Weblogic 9.1 on OS X
I’ve had WLS 8.1 running on my PowerBook lately, using the tips posted Rod Chavez. That installation required some tweaking to get it to work properly.
Since my current project will probably move to a WLS 9 before going into production, I would like to get WLS9 running on my PowerBook (although I use the client supplied Wintel box for onsite development), the opportunity to work while waiting for the delayed flight home is quite appealing.
After some digging it seams like the installer is quite OS agnostic, and I takes a os argument when running the installer. The tip here is to use the switch ‘-Dos.name=unix’.
java -Dos.name=unix -jar server910_generic.jar
installer stating
done installing
quickstart
run
/BEA_HOME/weblogic1/common/bin/conf.py
to start the config wizard.
note, running WLS is not “officially” supported by BEA. But in my experience it works like a charm..
OS X “musthave” software
This post is mostly for my own recognition, but it might interest some of my readers (potential OS X switchers come to mind).
I will try to list the “must-have” applications on your fresh OS X, it’s been a while since switched (although I still use various Linux distros regulary).
Here goes
I believe my readers will know what and were to get them.. And I have probably missed some software.A couple of OS X updates
Apple has addressed the recent well-publicized security issues involving Safari, it also includes changes to Mail, iChat, and the LaunchServices. Information straight from the releasenotes..
For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.5.
Recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
apache_mod_php automount Bom Directory Services iChat IPSec LaunchServices LibSystem loginwindow rsync Safari Syndication For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
iTunes 6.0.4
With iTunes 6, you can preview, buy, and download over 3,000 music videos and hit TV shows on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go. To watch purchased videos, you must have QuickTime 7.0.3 or later and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
iTunes 6.0.4 addresses stability and performance issues related to Front Row.
Note: After purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store with iTunes 6 or later, you will also need to upgrade your other computers that purchase music from the iTunes Music Store to the latest version of iTunes.
iPhoto Update 6.0.2
iPhoto 6.0.2 resolves several minor issues with playing shared slideshows in Front Row.
Front Row 1.2.1
This Front Row update improves compatibility with iTunes and iPhoto sharing.
Play WMV in Quicktime
Flip4Mac has a really nice extension for those of you that are running OSX, and don’t want to use Microsofts now ancient Windows Media Player for OSX.
The product is free, and it seems to work like a charm (Microsoft even links to the plug-in from their Media Player for OSX download page).
Mac OS X 10.4.5 has left the building
The new update arrived today; claimed fixes are
- iChat video conferencing
- Safari rendering of web pages
- usability of Dashboard and widgets
- viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall
- printing to some Epson printer models
- iDisk and Portable Home Directory syncing
- time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007
- VPN connections to Cisco servers when using NAT
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates
Seems like nothing major
Download here, or from the update manager
Netbeans Performance Profiler, for OS X
Tor Norbye points out that Milestone 11 of NetBeans Performance Profiler now supports OS X. As you might know the profiler is based on JFluid.
You will need JDK 5 update 4 for this to work.
I will have to take it for a spin, but I was quite impressed by the demo of the profiler I saw on this year JavaOne.
Java performance on OSX (10.4.3)
According to reports the 10.4.3 OSX update adds enhanced performance for Java applications running on 10.4, this should impact memory-heavy apps like Eclipse (see bug report).
Now the question remains, why isn’t JDK 5 standard in 10.4.x ??
10.4.3
As the rumors said 10.4.3 was released today, to summarise the news (according to Apple).
The 10.4.3 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users.
It includes fixes for:
AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network file services AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support disc recording when creating and burning media .Mac sync services Spotlight indexing and searching Dashboard widgets: Dictionary, Flight Tracker, Stickies, and Unit Converter Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iSync, Mail, and Safari applications Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update compatibility with third party applications and devices previous standalone security updates
Available now in update manager
Tiger on Tiger.. (JDK 5 on OS X 10.4.x)
Apples implementation of JDK 5.0 works terrific, although after installation 1.4.2 is still the default, it easily fixed by some creative symlinking…
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions mv CurrentJDK CurrentJDK-old ln -s 1.5 CurrentJDK