Just finished a new version of my long-running password keeper application. You can download the cross-platform version, the mac dmg image, and the source code. New changes include the ability to export entries to an encrypted HTML page (see my previous post on javascript cryptography) and bundling the cross-platform version as a single JAR file using one-jar. As usual this version does not rely on javax.crypto APIs to function so it should work wherever a JDK5 compatible VM can run. Feature requests, bug reports and comments are always welcome.
Posts Tagged Mac
JPasskeep Update
May 5
For a while I’ve been trying to find out what is using my external USB hard disk on my mac when I want to eject it. Its been driving me batty and I usually resort to a few choice expletives before pulling out the cable anyway.
Recently I read about the lsof terminal command – for example:
lsof /Volumes/BACKUPHD
This shows you what processes are currently busy stuffing around the specific volume. After running this command I found that Spotlight was the culprit. It just kept on indexing the drive, and on a nearly-full 1TB drive this takes a bit of time. D’oh
So to turn off indexing by Spotlight I had to go to System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy Tab and add an entry for the volume that I wanted spotlight to ignore.
Easy, once you know how to do it 
Since switching over to mac I’ve been using both a Quicksilver trigger, and right-clicking on the little padlock icon in the toolbar, to kick off my screensaver and lock my computer. After updating to Leopard I started to have a flickering screensaver, as if more than one screensaver was active at the same time. This has been bugging the heck out of me, but I’ve finally come across a solution on Mac OSX Hints (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071102105927735).