The caffeinate command is pretty cool. It keeps your computer from going to sleep. It can run in a couple of different ways. There’s a timer that prevents sleep for a little while. You can also run another command from within caffeinate that keeps the system awake until the other command is finished. Here, we’ll scp a file called source file to a host called servername and keep the system from going to sleep until the process is finished: caffeinate -s scp sourcefile me:servername/targetfile Here, we’ll just use the boring command to tell the computer not to go to sleep for an hour: caffeinate -t 3600 &
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Bushel and the GRS Group
As we’ve grown, one of the most exciting things for the team has been to watch our customers use Bushel to help solve some of their workplace problems. A few have shared their stories with us, and we’re excited to highlight one here on our blog. If you’re inspired to share your own, we’d love to hear from you! Reach out anytime at hello@bushel.com. Read More About How The GRS Group Uses Bushel On The Bushel Blog
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Bushel: Notes On Unlocking A Locked Device
We’ve all been there, or spoken with someone who’s been there: you’re looking at a locked device and someone doesn’t know the PIN to unlock the device. On an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch a Mobile Device Management product such as Bushel can unlock that device by resetting the PIN and allowing you to configure a new PIN. It’s kinda’ awesome when someone forgets a PIN they assigned a device, leaves the company or just plain forgets. But, there are a few things we should probably mention about this feature of Bushel: Read More About Unlocking A Locked Device On The Bushel Blog
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Count Log Entries for a Pattern
You see a lot of entries for various things in log files. Here, we’re going to print out the number of entries with backupd in them: awk '/backupd/{print NR}' /var/log/system.log
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Restart Macs Down Immediately in OS X
You can shut (and restart) Macs down immediately using the shutdown command. To do so, run the following command: shutdown -r now
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Introducing The Bushel Help Center
We’re going to try using Zendesk’s Help Center feature to manage our help articles. The feature essentially provides a simple CMS for providing support for our fantastic users. If you go to Bushel.com, there is now a link in the header called “Support”. It takes you to support.bushel.com. Find Out More About Bushel’s New Help Center On The Bushel Blog
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Switching To Bushel From Another MDM
We have a number of customers that are getting started with Bushel when they were already using another Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. If you’re planning on migrating away from a different tool and using Bushel, there are a few things we’ve found that you might find helpful: Read More About Switching To Bushel From Another MDM On The Bushel Blog
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Product Management: What Happens During A Standup
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JAMF Nation User Conference 2015 Tickets Now Available! #jnuc
Join us for the 2015 JNUC! WHEN: October 13-15, 2015 WHERE: Guthrie TheaterMinneapolis, MN WHY: Be a part of the largest gathering of Apple system administrators in the world. RSVP to attend Last year, nearly a thousand Apple admins took over the Guthrie Theater for the JAMF Nation User Conference (JNUC) to learn new and better ways to manage Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV in their environment. This year, help us break the thousand mark! The JAMF Nation User Conference is not a sales expo or a tradeshow. Instead, it’s a welcoming, three-day rally of user and community presentations, hands-on labs, instruction, and developer training. You will leave with practical information…
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Common VPP Questions For Bushel
Can I push out Apps without VPP? Yes. You can push free apps to iOS devices without a VPP account. Paid apps of any kind will need a VPP account, as will free apps on Macs. To Find Out The Answers To Other Common Questions About Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) and Bushel, Check Out The Bushel Blog Here