Windows 10 - Remove Active Directory Users
We've been using cloud-based Active Directory through Office 365 for our Windows-based clients. It simplifies adding user accounts to Windows workstations be...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
Force Exchange Online Archiving to start archiving email on Office 365
When you enable Exchange Online Archiving for a user on Office 365, it can take 24 hours or more for the Managed Folder Assistant to start it's first run and...
Read post →How did manufacturers manage to make space storage (SSD, HDD) so dense? - Quora
By continually refining methods and technology, by constantly evolving and pushing and exploring new areas of technology. One of the earlier breakthroughs wa...
Read post →Really good advice on passwords from Microsoft
Microsoft have published a white paper - Microsoft Password Guidance that contains some very good advice on what passwords need to be to be secure against mo...
Read post →Can't image a new Windows 10 machine with Clonezilla, NTFS partition shows as RAW
I had an issue today with trying to create an image of a brand-new Windows 10 laptop (HP EliteBook x360 in case you were wondering). When running Clonezilla,...
Read post →Can't invite people to events in macOS Calendar app via Kerio Connect
I've got a client with Kerio Connect as their mail/contacts/calendars server. They were seeing an issue on some workstations where when the user created a ca...
Read post →Get PowerShell remoting working on macOS without installing Homebrew
The PowerShell Team at Microsoft have put in a lot of work to port PowerShell to other (non-Windows) systems. As part of their porting efforts, they've also...
Read post →Stop Apache web services on macOS with Server.app
In recent versions of macOS with the Server.app, the Server software has been more and more persistent about having Apache running. Even if you're not using...
Read post →Is there a way I can tell what year a MacBook was manufactured without asking someone at Apple? - Quora
The only way to be sure is to look up the serial number against a 3rd party service. You can check in the Apple Menu > About this Mac, however the model name...
Read post →Which hard drive format should be used if I'm using both a Macintosh and a Windows machine and I am working with large files? - Quora
If you want to do it without purchasing any additional software, format the disk as exFAT format. Windows and macOS can natively read and write ExFAT disks a...
Read post →Split a large iCal .ics file up by years
I've recently been dealing with a really large .ics file (10.5 MB of data, 17,364 events spanning 10 years) and it seems to be able to choke just about anyth...
Read post →I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.
The following is a true story. Or maybe it’s just based on a true story. Perhaps it’s not true at all. https://hackernoon.com/im-harvesting-credit-card-numbe...
Read post →How the Meltdown and Spectre exploits work in layman's terms
Thanks to Joe Fitz (Twitter: @securelyfitz ) who has written a relatively easy to understand overview about how the recent #meltdown and #spectre bugs work i...
Read post →How did the Apple LaserWriter become the first printer to ship with PostScript on 1985? - Quora
Because Apple believed in making the best desktop printer with available technology at the time and cost was a secondary consideration. The Apple LaserWriter...
Read post →The new iMac Pro
The new iMac Pro is getting closer. As well as announcing the availability date (15 December), Apple have seeded some review units to prominent individuals a...
Read post →Precursor Systems' FileSharing Assistant for macOS High Sierra Server
In Apple's continued drive to simplify macOS Server, in High Sierra they have completely removed the File Sharing section from the Server.app and force you t...
Read post →Check Apple Caching Service availability with Asset Cache Locator Util
I've just discovered a handy command for macOS that will show you Apple Caching Service servers that are available to your Mac. It lives in: /usr/bin/AssetCa...
Read post →On MacOS, how do you recommend to use .bash_profile and .bashrc? - Quora
I think that .bashrc, is only used for interactive shells (i.e. when you open Terminal) and the other one is for all shell executions (e.g. background proces...
Read post →My questions and answers on Quora
I've been moderately active on Quora for a while now. Quora is a site where people can ask questions and others can answer them. The blurb about the site say...
Read post →Deep dive into Apple's recent High Sierra root authentication issue
Over on the highly-technical, and very informative, Objective-See blog, there is a great in-depth writeup on Apple's recent High Sierra root access bug . Why...
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