Geek Style » OS X http://farrokhi.net/blog UNIX, InfoSec, Networking Fri, 11 May 2012 16:48:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Fixed: OS X 10.5.7 and Bluetooth http://farrokhi.net/blog/index.php/archives/545 http://farrokhi.net/blog/index.php/archives/545#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 10:35:26 +0000 Babak Farrokhi http://farrokhi.net/blog/?p=545 If you are running Mac OS X and upgraded to the recent 10.5.7 and you are using a bluetooth mouse or keyboard, then you are most likely suffering from the same problem that I do: Bluetooth device loses connection to your mac after a few hours of working. and its a real PITA.

I have [...]]]> If you are running Mac OS X and upgraded to the recent 10.5.7 and you are using a bluetooth mouse or keyboard, then you are most likely suffering from the same problem that I do: Bluetooth device loses connection to your mac after a few hours of working. and its a real PITA.

I have been struggling with this since I upgraded to 10.5.7 and haven’t found a working solution, until I recently tried this and it worked like a magic:

sudo killall -HUP blued

You only need to open up a Terminal.app window and run this command. This command sends a HUP (hangup) signal to bluetooth daemon, that actually is a soft-reset command. It causes blued to reload the configuration and brings your bluetooth device back to life.

Update 1: The latest bluetooth firmware update from Apple didn’t solve the problem. It still happens (less frequently tough) and needs to kick blued to work.

]]> http://farrokhi.net/blog/index.php/archives/545/feed 11 Mac Experience (updated for 2008) http://farrokhi.net/blog/index.php/archives/519 http://farrokhi.net/blog/index.php/archives/519#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:58:36 +0000 Babak Farrokhi http://farrokhi.net/blog/?p=519 I suddenly came across this old post from 2004 in which I explained my early experiments in OS X. Now after being a hardcore OS X user for more than a year, I found how much the world has changed since. The Firefox is a really usable browser now and IM clients are up [...]]]> I suddenly came across this old post from 2004 in which I explained my early experiments in OS X. Now after being a hardcore OS X user for more than a year, I found how much the world has changed since. The Firefox is a really usable browser now and IM clients are up to date. I still hate iChat for no good reason. Maybe because I hate IM on the whole.
And guess what. My favorite OS X app is Terminal.
In fact OS X offers an intuitive interface that is very usable and hassle-free. I would call it a real productivity booster. Beside the interface, the OS itself is based on a mature BSD skeleton, and as a Unix fanatic and really enjoy poking around OS X.

I seriously urge you to switch to Mac if you care about your productivity and performance.

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