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...
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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...
Read post →If you're running macOS High Sierra, make sure you have this update installed NOW!
If you're running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, run, don't walk, to the App Store and install Apple Security Update 2017-001 right now. If you want to download...
Read post →Download older versions of macOS Server App from the Apple App Store
I recently set up a new Mac mini server for a client. macOS High Sierra was released 3 days ago, however the server shipped with macOS Sierra and I thought i...
Read post →Create Windows Installation Media to Boot via USB in UEFI Mode
I'm setting up a HP Server and didn't configure it with an optical drive. No problem, I thought, just boot it off a USB. Easy. Not so much... This was consid...
Read post →Configuring macOS Server.app v5 to bind to a particular IP Address
It's long been a painful thing for me that macOS Server.app not only binds to all IP addresses on a system, but takes port 80 and 443, even if all web-relate...
Read post →Install FileMaker Server 16 on a Mac with macOS Server.app v5
The installer for FileMaker Server 16 refuses to install on a Mac if Apache is running. It doesn't check what ports Apache has grabbed, just the fact that Ap...
Read post →Enable Retina / HiDPI modes for a Mac mini plugged into a 4K HDTV
This one is pretty short and simple once you get down to it. I recently set up a client's boardroom with a really sweet 75" Sony 4K Android TV , a Logitech G...
Read post →Keyword Searches for Email Discovery in Kerio Connect mailserver
I recently had a client with a huge amount of email stored in Kerio Connect and they needed to perform discovery against some mailboxes with a lot of email i...
Read post →Firefox for Mac gets stuck on installing your updates...
Firefox for Mac can get stuck in an update loop if you have been using an older version and it's downloaded a new version to install, but before it gets to i...
Read post →Set access permissions on Resource Calendars in Office 365
Set Reviewer and Owner permissions on Office 365 resource calendars with PowerShell so meeting room calendars work as delegate calendars in Apple Calendar.
Read post →Apple's new MacBook Pro - cheaper in Australia than the USA?
We've hit an unusual point with pricing on Apple's latest equipment that was announced at WWDC on 5th June (6th June Australian time). Looking at the price o...
Read post →Disk-Arbitrator - Mount disks read-only on macOS
Disk Arbitrator is a Mac OS X forensic utility designed to help the user ensure correct forensic procedures are followed during imaging of a disk device. Dis...
Read post →Possible fix for no video in Skype for Mac
I don't use Skype very often, but when I went to use it recently, it couldn't see my FaceTime HD camera. I'd go into Skype > Preferences and in Audio/Video a...
Read post →Quick fix for Apple Remote Desktop 3.9 and asking for Keychain Password
After upgrading the Apple Remote Desktop client on a number of machines, and using the new 3.9 version of the Remote Desktop app, some machines have started...
Read post →Error with the User Profile Service failing the logon on Windows 7
I recently had an issue where a domain-joined machine with Windows 7 was unable to have new users log in. Anyone who had an existing account on the machine c...
Read post →Cumulus Field Formulas
This is pretty obscure stuff - I'm putting it here so I can refer to it later down the track when I've completely forgotten what I did. In Canto Cumulus, you...
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