By now you’ve probably noticed something on those sparkling new Christmas presents you got the kiddos that made you blush a little. And it’s only been a week. You trust your kids. But the world just got a little bit bigger for them and many would benefit from a slower introduction to the huge world that is the Internets. Learn To Childproof those Christmas iPads and iPhones Here…
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Export Bushel Data
One of the great things that Bushel does for you is keep inventory of your devices. And this time of the year, many a customer needs to do so. Luckily, at Bushel, we saw whole tax season thing coming, so Export All Your Device Data From Bushel
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10 Great Tax Apps From Bushel’s Blog
Tax season: the race is on towards April 15th, when your taxes are due! Some people have a nice sorted list of all their expenses, maybe even color coded. Others have receipts in a musty old hat. Some, have done no work in preparation. Either way, you’re still waiting for that W-2 so yo have some time. And we have some apps to help you start preparing for that fateful day, tax day: Read More About Bushel’s Tax Apps
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Childproof Your Mac
When I put a computer in my daughters room, I soon realized I could no longer watch over her shoulder as she worked away at school games, Minecraft and of course Civilization (after all, that was my first game). So much as I wrote an article a long time ago about child-proofing an iPad, now I’m writing about child-proofing a Mac. For me, I find that child-proofing is a bit like taking my kid to McDonald’s. I said never ever ever ever would I do this and then… Well, peer pressure, ya’ll… So if I have to do it, I figure someone else might. So here’s a quick and dirty guide to doing…
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The 10 Most Popular Bushel Blog Posts of 2014
We’ve been super busy here at Bushel this year, launching a new product to help setup and manage Apple devices, and contributing as much as we can to the most excellent Apple community. And the community has been super good to us. So we decided to do a quick round-up of the 10 most popular of these posts that we’ve done so far! Discover The 10 Most Popular Posts of 2014 On The Bushel Blog
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Use Google To Search Specific Sites
One of my favorite features of Google is using a site keyword to restrict searches to only crawl through content on certain web sites. This can be great for sites that don’t have their own searches. For example: “iPad Classroom” site:bushel.com Learn How To Use Google To Search Specific Sites Here…
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Mass Enroll iOS Devices Into Bushel
When you add a bunch of devices to an MDM, we call it mass enrolling. Adding iPads, iPhones and iPods to your Bushel can be done through Apple Configurator. Apple Configurator automates the enrollment process, but when working with Bushel the enrollment profile has the username and email address, if you’re using email. This means that you would only want to use a mass enrollment option with Bushel if you are not using email, if all of your users will have the same generic email address or if your users will enter their own email information. As mentioned, an enrollment profile automatically adds your devices to your Bushel. To obtain the enrollment profile: Log into your…
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Further Secure The iOS Lock Screen
I’ve recently read that some have a few security concerns surrounding what’s available in the lock screen on an iOS device. To be clear, you can’t do much with these features without authenticating. The way we’re going to disable them is using a Profile, created in Apple Configurator (a tool that is very helpful during the setup of Apple devices), and installing that profile on an iOS device. Download Apple Configurator on the App Store and open. Find More On Securing the iOS Lock Screen Here…
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5 Great iOS Apps For Small Businesses
Many of our customers are Entrepreneurs. And we were once a small business ourselves. So we’ve watched what these types of customers need and want out of their iOS devices. And in order for you to run a business effectively and efficiently we thought we’d throw a little effort out there. Now, we’re not so egotistical as to think we know how every Small Business works. But we’ve been around and can throw out a few generic apps to help get you kickstarted with a modern, likely server-less type of world! So here are 5 great apps for Small Businesses: Find 5 Great iOS Apps For Small Businesses Here…
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Disable Handoff In OS X
OS X Yosemite (10.10) and iOS 8 have a great new feature when used together called Handoff. Handoff shows you texts, web pages and more that you were using on an iOS device on your computer when you come back to it from other locations. Handoff is really, really awesome. But, for certain scenarios, it can be a bit of a challenge. It’s not completely obvious how you might disable Handoff, so we thought we’d point it out if you have institutionally owned iOS devices that have Macs close by running the same iCloud account. Learn How To Disable Handoff In OS X Here…