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Is Reblogging Tweets Broken in Tumblr?
Has anyone else experienced the following error when trying to reblog a tweet in Tumblr?
Leave a comment and let me know if this is working for you or not.
While I don’t know if I’d give up Paragon NTFS for this for as it’s so solid, this is a good alternative if you haven’t purchased that and don’t want to mess with NTFS-3G.
First, uninstall NTFS-3G/Paragon if installed.
Open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
Type “diskutil info /Volumes/volume_name” and copy the Volume UUID (bunch of numbers).
Backup /etc/fstab if you have it, shouldn’t be there in a default install.
Type “sudo nano /etc/fstab”.
Type in “UUID=paste_the_uuid_here none ntfs rw” or “LABEL=volume_name none ntfs rw” (if you don’t have UUID for the disk).
Repeat for other NTFS partitions.
Save the file (ctrl-x then y) and restart your system.
TinyGrab - False Advertising
I finally got around to playing with TinyGrab from the MacHeist nanobundle today. After playing with it for a little bit, I have a bone to pick with them. See this blatantly false description posted on their website:
What’s wrong with it? Well I’ll tell you! It takes no where near 30 seconds. More like 5 seconds! IF THAT! TinyGrab is seriously cool, and it’s cross platform (OS X and Windows). Of course, the image you see above was generated and hosted by TinyGrab. And it can do more than just screenshots - you can upload any image you have and have it generate a random URL for you.
Even if you didn’t get it in the MacHeist bundle, it’s only a one-time £10 payment for the premium service, which gives you unlimited screenshot-posting bliss. And if you don’t want to pay, there’s a limited free account you can get that just limits you a bit, but it should give you an idea of how cool it is. Check it out at http://tinygrab.com/.
BONUS CONTENT! Since TinyGrab works with the built-in screenshot tool in OS X (it really just grabs the file off the desktop when it’s generated), you can of course use all of the features of OS X. And since it’s working with the files off of your desktop, you may want it to automatically move the files to the trash (or a folder elsewhere) to keep your desktop clean.
And if you forgot the screenshot hotkeys, here’s what will work with TinyGrab:
- Command+Shift+3 = Capture entire screen and save as a file
- Command+Shift+4 = Capture dragged area and save as a file
- Command+Shift+4 then Space bar = Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file
This week’s Mac Application pick of the week is SnowChecker. SnowChecker will help you if you’ve recently upgraded to Snow Leopard and haven’t checked all your applications for compatibility, or still delaying your upgrade until you know everything works.
When I ran it, it detected most applications, but it didn’t detect which version of the application I had installed. However, it was still informative enough to be useful. If you’re still curious about which applications you use will be supported under SnowLeopard, you can’t pass this application up.
Be sure to check back every Saturday for the Mac App of the Week!
For anyone in desktop support, this tool may be extremely valuable to give you detailed hardware information.
I agree with Lifehacker on this. The Microsoft’s Security Essentials is great. Even running in a VM, I have seen practically no performance hit from running it.
