Mac admin on two wheels
Update: I’ve had a few users still get these popups, even with the bundle removed. I’ve updated my internal copy of this to work with some noticeboard bits that Rich Trouton and Jason B (@zoocoup)…
Read the PostSuppress new OS major version updates with Munki
We’re in the process of switching from a rather feature-barren free Meraki Systems Manager over to the much superior SimpleMDM. This started as a test for a full DEP/MDM workflow, and ended up with us…
UPDATE 7/15/2019 – Please see my updated post on this. Slack has provided a plist-based method, finally! If you deploy Slack with anything that isn’t VPP, you’ve probably run across the annoying instance where Slack…
We use Uptime Robot to warn us if sites are down or unreachable from the public side to help us diagnose edge network issues. While we all love Slack, we also like being able to turn…
*SHAMELESS PLUG* I’ll be talking about this piece of our infrastructure and more at my PSU Mac Admins conference talk on July 14th (video will be posted here too as soon as it is available). …
We use the excellent MunkiReport-PHP project for reporting and tracking on our Mac fleet. If you’re experienced in PHP, setup is a breeze – if this is your first PHP rodeo, you may need some…
I’ve been using Nick McSpadden’s excellent PrinterGenerator script for about two years now. If you’re not familiar with the utility, it parses either command line options or a CSV file into munki pkginfo files that install…
Read the PostEasily formatting printer options for PrinterGenerator
If you’re setting up FileCloud for your business, you likely want to link it with your directory services! In the admin panel under Settings, choose “LDAP” as your authentication type. Here’s a quick bullet list…
We utilize the old school (v1) Basecamp at my office, and some time ago standardized on an Adobe Air app called Timy as a nicer GUI to help employees track time entries compared to doing…
Fall is here, which means beautiful foliage, colder weather, and a new operating system from our friends in Cupertino. I ran into a change today that surprised me a bit – the command line snmpconf…
Read the PostChanges to OS X’s snmpconf in 10.11 “El Capitan”