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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
A silent, undocumented failure mode in Microsoft 365 Integrated Apps prevents the Exclaimer Cloud for Outlook add-in from deploying on some tenants, with no error code surfaced anywhere in the UI, PowerShell, or audit logs. This post walks through the API-level diagnostic process that identified the root cause, and the Graph API fix that resolves it.
Read post →A native macOS wrapper for Bumblebee — Perplexity's open-source supply chain threat scanner.
Read post →Today I found out that a range of Apple devices actually support Lights Out Management (LOM) via MDM payloads
Read post →Apple has released the macOS Tahoe 26.5 update today, along with security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma. Here's how to build a bootable USB installer for each of them.
Read post →WhatCable explains cable speed, charging limits, e-marker data, and connected devices in plain English. No more guessing why a cable charges slow or refuses to drive your display.
Read post →I was recently needing to update some software on a Mac, and MacPorts wasn't working. In my rush to install Homebrew, I was nearly taken in by a ClickFix attack
Read post →If you've federated Microsoft Entra ID with Google Workspace as your SAML IdP, getting Windows login working on Entra-joined devices requires more than just the federation config. This post covers the exact MDM policies needed to enable Web Sign-In, and two easy-to-miss configuration pitfalls.
Read post →I had a requirement to upload around 400GB of data to Dropbox from an external drive. Here's how I did it with rclone
Read post →Add2ABM is a macOS recovery-time utility script created by Inetum Poland that re-triggers Setup Assistant to allow an already configured Mac to be added to Apple Business Manager1 (ABM) or Apple School Manager2 (ASM) without erasing the disk.
Read post →Automatica launches a new version of the website today - built with Astro!
Read post →A small PowerShell script for Microsoft 365 to review delegated mailbox permissions for a given user.
Read post →Despite what you may be lead to believe after reading up on sending business text messages from 3CX , there is no inherent support for sending text messages...
Read post →Apple Business Manager (ABM) is getting a new name and a facelift. It’s being combined with Apple Business Essentials which is an apple-only mdm that t...
Read post →This is a very obscure thing, but I'm putting it here to remind future me how to fix this issue. When placing a change order for a customer's Microsoft 365 s...
Read post →I've got an LG Ultrawide display on my Mac mini at home, and the keyboard brightness controls in macOS don't allow me to adjust the brightness of the display...
Read post →I've got a client with Google Workspace as their IdP, and Microsoft 365 as the service provider, using the identity provided by Workspace. When setting it al...
Read post →In general, it's very easy to convert a user mailbox into a Shared Mailbox in Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online. Except, if you have directory synchronisation...
Read post →I'm working on a Mac that's configured with Platform Single Sign-On via Intune. I'm wanting to test it pretty thoroughly myself before widespread deployment...
Read post →I was trying to troubleshoot an issue on a Mac enrolled in Intune and using Platform Single Sign-on (PSSO). PSSO is really good, when it works. It gives Mac...
Read post →I've been talking to a few clients about migrating away from Jamf . In general, these clients are all in on Microsoft 365 , so a combined approach using Micr...
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