Comments for numlock.ch - a changelog by Daniel Mettler

Comment on Skype 5.3.0.116 – a memory hog with memory leaks by bob

bob — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:12:39 +0000

I started to get program leaks which turned out to be Skype. I found that it was using the most memory out of all my apps and just grew in memory usage the longer I left it running. I have theorized that it’s integration with Facebook is trying to Facebook connect in vain. I have tried to install version 3 and Microsoft won’t allow it to run on my system. So now I have no option but to have it disabled on start up to keep it from gobbling up memory. I have rented one of their phone numbers and have recently cancelled it and am looking for an alternative which brought me here. Especially an alternative app to Skype that doesn’t insist in forcing a Facebook plugin on me with the installation.

Comment on How to “reset” a Mac OS X installation by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:04:16 +0000

Thank you for the clear post and pointer to the Apple forums. All the steps worked.

Comment on Erase/wipe free space using Mac OS X by po

po — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:27:01 +0000

You can also do this in disk utility (10.6 onward and maybe previous versions also). Select the drive, choose ‘erase’tab, choose ‘erase free space’.

Comment on Skype 5.3.0.116 – a memory hog with memory leaks by Frank

Frank — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:03:01 +0000

Same shit for me, skype uses 667MB of ram, and 100% cpu on one core.. I always have this, fix it damn you!

Comment on How to “reset” a Mac OS X installation by Macs R We

Macs R We — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:33 +0000

Color me unimpressed with the Lion instructions at Apple Discussions. I followed them to the letter (I also deleted the user’s homedir, which wasn’t mentioned), only to be told upon reboot when I started the file migration that I was trying to load a user ID that already existed. Happily, it gave me the choice of creating a new user or blowing away the old one, so that’s what I did.

From further study of the Apple note on the subject, it looks like simply substituting one comment in the old Snow Lion regimen would have made this all work:

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist

instead of com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist — I only had one machine to upgrade, so I haven’t yet tried that.

Comment on Simultaneously using multiple accounts with Skype 4.0 by Outlook email Setup now

Outlook email Setup now — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:20:20 +0000

thanks you could def try this too http://www.mywindowshelp.com they have some good stuff sometimes and stome crappy stuff sometimes try it

Comment on Button-itis R.I.P.! No more “share” buttons on this changelog. by Philipp

Philipp — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:44:45 +0000

That’s funny, I wrote something very similar about two weeks ago. ;-)
Totally agree with your opinion and hope that more will follow this approach of explicitly removing ads, buttons and also embedded content from third party websites (tweets, etc.).

Comment on How to “reset” a Mac OS X installation by Daniel Mettler

Daniel Mettler — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:11:28 +0000

Thanks for the hint, Adam! Couldn’t verify this myself yet, so just placed a note about Lion as step 0 for now.

Comment on How to “reset” a Mac OS X installation by Daniel Mettler

Daniel Mettler — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:10:19 +0000

Thanks for the note. See Adam’s comment below or check Mark’s comment at Apple forum:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/15701551#15701551

Please note that I couldn’t verify Mark’s procedure myself yet, so please use with care (feedback welcome!). I thus just introduced a step 0 for now (will integrate the hints once I get enough confirmations that Mark’s solution is correct and recommended).

Comment on How to “reset” a Mac OS X installation by Daniel Mettler

Daniel Mettler — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:04:00 +0000

Rebooting isn’t strictly necessary – just to verify the procedure worked.

I’ve clarified this now, thanks for the feedback!