There's a really good article over on TidBITS - What Does the T2 Chip Mean for Mac Usage. If you've wondered what the T1 and T2 security processors do in the new Macs, this article gives you a good overview...
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Apple quietly releases new iMacs
With no fanfare whatsoever, Apple overnight have released new iMacs. This is the first meaningful update to the lineup since June 2017 and brings them up-to-date with 8th generation Intel Core processors. Depressingly, they keep a slow, spinning 5400 RPM...
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Set, check and remove Calendar sharing permissions in Office 365 with PowerShell
Now that PowerShell works pretty well on macOS, including remote sessions to Office 365, I'm able to use it a lot more for administering client tenancies in the cloud. One common task is to set the default sharing on a...
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Delete a stubbornly un-deletable user on macOS High Sierra
I had a client with an unusual issue on a Mac mini that used to be a file server, but now is just sharing out some archived content and their Munki repository. There were just two users on this machine,...
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Fix WordPress over HTTPS with CloudFlare SSL
I've had an issue with my site that prevented it from working fully over https - and as it turns out, it's due to CloudFlare's reverse proxy and the way it deals with http and https requests. I found the...
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Zero-day exploit against macOS Keychain
This is pretty serious - a researcher has discovered a zero-day exploit against the Keychain in macOS. As a protest against Apple not paying a bug bounty for macOS (only for iOS), Linus Henze, the researcher, has withheld details of...
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What to do if you can’t remember the password for your iPhone backup in iTunes
I've encountered a few cases where a client has forgotten the password for the iTunes backup they've made for their iPhone, and the password was either set up on another Mac, or not stored in the Keychain. With encrypted iTunes...
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Beware of cheap USB to Lightning Cables
I needed a short USB to Lightning cable for my car stereo - there's a USB port in the centre console and I don't need a 1m cable tangling around the dashboard, so I tried a couple of 3rd party...
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Widespread outage on Office 365 – 30 Jan 2019
Microsoft have widespread outage on the Office 365 login/authentication servers this morning and it's affecting multiple tenancies. The official report from the Microsoft 365 Service health status page says: "Current status: We've identified a network issue that is affecting authentication to...
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Apple Releases macOS 10.14.3 and iOS 12.1.3
Apple today pushed software updates for a range of its devices. They are all minor releases that simply offer a few bug fixes and security updates, with no new features. iOS has been updated to 12.1.3 and it fixes a...
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