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    MacTech InDepth In New York

    I have been added as a speaker at MacTech InDepth in New York. If you haven’t signed up yet, and you work with Mac OS X Server then you should really check out the sessions that have been planned: The Elephant in the Room: The New Lion OS X is out, now what? There are a lot of differences to contend with between Lion and Snow Leopard. Now with the new Mountain Lion update, what changes can we expect to see? We discuss the differences in advanced services, GUI simplicity, and Apache management GUI’s. We help you understand the updates in the new OS and make the transition easier. We…

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    MacTech Is Coming To You!

    MacTech Boot Camp is Coming to Your Area, and https://krypted.com/ is a Sponsor. MacTech Boot Camp is a one-day event for consultants that support small-to-medium sized businesses, home office, and consumers.  MacTech has put together this single-track seminar specifically geared to serve the needs of consultants and techs wanting to serve their base better, and build their consulting business.  The curriculum is set by MacTech nationally and delivered by a combination of speakers from around the country, and from the region. Packed schedule.  Expert speakers.  Lunch is event included.   Useful for those new to the Apple market, new to consulting, as well as experienced consultants, it’s the ultimate regional event…

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    Free MacWorld Exhibit Code and iFan Pass Savings

    As usual, there are a lot of great events going on at MacWorld | iWorld. If you’re interested in joining us in a couple of weeks in San Francisco for what I’m sure will be a great conference, then you can use my speaker codes to do so. To do so, during the registration process enter a PRIORITY CODE of: BNB35106 This will give 100 FREE Exhibit Only Passes OR $15.00 OFF an iFan Pass. This code is unique to me, so other speakers have codes as well. The code will stop offering free exhibit passes once the 100th person registers for this. The $15.00 savings off an iFan pass…

  • Business,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  public speaking,  Time Machine

    My New Book on Time Machine Now Available

    I have published a new book on Time Machine (Time Capsule, deployment/Managed Prefs and Time Machine Server as well). I wrote it months and months ago and it finally ended up getting posted (publishing is a weird world like that sometimes). It is available for Kindle (Amazon) for now and should be up on the iBooks store as soon as the good people from iTunes Connect get back from their holiday break. To quote the Amazon excerpt: Time Machine is Apple’s built-in backup solution that comes bundled with Mac OS X. In this book, we will explore Time Machine, looking at how to enable Time Machine, configure what to back…

  • Articles and Books,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  public speaking,  sites,  Social Networking

    MacTech Black Friday: Get MacTech Magazine For Free

    There aren’t a lot of magazines that I read. There are fewer I actually pay for. But MacTech is one of those. I know I have mentioned MacTech before, but I never actually bothered to get any deals for my readers. Well, how about a free subscription? Actually, MacTech is also running the offer on their main site, so it’s not like I’m special – but I do have my own link and it is a separate run of the same special pricing – so there! Want a free subscription to MacTech Magazine? If you aren’t yet a subscriber of MacTech Magazine, then you should take a look at the “Ultimate…

  • Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  public speaking

    MacTech, Slides and Conference Goodness

    MacTech Day 1 My MacTech experience started last night. I flew into Los Angeles and was picked up at the airport by my coworker, Zack Smith. Given that I lived in Santa Monica for over a decade, I drove the Mini Cooper that 318 bought recently from LAX to Studio City. On the way, I got to get caught up with Zack’s stories from a month of vacation (living vicariously through others definitely has its moments). We got to the Universal City Sheraton in less than an hour during rush hour. Given the 405 being all messed up, we dodged a few bullets and cut through South Central Los Angeles…

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

    https://krypted.com/ is a sponsor of MacTech Conference 2011!

    As a https://krypted.com/ reader, we’ve arranged for you to get a special discount … on us … for this year’s event.  Just a couple of weeks away, MacTech Conference 2011 is November 2-4 at the Sheraton Universal in Los Angeles.  This is an amazing event that is very well regarded in our industry not just for the content, but also for the opportunities to meet and interact with others. The hotel block is almost full, and there’s a limited number of discounts that we have available, so you need to act quickly to get the $799 deal (Save $500 off the onsite registration price). Simply use this link to register: http://www.mactech.com/conference/special-reg_Krypted Want…

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    MacSysAdmin Videos Available

    I really had a great time at MacSysAdmin 2011 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The videos of the sessions are now available at http://documentation.macsysadmin.se. The Swedes, Danes, Norwegians and even the Finns are great hosts. And getting to meet people from so many countries in one spot is always fun. Tycho and his cohorts at Apoio just do such a great job planning and thinking every detail through. Since my demos were a fail (note: you need Internet access to restore iOS devices), I’ll be publishing an article that outlines each of my demos that weren’t able to be delivered at some point in the near future. Also, congrats to all the…

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    MacTech Conference 2011 Advanced Registration Closing Soon

    Looks like MacTech Advanced Registration is about to close: Now is the time to register for MacTech Conference, save with advanced registration andjust pay $899. Advance Registration ends October 14th. Register here. Our large initial hotel room block has already sold out for all nights.  We’ve managed to add some more rooms but only a handful of those remain for the main nights. More… Hope to see you there!

  • Articles and Books,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  public speaking

    MacSysAdmin 2011

    For those of you who need to get out and do something interesting this upcoming October, check out the European Macintosh System Administrators Meeting 2011 (aka MacSysAdmin 2011). It will be October 5-7th and it’s sure to be a blast as in years past. This year, myself and Zack Smith from 318 will both be speaking, as well as Arek Dreyer, Ed Marczak, Nigel Kersten, Duncan McCracken, Greg Neagle, Rick Wylie, Andrina Kelly, Alan Gordon and most notably, Andy Ihnatko! It’s a pretty awesome lineup and my favorite part about MacSysAdmin is always the fact that the attendees are amongst the highest caliber of system admins I have the chance…