Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
Mac OS X Server and Quotas
There are a number of ways to handle quotas in Mac OS X Server. To enable quotas is simple enough. If you open Server Admin and then click on Share Points and then the volume, you can check the box for enable quotas on this volume. It will take awhile for the data to load [...]
AppleSetupRedux
AppleSetupRedux is a simple utility for resetting a system back to a factory-type state. Once run, on the next reboot, the Apple Setup Assistant will run so that you can distribute the machine to customers or whatever you might want to do with a machine where the Setup Assistant runs again. AppleSetupRedux AppleSetupRedux can be [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: .AppleSetupDone, After Install, Apple Setup Assistant, Mac OS X, Migration Assistant
32-bit System Preferences
Did you know that System Preferences is a 64-bit application? Stands to reason, but one thing I realized recently while working on some code for a System Preference pane is that 32-bit System Preferences cause System Preferences to react differently. You can use 32-bit preference panes but using them prompts you to quit System Preferences, [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Uncategorized · Tagged with: 32-bit, 64 bit, Mode, quit, System Preferences
Rsync GUI
Backup Plus is a little donateware app that can be used as a front-end for rsync. It is probably the most feature rich graphical wrapper for rsync that I’ve seen to date and has thus far proven to be spot on with how it runs the commands. Nice little app that, if you’re into rsync-type [...]
test
VirtualBox 3.1 Out & Tested
The latest version of VirtualBox is out and it supports a whole slew of bug fixes. In fact, the latest VirtualBox fixes a very specific problem that I’ve been struggling with, which is the fact that iSCSI LUNs greater than 2 Terabytes would not mount (not that I have many LUNs greater than 2TB in [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Unix, VMware · Tagged with: 3.1, iscsi, Mac OS X, VirtualBox
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
@bynkii Let the Cat Out Of the Bag – Next Book
No, not another Snow Leopard post. Well, I suppose it kindof is actually. It’s a pseudo-official announcement that John Welch, Chris Barker and I will be teaming up to write a book on Snow Leopard Server. The book has been posted to Amazon.com and will hopefully be out by Valentines Day. That’s not to say [...]
In: Mac OS X Server, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Mac OS X Server, Mac OS X Server 10.6, Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Server
Offline Files on Windows Without a GPO
Open up My Computer and click on Folder Options in the Tools menu. Then click on the Offline Files tab and check the Enable Offline Files checkbox. Then select whether you would like to Synchronize All Offline Files When Logging On or Synchronize All Offline Files Before Logging Off checkbox. You can also click on the Create An Offline [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: GPO, offline files, windows
Safari Command-Clicks & Tabs
Using Safari is like going to In-n-Out for a burger – it’s all about ordering off the menu. But instead of a “4 by 4 animal style” I’m going to order a browser that attempts to open every link I click in a new tab, even if it tries to open in a new window. [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: Command-click, Safari, tabs, TargetedClicksCreateTabs
