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- The Power Mac G4 Cube is a small form factor Macintosh personal computer from Apple Computer, Inc., sold between 2000 and 2001.Designed by Jonathan Ive, the Cube was Apple's attempt to miniaturize a powerful desktop computer into compact size less than 8 inches (20 cm) to a side.
- MagicQ is developed for Mac OS X 10.7.0 or later. The default filename for the program's installer is magicqmacintelv1660.dmg. The most popular version of the application is 1.6. The software lies within Design & Photo Tools, more precisely Viewers & Editors. This free software for Mac OS X was originally produced by Chamsys Limited.
Using the bundled PHP
PHP has come standard with Macs since Mac OS X version 10.0.0. Enabling PHP with the default web server requires uncommenting a few lines in the Apache configuration file httpd.conf whereas the CGI and/or CLI are enabled by default (easily accessible via the Terminal program).
Enabling PHP using the instructions below is meant for quickly setting up a local development environment. It's highly recommended to always upgrade PHP to the newest version. Like most live software, newer versions are created to fix bugs and add features and PHP being is no different. See the appropriate macOS installation documentation for further details. The following instructions are geared towards a beginner with details provided for getting a default setup to work. All users are encouraged to compile, or install a new packaged version.
The standard installation type is using mod_php, and enabling the bundled mod_php on macOS for the Apache web server (the default web server, that is accessible via System Preferences) involves the following steps:
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- Locate and open the Apache configuration file. By default, the location is as follows: /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf Using
Finder
orSpotlight
to find this file may prove difficult as by default it's private and owned by theroot
user.Note: One way to open this is by using a Unix based text editor in the Terminal, for examplenano
, and because the file is owned byroot
we'll use thesudo
command to open it (asroot
) so for example type the following into theTerminal
Application (after, it will prompt for a password):sudo nano /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Noteworthy nano commands:^w
(search),^o
(save), and^x
(exit) where^
represents the Ctrl key.Note: Versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.5 were bundled with older versions of PHP and Apache. As such, the Apache configuration file on legacy machines may be /etc/httpd/httpd.conf. - With a text editor, uncomment the lines (by removing the #) that look similar to the following (these two lines are often not together, locate them both in the file):Notice the location/path. When building PHP in the future, the above files should be replaced or commented out.
- Be sure the desired extensions will parse as PHP (examples: .php .html and .inc)Due to the following statement already existing in httpd.conf (as of Mac Panther), once PHP is enabled the .php Enjoy mac os. files will automatically parse as PHP.Tour - redux mac os. Note:Before Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), PHP 4 was bundled instead of PHP 5 in which case the above instructions will differ slightly by changing 5's to 4's.
- Be sure the DirectoryIndex loads the desired default index file This is also set in httpd.conf. Typically index.php and index.html are used. By default index.php is enabled because it's also in the PHP check shown above. Adjust accordingly.
- Set the php.ini location or use the default A typical default location on macOS is /usr/local/php/php.ini and a call to phpinfo() will reveal this information. If a php.ini is not used, PHP will use all default values. See also the related FAQ on finding php.ini.
- Locate or set the
DocumentRoot
This is the root directory for all the web files. Files in this directory are served from the web server so the PHP files will parse as PHP before outputting them to the browser. A typical default path is /Library/WebServer/Documents but this can be set to anything in httpd.conf. Alternatively, the default DocumentRoot for individual users is /Users/yourusername/Sites - Create a phpinfo() file The phpinfo() function will display information about PHP. Consider creating a file in the DocumentRoot with the following PHP code:
- Restart Apache, and load the PHP file created above To restart, either execute
sudo apachectl graceful
Dice king mac os. in the shell or stop/start the 'Personal Web Server' option in the macOS System Preferences. By default, loading local files in the browser will have an URL like so: http://localhost/info.php Or using the DocumentRoot in the user directory is another option and would end up looking like: http://localhost/~yourusername/info.php
The CLI (or CGI in older versions) is appropriately named php and likely exists as /usr/bin/php. Open up the terminal, read the command line section of the PHP manual, and execute
php -v
to check the PHP version of this PHP binary. A call to phpinfo() will also reveal this information. 10.6: Flip around (invert) the Magic Trackpad | 9 comments | Create New Account
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Sweet !
And I guess if you want to revert back you would use '0' instead of '1'?
Personally, I think it'd be best to just remove the preference rather than set it to zero. After all, I assume the original state was that the preference did not exist. And I guess if you want to revert back you would use '0' instead of '1'?
defaults remove com.apple.trackpad.orientation TrackpadOrientationMode
I can't get this to work. I set the preference (and checked it with defaults read) but nothing happens. I tried turning the trackpad off and on, changing a trackpad-related setting and rebooting the machine, but nothing worked.
Can someone describe what is meant by 'resting 5 fingers on the trackpad'? Do I need to put the full fingers down or only the fingertips? Is the trackpad only inverted while 5 fingers are on the pad or does the 5 finger trick toggle normal and inverse modes?
Can someone describe what is meant by 'resting 5 fingers on the trackpad'? Do I need to put the full fingers down or only the fingertips? Is the trackpad only inverted while 5 fingers are on the pad or does the 5 finger trick toggle normal and inverse modes?
Here's an alternate default that definitely works but will prompt you for the system's root (Administrator) password, and require reboot (or reconnect?):
sudo defaults write com.apple.MultitouchSupport ForceAutoOrientation YES
Turn the trackpad the way you want it then place 5 fingertips on it all at once, with them fairly spread out like somebody's taking your fingerprints.
You DON'T have to remove the preference to switch back to normal orientation. Just turn trackpad back around and touch 5 fingers again.
sudo defaults write com.apple.MultitouchSupport ForceAutoOrientation YES
Turn the trackpad the way you want it then place 5 fingertips on it all at once, with them fairly spread out like somebody's taking your fingerprints.
You DON'T have to remove the preference to switch back to normal orientation. Just turn trackpad back around and touch 5 fingers again.
I can confirm that this second variant works. It doesn't need the other preference, too.
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I can't get it to work either.
I think it would be great if you could hold the trackpad on it's side by the battery compartment and swipe with your other hand. That would be great for doing presentations.
I think it would be great if you could hold the trackpad on it's side by the battery compartment and swipe with your other hand. That would be great for doing presentations.
Has anyone had success with this hint? It ultimately seems to have come from the same source as the previous hint about switching the navigation swipe from 3 to 4 fingers, and I can report that the latter works as advertised (it has been added to the Secrets database, BTW, for those using their preference pane (download link is near top right)). I can't, however, get any joy with this latest hint for the Magic Trackpad..
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Try the sudo variant. There is no visible UI in the preference pane for this. It responds silently and instantly to the five finger magic.
Nice trick. Thanks.. I had to reboot to make it work.