jquery-uis-widget-factory/comment-page-1/#comment-810 motoplux Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:34:21 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=126#comment-810 Hi! Helpful post for me:) I think should be better to write 20. this._privatemethod(); Hi!
Helpful post for me:)
I think should be better to write

20. this._privatemethod();

]]> Comment on Blurry Text on External Monitor with Snow Leopard by John S http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/blurry-text-on-external-monitor-with-snow-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-807 John S Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:52:11 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=110#comment-807 I have a Samsung 205BW and I pasted the code into a terminal window. I see in preferences their seems to be a change. But no physical change in the monitor. Its just as blurry. I think their must be more that Apple did to the font smoothing then just this. In monitors It correctly identifies my Monitor? Again maybe its a subtle attempt at Apple to get you to buy their monitor? I have a Samsung 205BW and I pasted the code into a terminal window.
I see in preferences their seems to be a change. But no physical change in the monitor. Its just as blurry. I think their must be more that Apple did to the font smoothing then just this. In monitors It correctly identifies my Monitor? Again maybe its a subtle attempt at Apple to get you to buy their monitor?

]]> Comment on Mozy vs. Backblaze – The fight of the online backup by brentvw http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/mozy-vs-backblaze/comment-page-1/#comment-803 brentvw Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:08:18 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=51#comment-803 Hi I wanted to share this recent comparison review on the PC http://brentvw.blogspot.com/2009/10/pc-computer-backup-mozy-is-superior-to.html Hi I wanted to share this recent comparison review on the PC

http://brentvw.blogspot.com/2009/10/pc-computer-backup-mozy-is-superior-to.html

]]> Comment on Blurry Text on External Monitor with Snow Leopard by Ivan Wong http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/blurry-text-on-external-monitor-with-snow-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Ivan Wong Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:58:48 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=110#comment-801 Excuse me, is it input in "Terminal" --> "New COmmand" --> paste the command --> "RUN" ?? after restart the mac, I can't see the effect, how can I solve it. my LCD monitor is LG W2261VP Excuse me, is it input in “Terminal” –> “New COmmand” –> paste the command –> “RUN” ??
after restart the mac, I can’t see the effect, how can I solve it.

my LCD monitor is LG W2261VP

]]> Comment on Blurry Text on External Monitor with Snow Leopard by robert http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/blurry-text-on-external-monitor-with-snow-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-680 robert Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:50:57 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=110#comment-680 I receive an error when using "defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing" > The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleFontSmoothing) does not exist Very strange. Thanks for tip write up anyway. I receive an error when using “defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing”

> The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleFontSmoothing) does not exist

Very strange.
Thanks for tip write up anyway.

]]> Comment on Mozy vs. Backblaze – The fight of the online backup by john http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/mozy-vs-backblaze/comment-page-1/#comment-666 john Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:54:13 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=51#comment-666 could use something else that actually does support linux and mac or even windows. You can use whatever client you want as long as it supports sftp transfers. And it's only 2.99 a month for unlimted storage. www.datastorageunit.com could use something else that actually does support linux and mac or even windows. You can use whatever client you want as long as it supports sftp transfers. And it’s only 2.99 a month for unlimted storage.

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]]> Comment on Blurry Text on External Monitor with Snow Leopard by petersendidit http://blog.petersendidit.com/post/blurry-text-on-external-monitor-with-snow-leopard/comment-page-1/#comment-536 petersendidit Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:20:31 +0000 http://blog.petersendidit.com/?p=110#comment-536 Interesting I haven't had any problems with it not "sticking" on my MacBook Pro. If you type in defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing After rebooting what does it say? If its still set it should return the value that you set it to with the first command. The other thing that can set it back to the "automatic" setting is going in to System Preferences and selecting "Automatic Font Smoothing" checkbox. Interesting I haven’t had any problems with it not “sticking” on my MacBook Pro. If you type in

defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing

After rebooting what does it say? If its still set it should return the value that you set it to with the first command. The other thing that can set it back to the “automatic” setting is going in to System Preferences and selecting “Automatic Font Smoothing” checkbox.

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