Journey to Mac-Based Development

I've been away from the ColdFusion scene for quite some time now, working on a major project to develop a solution to help mitigate global warming. In the process, I bought a MacBook because Keynote seemed so much easier to develop presentations on. I really enjoy using the iWork suite of tools, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and the whole mac experience of using a computer. It really is much better. I cringe now every time I have to start the Windows machine sitting here next to me. It just doesn't ... work. I never realized what I had just grown to accept, like all the waiting for the damn thing to finally finish booting up, the maze of warnings, and the noise the thing makes. And I never thought the difference would be so stark.

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Now I'm working through the steps to get a development environment set up on the mac, and there are a few things you just have to know that I didn't know and it took some hunting around to discover. As I work my way through getting everything set up, I thought I'd take some notes, and might as well blog them! Coming up next ... Enabling Root Access!