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Enabling passwrod requirement when waking from sleep

There is a check box under the "Security" icon within "System Preferences"

setting root password

Mac OS X 10.5 or later

1. From the Finder's Go menu, choose Utilities.
2. Open Directory Utility.
3. Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.
4. Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.
5. Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.
6. Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, then click OK.

Setting up printers

Choose "print" from within any application

Select "Add printer" from the pull down menu

choose "HP Jet Direct - Socket"

Enter IP address of printer

It should auto detect the printer

add a label

Unix utilities

Most of the commands below require that you either be a superuser (su) or have superuser priviledges (sudo)

Xcode

First download Xcode from apple

http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/xcode/

MacPorts

http://www.macports.org/

installed in /opt/local/bin

do the command

port -d selfupdate

to update ports

SVN

http://subversion.tigris.org/

port install subversion

Xmgrace

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

installation using macports

ports install grace

gerbv

port install gerbv

GEANT4

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