Monthly Archives: July 2012

Applescript, Desktop Wallpaper and Growl. Automagically.

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Christian Mohn

I´ve been a Mac and OS X user now for about 7 months, but to be honest I have not been very experimental in my usage of my Macbook Air. Until now, my main focus has been basic usage of the hardware and operating systems, and making it work in my cor...

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10 minute lightning Tech Talk at VMworld?

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Christian Mohn

I love it when a plan comes together, especially when someone gets an idea and then someone fires on all cylinders and executes! As mentioned before, there has been a lot of talk about various ways to create a “soapbox” for all those who ...

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vSphere 5: Creating a Hardware Version 4 VM

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Christian Mohn

I recently had a need to create a VM for usage on ESX 3.x, but the only thing available to me in my lab was vSphere 5, which naturally creates new VMs with the latest and greatest version 8 virtual hardware. The following table lists the virtual hard...

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