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	<title>Simon&#039;s blog &#187; OS X</title>
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		<title>Mac on PC ?</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/05/18/mac-on-pc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 15:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d heard of &#8216;Hackintosh&#8217; and various attempts people have made to build their own computer to run Mac OS X, but I wondered if Mac OS X would run on a new computer I had just built &#8212; surely not, but I decided to find out.

I have an Apple Mac Pro running OS X already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Fileserver: ZFS hardware</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-zfs-hardware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After deciding that I would use Sun Solaris and its ZFS file system as the foundation for a home fileserver, the next part was to select compatible hardware, as Solaris has fairly limited driver support for hardware.

After hunting around on the internet and the Sun Solaris Hardware Compatibility List, I decided on some hardware to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to enable your DVD player to play DivX format video from DVD+R discs</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/02/how-to-enable-your-dvd-player-to-play-divx-format-video-from-dvdr-discs/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/02/how-to-enable-your-dvd-player-to-play-divx-format-video-from-dvdr-discs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my Panasonic DMR-EH57 HDD/DVD video recorder refused to play DivX format video from DVD+R discs recorded on my Mac Pro&#8217;s &#8216;SuperDrive&#8217;, I looked for a solution and found one, which I will now describe.

This is for Mac users, but the principle remains the same for users of other operating systems: you just have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leopard: first impressions</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/11/04/leopard-first-impressions/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/11/04/leopard-first-impressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After using Leopard for a week or so, here are my first impressions but, overall, it seems like quite an improvement over the last version of Mac OS X, which was already pretty good.

Disclaimer: the notes below are made after only a short time using the new OS, so bear that in mind whilst reading.
Highlights
Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac Pro: a solution for 2nd hard drive noise</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2007/01/03/mac-pro-a-solution-for-2nd-hard-drive-noise/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2007/01/03/mac-pro-a-solution-for-2nd-hard-drive-noise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding a second internal SATA 2 hard drive can make your normally whisper-quiet Mac Pro quite a bit noisier. Here&#8217;s a solution that worked for me.

I added a second hard drive to my Mac Pro to allow easy daily backups. I didn&#8217;t want an external firewire/USB drive as they seem to have strange spinup/down behaviour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bought a new Mac? Then read this</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/22/bought-a-new-mac-then-read-this/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/22/bought-a-new-mac-then-read-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I bought a new Mac recently and was thinking of how I was going to get the new machine configured to work in the same way as the old one.

With Microsoft Windows it&#8217;s simple, but not pleasant. Basically you have to reinstall all applications again because Windows uses a &#8220;feature&#8221; called the Registry that stores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows, Linux and Mac OS X shootout</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/windows-linux-and-mac-os-x-shootout/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/12/windows-linux-and-mac-os-x-shootout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been a Windows, Linux and Mac OS X user, amongst others, I prefer Mac OS X. Let&#8217;s take a brief look at what each OS offers you.

Windows
If I cast my mind back to the days when I ran Microsoft Windows out of choice then, well, you know the &#8220;joys&#8221; of Windows already, but, if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac display settings</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/04/mac-display-settings/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2006/11/04/mac-display-settings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think that some text on your display is hard to read then there just might be a way to improve it.

Recently when I was setting up a new Mac I had the distinct impression that the quality of the displayed text was not so good on the new machine, which was disappointing.
I use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X Leopard to be compatible with Windows Apps?</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2005/12/04/os-x-leopard-to-be-compatible-with-windows-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2005/12/04/os-x-leopard-to-be-compatible-with-windows-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breden.org.uk/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been a Mac user only since Christmas 2004 and I can say that it was a great decision to go out and buy one. The operating system Mac OS X is the Rolls Royce of operating systems. The power, stability and security of UNIX (FreeBSD) underneath the hood, with the beauty and elegance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Widget mania</title>
		<link>http://breden.org.uk/2005/12/03/widget-mania/</link>
		<comments>http://breden.org.uk/2005/12/03/widget-mania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not quite sure what to make of Mac OS X widgets. When Tiger first came out in April 2005 I must admit that I was looking forward to checking them out. However, to be honest, since then I haven&#8217;t really used them much, so I suppose I&#8217;m not really sold on them. However&#8230;

Today I [...]]]></description>
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