Archive for September 2008

What works better on MAC?

Here are the applications that I found useful and works great for me on MAC.

Instant Messanging Client:  Adium  - http://www.adiumx.com/

Office: OpenOffice -  http://www.openoffice.org/

Image Manipulation Tool: GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/

SFTP Client: Fugu - http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/

SSH: iSSH - http://www.macserve.org.uk/projects/issh/ ( I use this for SSH tunnel)

Remote Desktop: Remote Desktop Mac - http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

Hope this apps list help you as well.

-VK

How to Install Oracle Database Client in MAC

Well, it is intersting getting familer with new tools that you have for Mac. The very first tool, I need to perform my job is the Oracle DB Client. The latest, version I could find for Mac is 10.1.0.3.

It is very easy to install Oracle client on Mac. Just download software from Oracle website http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/htdocs/macsoft.html and unpack it in the directory where you want to have your ORACLE_HOME.

Oracle Database 10g Client Release 1 (10.1.0.3) for Apple Mac OS X

    ship_mac_client.cpio.gz (344,013,902 bytes) (cksum - 3052329470)

Now, set the env in the .bash_profile and you are good to go.

ORACLE_HOME=/Users/vkaushik/Library/Oracle/10103/client/ohome; export ORACLE_HOME
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib; export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home; export JAVA_HOME
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin; export PATH

Run the sqlplus.

-VK

My New Mac

Last month, I got my first MacBook Pro. I heard a lot about Mac but never had one. Man, I really like it.  I use keyboard shortcuts a lot and first few days my life was measurable as I could’t use all those techniques on my Apple keyboard.

Here is a link that give you a good mapping of PC vs Apple keyboard.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167

I will be posting more on my Mac as I learn.

Thanks,
VK

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