When you set up a Shared Mailbox in Exchange Online, and then assign someone delegate access to it, for some reason the default settings copy the Sent Items from the Shared Mailbox into the sender's Sent Items, not the Shared...
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Use high-impedance headphones with new MacBook Pro models.
If you just read that, and you're asking yourself what high-impedance headphones are, then just skip this whole post, it won't be relevant to you. If, however, you saw that and thought "Wait, what?" then please read on. Apparently, Apple...
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Sort Office 365 Exchange Online mailbox folders by size in PowerShell
PowerShell is great, except when it isn't. One of the really good things about it is that it can pipe objects between commands, instead of plain text like a lot of Unix commands do. This is all really good when...
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Connect to Exchange Online using PowerShell on macOS – now 100% native arm64/Apple Silicon
I thought this update warranted a new post, instead of updating the previous one. https://automatica.com.au/2021/10/connect-to-exchangeonline-with-powershell-from-macos-updated-for-m1/ If you follow the instructions in my older post, this should get you a working PowerShell environment that will connect to Exchange Online using the...
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Combine Legacy Split DMG files on modern versions of macOS
I recently came across some old software that was provided as segmented DMG files, aka Split Disk Utility images. The files were names Disk_Image.001.dmg, Disk_Image.002.dmg, Disk_Image.003.dmg and so on. Running on macOS Monterey, it seems that the GUI no longer...
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HP/HPE ProCurve Switch Firmware for 1810-48G
I had all kinds of problems navigating HP and HPE's support site to find the firmware for an HPE ProCurve V1810-48G switch (HP SKU J9660A) I eventually found it here, and was able to change the model number at the...
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Zoom direct downloads for Intel and Apple SIlicon
https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoomusInstaller.pkghttps://zoom.us/client/latest/zoomusInstaller.pkg?archType=arm64
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Set mail app back to Apple Mail after using MailToOutlook 2.0 to set Outlook as default mail handler.
I have a few clients who have an SOE pushed out with a heap of individual packages via Munki. One of these clients has decided to make Outlook their default mail app across the board. In order to automate this...
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Connect to ExchangeOnline with PowerShell from macOS – Updated for M1
** Edit. There is a new version of this post that works for me on both of my Apple Silicon Macs. Disregard the instructions below, unless you're on Intel, and head over to the newer post instead: https://automatica.com.au/2021/12/connect-to-exchange-online-using-powershell-on-macos-now-100-native-arm64-apple-silicon/ I have...
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“Ignore Ownership” keeps turning itself on for drives on macOS
This was a strange one - I have a server with an external Thunderbolt RAID. Like most servers, I have permissions set on certain folders to limit access. Whenever the RAID was unmounted and then remounted (or the server was...
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