• certifications,  iPhone

    iOS Development Test Now Available

    I’ve been involved with Brainbench for some time. There is now a new iOS development test available at http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/taketest.xml?testId=2973. Also, we’re currently working on a Mountain Lion test and could use some reviewers if anyone is interested.  Let me know if you’d like to be involved with that.

  • Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment

    WWDC Tickets On Sale

    Apple has put tickets on sale for the WorldWide Developer Conference, from June 11th to June 15th in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Last year, the conference sold out really quickly, so might want to jump on buying tickets if you want to go. One thing can be pretty easily assumed, there will be plenty of talk about Mountain Lion (and maybe a new beta/DP as well).

  • Mac OS X,  Mac Security

    lsregister: How Files Are Handled in Mac OS X

    The lsregister command is used to query and manage the Launch Services database, or the database that is used to determine the default application used to open files of various types. lsregister is part of Core Services, and stored in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support. To see the options available to lsregister, run the command with no operators: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister You can dump the database to the screen using the -dump option: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump You can then grep the database or redirect the output into a text file for parsing: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump > dump.txt Sometimes applications don’t open with a given file type. When this happens, you can quickly and easily check if the problem…