Castor, the lovable beaver, is here to help you archive

In a natural extension of the PresSTORE/CatDV work I have been doing, I have written a more unified installer and configuration tool for the scripts on Mac OS X.  The project is called Castor and it has its own page now here on my blog.  Check the page for updates to the scripts or if … Continue reading “Castor, the lovable beaver, is here to help you archive”

Bonjour and VPN or How I Learned To Stop Googling And Love Simplicity

Recently I have been using Quickbooks 2012 to manage my business, and while I can’t say I’m in love with the software by any means, it is what I would consider “good enough” for what I’m doing currently. I have the multi-user edition and run the database using the Quickbooks Server application. I frequently travel … Continue reading “Bonjour and VPN or How I Learned To Stop Googling And Love Simplicity”

Using Apple iCal to schedule ingest using AJA Kona/Io devices and VTRXchange

While not optimal, sometimes you don’t want to spend the extra money to get a robust tool for doing scheduled ingest from companies like Softron or ToolsOnAir.  I had an inquiry on how you could do this using the free tools that come with AJA hardware after my write up on scheduling the KiPro using … Continue reading “Using Apple iCal to schedule ingest using AJA Kona/Io devices and VTRXchange”

CatDV/PresSTORE Updates for CatDV 9.0

For a full overview of getting CatDV working with PresSTORE Archive, click here.  This article discusses updates due to changes in CatDV 9.0. After doing some work with CatDV 9.0, I discovered that the XML schema has changed slightly.  The changes are actually just a more verbose XML output and adding some additional sub-fields to the … Continue reading “CatDV/PresSTORE Updates for CatDV 9.0”

Converting a volume with data on it to a mirrored RAID volume in MacOS X

Since the days of Panther, Apple has included the ability to create and boot from Apple software RAIDs.  Unfortunately, regardless of how you ordered your XServe (RIP) or MacPro or mini server, the system comes with two drives, one with a clean system installed, the other completely empty.  While it is easy to reinstall and … Continue reading “Converting a volume with data on it to a mirrored RAID volume in MacOS X”