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January 21, 2016

Fix a broken Open Directory

Edit: November 2021 People seem to still be hitting this story, and by and large these steps usually work. If you are still relying on macOS Server however, you need to migrate to another platform with some degree of urgency....
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October 7, 2015

Sonos and Spotify

I make no secret of it, I love Sonos gear and am thoroughly addicted to it. It started out quite innocently with just a single PLAY:1 that was soon joined by it's twin to make a stereo pair - these live...
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October 2, 2015

OS X 10.11 El Capitan and System Integrity Protection (SIP)

This is shamelessly cut and pasted from TwoCanoes: System Integrity Protection (SIP) Apple has implemented a new security feature in OS X 10.11, System Integrity Protection, which prevents even super users from altering the contents of files in key System...
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September 22, 2015

Enable TCP Offloading on Ubiquity EdgeRouter Lite

By default, TCP offload isn't enabled on the EdgeRouter Lite for PPPoE connections. Type in the following to enable it: ssh router.example.com configure set system offload ipv4 forwarding enable set system offload ipv4 pppoe enable set system offload ipv6 forwarding enable...
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June 30, 2015

Set password expiry in Office 365

This one is quick and easy, but I always forget where it is. To configure thepassword expiration policy, in the Office 365 admin centre, go to Service Settings > Passwords and configure the expiry policy there. It will apply to...
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June 30, 2015

Bypass Spam Filtering in Office 365

This one is quick and easy - how do you whitelist a domain to bypass spam filtering in Office 365? Log into the admin console at https://portal.office.com Go to ADMIN > Exchange In the Exchange admin centre, go to mail...
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