When I was speaking at MacADUK, I asked Tom Bridge about starting a podcast. He’s got a great voice, and I thought he’d be a great co-host. Before we were able to get to that when we got home, Adam Codega, independently of the conversation I’d had with Tom, dropped a note on Twitter to see who else might be interested in doing a Podcast. A few people responded that they’d be interested in also jumping in on a new Podcast. Over the next few weeks, decisions were made that the podcast would be hosted as a part of MacAdmins.org, the format, the hosting location, and lots of other really cool stuff.…
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iOS 9.3 Update Now Available
iOS 9.3 is out, with lots of new, cool features. For a list of them: With this update your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch gain improvements to Notes, News, Health, Apple Music and a new feature called Night Shift that may even help you get a better night’s sleep by shifting the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum at night. New features, improvements, and bug fixes include: Night Shift When enabled, Night Shift uses your iOS device’s clock and geolocation to determine when it’s sunset in your location, then it automatically shifts the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum and may even help you get a better night’s sleep. Notes improvements Protect notes…
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25 Time Saving Bash Tips
Use the following keys to do fun things when typing a command in bash (mostly keybindings): Use the up arrow to run the previous command Continue using the arrow to scroll to commands further in the history Use Control-r to search through your command history Control-w deletes the last word Control-u deletes the line you were typing Control-a moves the cursor to the beginning of the line Control-e moves the cursor to the end of the line Control-l clears the screen Control-b moves the cursor backward by a character Control-u moves the cursor forward by a character Control-_ is an undo “man readline” shows the bash keybindings (ymmv per OS)…
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pyMacWarranty variant in Swift on my GitHub
Posted a new swift command line tool to accept serial number data from an Apple device and respond with warranty information about a device at https://github.com/krypted/swiftwarrantylookup. This is based on pyMacWarranty, at https://github.com/pudquick/pyMacWarranty.
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Run Bash From A Swift Project
New project on my Github, called Swift-Bash-Runner, which runs a simple bash line from a Swift screen. Pretty simple, but could be tweaked to run your line of bash with an operator with little effort.
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Mac-Only MDM Profile Keys
Below is a listing of all the profile payloads that you see listed when using the Profile Manager web interface as well as their corresponding keys in the mobileconfig files. You can use these to generate profile keys programmatically: Distribution Type: Automatic Push Manual Download Organization: PayloadOrganization Description: PayloadDisplayName Automatically Remove Profile: PayloadRemovalDisallowed Payload scope: User or computer —— Identification User Display Name: Email address: EmailAddress User Name: FullName Password: Password User Enters Password: AuthMethod Prompt: Prompt Prompt Message: PromptMessage ——— Restrictions (com.apple.applicationaccess.new) Preferences tab: Restrict Items in System Preferences: familyControlsEnabled Allow array: EnabledPreferencePanes with each identified in a string for its domain: EnabledPreferencePanes com.apple.preferences.users com.apple.preference.general com.apple.preference.universalaccess com.apple.preferences.appstore com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth…
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Take Control Of OS X Server Now Available
The OS X Server Book for Take Control is posted! Hope you find it useful! The book is available at https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/osx-server. 🙂 Thanks to Tony Williams for pointing out that it’s available. Hope you enjoy!
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Hey Photos, stop opening when I plug in my devices…
When I plug my iPad in, Photos opens. I want it to stop opening when I plug it in. To make it stop, write a disableHotPlug key into com.apple.ImageCapture as true: defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool true To enable Photos opening when you plug in a device again, just delete the disableHotPlug key: defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug
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6 Ways To Cloud Nirvana Article On IT Business Edge
I have another article up on the world webs. This one is on cloud use in small businesses, with IT Business Edge. Check it out at http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/6-ways-small-businesses-can-master-the-cloud-in-2016-08.html.
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My 16 Mac Security Advances Article On TechCrunch
Ever since the kids from Silicon Valley went to TechCrunch, I’ve been thinking that at some point I’d want to put a piece there. Luckily, I recently got the chance. Today, 16 Apple Security Advances To Take Note Of In 2016 went up on TechCrunch. You can access the article here. The original article actually listed the year that each was introduced in order. It was a lot of work to go back in time and piece the timeline together, so since the years didn’t make it through editorial, I list them here (not that anyone actually cares): 2002: Managed Preferences 2003: FileVault 2004: Require all software installers that need system resources…