According to this exhaustive FAQ on OS X kernel panic, it seems there are 5 main causes to that:
- Directory
- Drivers and Preference Panels
- Widgets
- Data corruption
- Permissions
- RAM and motherboards
I find this FAQ very useful especially because of the fact its author didn’t forget any of them (for the moment), for example the famous OS 10.2.5 USB hub caused KP.
Read the FAQ here.
Thanks to my friend Kofster (who is making me crazy with these screenshots…):
- Better Floating windows:
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First point: Any OS installed on a HFS+ partition (which is the case of OS X) leads the HD to fragmentation. This is a rule, and OS X isn’t an exception.
Second point: OS X has much more files than OS 9 (RIP)
Third point: here is Apple’s opinion on that subject (according to Apple there won’t be big changes if you defragment your HD); OS X Tiger & Leopard automatically defragment some files with a process called: “Hot File Adaptive Clustering”.
Final point: UNIX: defragmentation on UNIX system is useless.
So… Now we have these elements we have to find and answer to this dilemna: meet me after the jump.
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According to Think Secret, it’s a “yes”
Apple is preparing to release another update to Tiger ahead of Leopard’s release, Think Secret has learned, although details of the Mac OS X 10.4.11 update are otherwise scarce at the moment.
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A lot of people didn’t know about this feature in OS X.
Here’s the how to:
- control + click on the file (files or folder: it will make a single archive with all the files inside)
- select “Create Archive of…”
- a .zip archive will be created in the same folder than the selected file(s)’s
This post is more a “reminder” for every Mac user (and 4 me).
Here is a pot-pourri of the best Mac applications that you really have to have: (all the links are inside Mac Amour, so you’ll get a review + download link for each one)
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Want your icons to look like Leopard’s (until October)?
Here’s what you need:
* This Leopard icon package (144 icns).
* Candy Bar: the latest version 2.6.1 isn’t compatible with OS X 10.4.10 unless you do the update when it requests you to.
Candy Bar is too easy to use (drag and drop), no need for a “how to” for that application.
