My web server of choice is nginx, so I've been using that to host on-premises Munki Managed Software Centre instances ever since macOS stopped shipping with Apache built-in. To install nginx and configure for Munki: Install the Xcode command-line tools:...
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Allowing nginx from MacPorts to run on macOS Ventura with SIP active
I've set up a couple of servers recently to host Munki and generally prefer to use nginx now that macOS doesn't ship with a built-in web server. Allowing nginx to host files from anywhere on Macintosh HD is a bit...
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ChatGPT comes through with dinner for me – Vegetarian Chilli with Eggplant
I've been using ChatGPT for more and more random things lately, and tonight I asked it to help me out with dinner. I wanted a vegetarian chilli with eggplant, and here's the recipe I came up with. The only changes...
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Backup self-hosted Hudu instance to Dropbox
I have recently switched over from IT Glue to Hudu for my documentation platform, and am running it as a self-hosted instance. As I have root access to my server, I'm able to take control over things like ensuring it's...
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Bulk add guest users to Microsoft 365 Group / Microsoft Teams group in Office 365
It's fairly straightforward to add guest users to a MS365 group one-by-one in Outlook on the Web, however adding them as an admin is apparently a lot more difficult, especially if you need to add them in bulk. Fortunately, there...
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OpenAI Chatbot – ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a cutting-edge natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) model developed by OpenAI. It is the next level in the evolution of NLP and ML technology, and it has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact...
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Change ownership of Synology Cloud Sync tasks
Synology have advised people for some time now to not use an administrator user called admin, as this account will be subject to password guessing attacks. While all my clients have strong passwords on their admin users, having a different...
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Email signatures missing in Outlook for Mac 16.63
If you're using the New Outlook on a Mac, and your Outlook has upgraded itself to version 16.63 (currently the latest version), then there may be an issue where all of your email signatures disappear. If you go into the...
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Macs unable to access greyed out folders on a Windows server that is using DFS-R
I had an ongoing situation recently where some folders on a Windows server were inaccessible via the Finder - the folders were greyed out. This persisted after force-closing open file handles, and even after rebooting the server. I did some...
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Flag all emails from external senders in Outlook / Office 365
This is a super quick one. To apply an External tag to all emails from external senders in Exchange Online, simply execute the following one-liner in PowerShell Set-ExternalInOutlook -Enabled $true The External tag then shows up in Outlook - Windows,...
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