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

    Automated Regression Testing Mac OS X Clients Using Sikuli

    Imaging can be a complicated task. Many imaging environments have a lot of scripts, packages, base images and other aspects of automation. The more of these that you have, the more potential combinations you have for the state of a system once they’ve been run. This gets complicated when you want to make sure that each possible combination of images will have a consistent result when installed. For example, take something simple, like a property list. Each possible combination of packages, scripts images and even managed preferences might have a different impact on that poor property list. A simple defaults command can often give administrators the ability to see what…

  • iPhone,  Network Infrastructure

    Testing Speed

    www.speedtest.net is a nice site that allows you to test the speed of your Internet connection for free. They also have a free companion iPhone app that allows you to test the speed of an Internet connection without actually opening up your laptop.