OS X

Manage multiple Java versions in Mac OS X

Apple does no longer provide Java Runtime Environments (JRE) or Java Development Kits (JDK) for Mac OS X. The last JRE from Apple was version 1.6 (Java 6). If you need newer Java versions (e.g. for Eclipse Luna), you can install newer JREs and JDKs from Oracle directly from their website http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. The Mac OS … Read more

Disable OS X Spotlight indexing for removable medias

The indexing function in OS X called Spotlight does a great job finding things on your workstation. But sometime, you may like to exclude removable medias, such as USB memory sticks from the indexing process. One way to exclude any media or directory is by adding it to the spotlight privacy tab in the control … Read more