Bushel is an Apple device (OSX and iOS) management tool that will assist with items that would normally frustrate people once you try to deploy/issue more than three devices. So Iâm please to shar...
Every year I like to dig a little around some default paths to see what new binaries will be available to assist in deployment or troubleshooting. I use a simple easy script that generates a list ...
Yes I know this is a lengthy⌠long⌠and very specific post title, but I hope it helps someone else in the same predicament.
On May 1st, MacDMVâs second âtechâ session took place covering Appleâs Device Enrollment Program (DEP) and how it relates to JAMF Softwareâs Casper Suite, a little about VPPMD (because once you sta...
These are notes about getting the Apple IDS and their two-step verification authentication ready for Apples Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) and Device Enrollment Program (DEP). WORST case give you...
My test CrashPlan PROe (CPPe, a.k.a âBlackâ) environment has been troubled with this VMware Fusion bug where linking a shared folder has some issues with read/write. The result was anytime a clien...
Yesterday I was able to present to the local DC, VA, MD Mac User Group MacDMV on VPP. I felt it was a great success for our first knowledge focus event, and glad things are now in-gear. As I ment...
Last Friday I was feeling a little jealous of the San Francisco area Mac Adminâs group Macbrained on getting a group of individuals together to discuss new items in the Apple world (Mavericks and i...
For this post, it is a good idea to review my last article on how Appleâs Push Notification System (APNS) works when managing OS X and iOS devices. Itâs not required reading to comprehend, but it ...
Classic Environment
XProtectWatch 1.1.0 (now with terminal-notifier support) I have updated XProtectWatch to now utilize terminal-notifier âa command-line tool to send Mac OS X User Notifications, which are available...
On Feb 19, 2013 11:48 PM Topher Kessler releases his article for CNET that New Mac malware opens secure reverse shell is out, âbut has not yet been determined to be much of a threatâ. His article ...
Confession, I FORCED my wife to be a âswitcherâ. Yes, I forced her to start using OS X, because Christmas 2012 I purchased a new laptop for her at her request (she didnât specify a brand⌠and um⌠...
This title is very specific and may not be everyoneâs exact scenario, however, there was plenty of beneficial items in my latest exercise with Wiki data on OS X; specifically taking old 10.6 Wiki d...
Iâve posted several docs already on what I see as big changes from a Server Admin point of view which includes moving the rest of the supported applications from Server Admin to Server.app. With th...
Websites (f.k.a Web) and Wiki have already been moved to Server.app when Lion Server was released, so I didnât expect much to change, but upon review there is a twinkle of Advanced option for Mac A...
In the beginning of Mt Lion, there was a large scare that Apple was going to remove the current process of Software Updates (where in an enterprise environment has control of which update is made a...
The concepts for installing Open Directory is exactly the same as previous versions of OS X Server. Select whichever you want (Master or Replica) and walk through the assistant to get your ODM/ODR ...
From a pure functional standpoint, I donât see any major difference between what is available in prior versions of OS X Server in terms of NetBoot service to the Mt Lion version; other than it is n...
When first viewing Mountain Lion (MT Lion) Server, you can understand that Apple had a long-term goal of making the most common things VERY easy and simple to administer. Consolidating service func...
In terms of File Sharing, there is really nothing different from Lion to Mt Lion. There is a bonus for iOS users in EDU in that you can now create a WebDAV âDropBoxâ for students submitting their a...
You have just installed Mountain Lion Server, now what!? Going on the assumption you are staring at Server.app right after a clean install, the first thing that needs attention is DNS!
Wow, I can honestly say that this yearâs Macworld was awesome!  The fans and sponsors were great, but I must give my biased applause towards the speakers and MacIT Advisory Board for their superb j...
Over the past several months, my company has been dealing with AD/OD integrations with Lion 10.7.2 and the customerâs environment is using â.localâ. If you are not familiar with the history between...
I donât feel that anyone reading this in 2012 has never heard of IPv6. The easiest way to put it itâs a combinations of HEX values to make a big ugly âthingâ that represents your computer. IPv4 was...
Friday, January 27, 2012 (10:20am - 11:05am)
Today, Intego announced of a new trojan designed for the Mac dubbed âDevilRobberâ.
First, I want to say thanks to Edward Marczak for his original post on how to remove the Diginotar CA Certificate, and his forward thinking about how to do this from a System Admin perspective. I w...
These tools are nothing new as they were available in Snow Leopard (and I believe Leopard, just canât check), but they are fun little tools just in case you donât have Appleâs Xcode iTunes link ins...
Most likely you have already figured out how to use your new email certificate in Mail as my article on How to get a free S/MIME Certificate was posted almost a month ago.
We have discussed the basics of S/MIME in my post What Is S/MIME Email and Why Should I Be Using It, and from the last article Acquiring a S/MIME Certificate for Free you should have your S/MIME ce...
From the last article, I hope you are now wondering âwhere do I get this awesome thing called S/MIME certificate!â, and the other kicker âWhatâs it going to cost me?â Well you are in luck because e...
During the WWDC 2011 keynote, Apple announced that iOS 5 was going to have the capabilities of S/MIME. With that new feature announcement, it becomes a perfect topic to kick off my Foundations segm...
I have had intentions for some time on using my site for something other than announcements of Macworld/MacTech sessions, photographs while traveling for my job, and a simple resume placeholder. No...
Pictures from Macworld 2011 in San Francisco, CA.
January 29, 2011 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM)
Pictures from the MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA. It was a great time!
Here are some of the pictures that I took during Macworld 2010.
Feb. 12, 2010 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Here are some of the pictures that I took during Macworld 2009.
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