• Mac OS X

    Command Keys and ScreenSharing

    I like to send the command, control and other system keys to hosts that I’m using ScreenSharing or Remote Desktop to access. But as I recently discovered, not everyone does. You can turn this feature off using the defaults command to augment the DoNotSendSystemKeys key of the com.apple.ScreenSharing.plist property list file. Simply run the following command: defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool YES To turn them back on: defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool NO Or for Remote Desktop, augment the com.apple. defaults write com.apple.RemoteDesktop DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool YES To turn it back off for Remote Desktop: defaults write com.apple.RemoteDesktop DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool NO FYI, if you don’t want to send the command keys…

  • Mac OS X Server

    Podcast Producer Workflow ACLs

    When using Podcast Producer, the Podcast Capture client application will ask each user for a username and password.  Armed with the authentication credentials.  Once a podcast has been captured then the user will be provided with a list of workflows that they have access to.  But where are these configured?  They can be added and removed from Server Admin.  And each can have a user, users, a group or groups that have access to use them.  By limiting access to each workflow, based on the Workflow ACL, you can then limit who can access to different blogs, who can use various automations and even who can publish to an iTunes…

  • Windows Server,  Windows XP

    Keystrokes For Windows/Windows Server Explorer

    There’s nothing that makes you faster with navigating around any GUI-based OSen than keystrokes.  Navigate around the system, browse web pages and even swap between command windows at blazing speeds.  You’ll get faster but you’ll seem exponentially faster to those trying to watch you work.  I’ve done posts on Mac OS X and Safari.  Now, here’s one for navigating around Windows with the same speed with which you navigate OS X.  If I skipped something feel free to let me know and I’ll add it; there are a plethora of options and these are the ones off the top of my head…  While I was shooting for Windows Explorer, most…