Now don’t panic….
…so what we need to do is to call the perl module in Rosetta
mode.

What calls the perl module ?
– Perl.

Lets check perl:
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
which perl
/usr/bin/perl

kobaans-computer: kobaan$ file /usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/perl: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/perl (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/usr/bin/perl (for architecture ppc): Mach-O executable
ppc

So, perl, is actually a universal binary, that means an intel
platform Mac will call the intel code natively.
Let’s correct this for the runtime of Fetch Art.

FIRST: make a backup of your original perl binary
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
sudo cp /usr/bin/perl /Users/kobaan/perl

SECOND: strip the intel code from the perl binary
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
sudo lipo -remove i386 /usr/bin/perl -o
/Users/kobaan/perl-ppc

THIRD: copy the stripped ppc-only binary of perl over the original
“location” of perl
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
sudo cp /Users/kobaan/perl-ppc /usr/bin/perl

What have we done:
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
file /usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/perl: Mach-O universal binary with 1 architecture
/usr/bin/perl (for architecture ppc): Mach-O executable
ppc

What will happen if we call the Fetch Art script from within iTunes now….
… select your files, (choose your amazon store in preferences), and fetch the cover
art,
WOOOO its working using Rosetta, not fast, but working.

NOW, THE IMPORTANT LAST THING TO DO !!!
After using the script for your collection, quit Fetch Art, and copy back your original “universal” perl
binary.
kobaans-computer: kobaan$
sudo cp /Users/kobaan/perl /usr/bin/perl
Done . Everything back to normal.

Save your donations,
Kobaan.

“was”

Searching through various preferences in Mac OS and its
applications, even within Firefox as
it is done on Windows…
…I found this entry (already fixed):

kobaans-computer:~ kobaan$
defaults find mms

Found 1 keys in domain ‘com.apple.LaunchServices’: {
LSHandlers = (
{LSHandlerRoleAll = “org.videolan.vlc”; LSHandlerURLScheme = mms;
}

Since modifying plist files can be tricky for some people (not
using developer tools, or being familiar with “vi” and/or
“defaults” class syntax) I found that great application (actually a
preferences panel) called RCDefaultApp, which can be used to change and inspect
almost every file/mime/uri/… handling on Mac OS easily.

Enjoy.
Kobaan.

What does this mean now….
…your database deletes items by reference, but it does not free
up the allocated disk-space, thus blowing up your overall database
size which leads to longer access times as more (empty) data needs
to be parsed through.

The solution:

While your Mail application is NOT running…
…use a terminal and go into “cd ~/Library/Mail”…
…open the database with: “sqlite3 Envelope Index”…
…and free up the already deleted database disk-space using:
“vacuum subjects;”…
…et voila, quit sqlite3 and you’re done.

Mail will be quite fast again, and your disk capacity should show a
few more free blocks.