Set plain text in TextEdit as the default format to save files in using the defaults command to write the RichText key into com.apple.TextEdit as an integer of 0, as follows: defaults write com.apple.TextEdit RichText -int 0 To remove the key: defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit RichText
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Manage File Shares In OS X Yosemite Server
File Services are perhaps the most important aspect of any server because file servers are often the first server an organization purchases. This has been changing over the past few years, with many a file being hosted by cloud solutions, such as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and of course, iCloud. But many still need a terrestrial server and for predominantly Apple environments, a Server app running on OS X Yosemite isn’t exactly a bad idea. There are a number of protocols built into OS X Yosemite Server dedicated to serving files, including AFP, SMB and WebDAV. These services, combined comprise the File Sharing service in OS X Yosemite running the…
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Changes in Mountain Lion Server
Mountain Lion Server is now available on the OS X App Store and as with the last few updates there are some things missing that you might be expecting and depending on. First up, three major services are gone: Podcast Producer, RADIUS and dhcp. You can still do dhcp as you always did with OS X client as those features work on OS X Server, but the more granular controls available in OS X Server are now gone. The biggest impact of dhcp is probably in testing NetBoot services when there are network issues and you need to prove to network admins that it’s the network and not your server……
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More Collaboration (Teams) Customizations
The article I did a few weeks ago on customizing the Mac OS X Server Wiki banner seems to have been a little incomplete. I discussed customizing the banner for a full web browser. However, the banner looks differently when viewed from an iPhone. I’ve had a couple of questions about how to customize the banner for iPhone so I figured I’d finish what I started. As I mentioned in the last article, you can simply customize (or replace) the banner-bg.png file located in the /usr/share/collaboration/css/serverhome_static/img directory. This will alter the appearance when viewed from a full web browser. You can also simply edit the following files (same directory) to…