• Mac OS X

    Make Your Bash Prompt Into A Smiling Pile Of Poo (💩) For Halloween

    Did you know that bash supports emojis? So do SSIDs. Let’s run a quick and easy command so that bash can enjoy the same holiday that you’re enjoying. Let’s say the name of an emoji. To do so, open the Terminal.app and paste this command in: say 💩 You can also easily edit your .bash_profile. To do so, run the `vi .bash_profile` command and paste this line in: PS1="💩   $" Note that I put a few spaces here, after the smiling pile of poo (which I really just like to type and verbalize while sitting next to people on airplanes). The reason for the spaces is that otherwise your text might…

  • personal

    50 Choices For Your Halloween Party Background Movies!

    My Top 10 You’re having a party. Or waiting to give candy to trick-or-treaters. And you want to throw something on in the background. Check out this list and I’m sure you’ll find something that matches your tastes and what you want to portray to whatever contingent you’re hosting! The Lost Boys: Thow shall not kill is still in my head from last night. Seriously, my favorite movie to throw on in the background when throwing a Halloween party. You can do this one with or without audio. It’s not so scary, it moves quick enough, and it can be watched for just a few seconds or minutes without someone becoming engrossed and…

  • Apple Configurator,  iPhone,  Mass Deployment

    Migrate Settings From Apple Configurator 1 to Apple Configurator 2

    The first time you open Apple Configurator 2, if you’ve been using Apple Configurator 1, your settings will be upgraded from the old sqlite3 database in Apple Configurator 1 into the Apple Configurator 2 decentralized file structure. To get started, first backup your computer. I’d recommend a clone as with certs and profiles and databases and all that fun stuff. Once you have a solid backup, open the new Apple Configurator 2 app and then click on the Next button at the Introduction screen. At the Library Migration screen, select each of the types of data that you’d like to migrate and click on the Next button. At the Device Backups screen, you will…

  • Wearable Technology

    Set The Alarm On A Jawbone UP

    Setting the alarm on a Jawbone UP3 isn’t the most obvious of tasks. To set it up, open the UP app on your phone. From the main screen, tap on the icon in the upper right corner, that looks like your UP. This brings up a slider and you’ll see a few options. One of which is the Smart Alarm. Tap on Smart Alarm to bring up the screen to configure the alarm. At the Smart Alarm screen, tap on the time and set it as desired. You can also use the plus sign option (+) to add additional alarms. Once set, click the checkmark option. Then, wakeup refreshed in the…

  • Apple Configurator,  iPhone

    Increase The Logging Level Of Apple Configurator

    Apple Configurator, by default, logs only a limited amount of data. To increase the logging level for Apple Configurator, use the defaults command to write All into the LogLevel key in com.apple.configurator, using the defaults command: defaults write com.apple.configurator LogLevel ALL Re-open Apple Configurator and you’re golden. Then, have some problems and be so happy to get some logs, viewable in Console. defaults read com.apple.configurator {AcceptedLicenseVersion = 20150317; CDFirstLaunch = 0; CDMainViewType = 3; ChaperoneCertificateIssuer = ; ChaperoneCertificateSerial = ; LogLevel = ALL; NSNavLastRootDirectory = "~/Desktop"; NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForSaveMode = "{712, 620}"; "NSToolbar Configuration C484E2C8-5B9C-4999-9304-7233D38B3F95" = { "TB Display Mode" = 1; "TB Icon Size Mode" = 1; "TB Is Shown" =…

  • JAMF,  Mac OS X,  Mass Deployment

    Mac@IBM Presentation from JNUC

    Two weeks ago, Fletcher Previn from IBM gave a great presentation at JNUC all about the Mac@IBM program. This is a great story that highlights the advantages of the Apple platform: user preference, easier deployment, and lower support costs. And they love the combination of IBM + Apple + JAMF so much that they decided to come to JNUC and make national tech news out of their deployment. Watch their video here! And keep in mind that they can transform your organization as well. Find out more about their Mac@Work MobileFirst offering here.

  • Mac OS X Server,  Mass Deployment

    Automating The Server.app Setup Using A Script

    There are a couple of parts to this article. The first is to describe the server command, stored in /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/server. The description of the command by Brad Chapman was so eloquently put on this JAMF Nation post that I’m just gonna’ paste it in here: So … I just installed Server 5.0.x tonight on my Mac Mini running Yosemite (10.10.5). There was a question that came up during JNUC about upgrading Server and having a way to accept the license agreement without going through the GUI. So for shits and giggles I tried: server setup It’s not documented. And lo and behold, I got the prompt to accept the license agreement just…

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

    Application Containment in the Post-PC Era

    I had a very interesting debate with someone the other day. The debate was around the Total Cost of Ownership of an app on a desktop computer. Let’s say that you have a $5 app. Now let’s say that in order to package that app up and test it for end user deployment, that the cost to your organization is about $400. That’s going to seem high if you just look at it as a number. But when you consider that it takes time to customize an app package so that end user data is preserved and end users aren’t prompted a dozen times, then it takes time to test…