• Uncategorized

    5 Great Weather Apps

    This is not going to be the most groundbreaking post that we ever write at Bushel.com. But it is useful for a few of you (and it was requested). So, what apps do we recommend for checking the weather (this list will completely change when we see who has a glance for the watch). Which Weather Apps Do We Love?

  • Bushel

    Manage Apple Devices In Hospitality

    As with many industries, hospitality can range from large corporate structures to smaller mom and pop shops. The emergence of airbnb and other such sites helped to set the stage for a large number of new hospitality organizations coming on the market. Some as big as large chains of hotels; others as small as the room above my garage. But no matter whether you’re using a list app to make sure you clean things correctly before renting a room out through airbnb or whether you’re managing a large fleet of field services devices across a global chain of hotels, device management can help. Managing Apple Devices in Hospitality

  • Windows Server,  Windows XP

    Package Manager Like apt-get For Windows 10

    In Windows 10, Microsoft has finally baked a package manager called OneGet into Windows. It works similarly to apt-get and other package managers that have been around for decades in the Linux world; just works in PowerShell, rather than bash. So let’s take a quick peak. First, import it as a module from a PowerShell prompt: Import-Module -Name OneGet Next, use Get-Command to see the options for the OneGet Module: Get-Command -Module OneGet This will show you the following options: Find-Package Get-Package Get-PackageProvider Get-PackageSource Install-Package Register-PackageSource Save-Package Set-PackageSource Uninstall-Package Unregister-PackageSource Next, look at the repositories of package sources you have: Get-PackageSource You can then add a repo to look at,…

  • Bushel

    Stolen Smartphones, Activation Lock, And You

    There are a staggering amount of smartphone thefts each year. Apple is prepared. They have addressed the growing trend by releasing groundbreaking features to secure not only your device, but to take a long-term approach to securing the ecosystem with Activation Lock. Activation Lock is meant to greatly reduced the number of iPhones stolen each year by making devices devoid of value if stolen. Activation Lock ties an Apple ID to a device, so if the device is stolen, the device is useless. This can be an annoyance when businesses get locked out of their own devices once an employee leaves their organization. This means they are not able to reuse the…

  • Bushel

    About Brian

    Brian is a Software Engineer who contributes to the design and development of Bushel. Before accepting a role as a Senior Software Engineer on the Bushel team at JAMF Software, Brian had been working as a software engineer working on teleradiology and EHR systems. Brian grows a crazy-awesome mustache in November. We Are Bushel: Brian #wearebushel

  • Bushel,  iPhone,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server

    Learning iOS Security Now Available for Pre-Orders

    Boom. 3 books in about 6 months. The next, and likely last for a few months at least, book is finally ready. Written with Allister Banks, Learning iOS Security is a look into iOS Security for those coming to the Apple platform. It’s meant for business, enterprise, infosec.   The first chapter, as I’ve done in a few previous books, was written as a quick and dirty “oh, this is all you’re gonna’ read, cool” type of thing. In security, 90 percent (or more) of the work is done in the first 10 percent of the time. I have this theory (unproven) that each percent represents a j curve in cost…

  • Apple Configurator,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment

    Automatically let users install printers

    A scripty way to install a printer: sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p MYPRINTERNAME -L "" -E -v lpd://MYPRINTERIPADDRESS -P MYPRINTERPPDFILE So if you create a file called installprinter.terminal and then paste this command in there, it’ll install the printer. You’d need to change the items in all caps for it to run. Another way would be to use Profile Manager. There, you’d setup a basic profile manager server and then use the Printer profile (see screenshot) to install the printer. Then users can just double-click on the profile, install it to their printers and use it. That’s the modern/best/easiest way IMHO.

  • Bushel

    Small Businesses Using The Cloud For IT Tasks

    IT is, obviously, a very important function in any business. For businesses like Target or IBM, an IT department is critical to their success. However, not every business wants or needs a department for IT. Whether the issue is the set-up cost or the wait time for IT help, is every business stuck with an IT department? Learn How Small Businesses Can Embrace the Cloud to Accomplish IT Tasks On The Bushel Blog