Macintosh Apps

[Bunk]

I've started using Divvy. Pretty handy if you have lots of windows open and want to resize them neatly and easily.

[stek]

Just got my second Mac (i5 Mac Mini, SSD) to go with my MBP, few questions, if I have bought apps through App Store on one are they valid on the other? Or do I need two accounts etc, secondly what is the best way to RDP from the MBP to the Mini, I have seen various VNC clients with mixed responses, but a few people are speaking about the inbuilt screen sharing app, is it a case of as with everything OSX KISS? Last but not least I want to use the Mac Mini as an OSX Server, so I can VPN back in when I am away, is the inbuilt VPN acceptable so I can access Time Machine and NAS else where on my home LAN?

TIA

If you use the same Apple ID you can download all your purchases to it. I'm in Hell there because I have two Apple ID's - an original one from 1999 and an @mac.com one, I've purchased stuff on both and have to keep logging in and out of the app store for updates etc. Wish Apple would merge them.

I use Apple Remote Desktop - it's perfect.

Haven't used the VPN but you too need to purchase Server, it's only 32 quid now, used to be thousands.....

I sue logmein to get to my iMac and hop around from there. Had to buy it since it went paid-for only, couldn't get on with Teamviewer....

Think VPN might be overkill....

[SimonMac]

Think VPN might be overkill....

VPN will be for accessing the media server when I am on assignment and also for Time Machine backups

[Pondlife]

VPN will be for accessing the media server when I am on assignment and also for Time Machine backups

Logmein have a (currently) free product called Hamachi for a free VPN of up to 5 hosts. Works cross platform without issue.

[SimonMac]

Logmein have a (currently) free product called Hamachi for a free VPN of up to 5 hosts. Works cross platform without issue.

I assume everything goes through them though?

[FiveTimes]

Does anyone know of a Archive/ZIP until for the MAC that doesn't add the _MACOSX folder to new archives?

Can you just select the stuff you want and it select compress - puff you get a zip file. Or and I missing something ?

[Pondlife]

I assume everything goes through them though?

I mostly use SSH but will check with Filezilla later if you like. Anything specific you want to use?

[SpontaneousOrder]

Can you just select the stuff you want and it select compress - puff you get a zip file. Or and I missing something ?

Does that not put hidden files inside though? Afaik they contain osx specific meta-data about the files (like which app opens them etc).

[Sysman]

Can you just select the stuff you want and it select compress - puff you get a zip file. Or and I missing something ?

You can for a single directory level but it's a right pain in the neck when it comes to a directory hierarchy.

But as I pointed out upthread here there's Create Clean Archive.

I've just downloaded and tested the latest version, which claims the following:

New in version 2.0:

• Completely rewritten for improved speed and reliability.
• Now compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9).
• You can now use Automator variables for the name.

[Sysman]

Just got my second Mac (i5 Mac Mini, SSD) to go with my MBP, few questions, if I have bought apps through App Store on one are they valid on the other? Or do I need two accounts etc

Use the same Apple Id for both.

Last but not least I want to use the Mac Mini as an OSX Server, so I can VPN back in when I am away, is the inbuilt VPN acceptable so I can access Time Machine and NAS else where on my home LAN?

The Mountain Lion and early Mavericks versions of OS X Server had almost non-existent help, but it's much improved of late. Forget about the help utility within OS X Server if you've screwed up your networking though, because it's only available when you are online, and even then it's a bit iffy. Use the browser version of the help instead: OS X Server 3 help

krypted.com/mac-os-x-server is a good resource.

Also note wrt to accessing it while away from home, you don't want to apply an update to Server until you get back home, because as soon as it notices a new version of Server.app in place it stops the server processes and you have to kick the rest of the update off manually by running Server.app.