Edit: I found a better way do do this with Docker! Still, this might be useful if you want to install the NFS server on the host itself… Just writing this down before I go completely nuts… NetBoot - the gift that keeps on giving! So, it turns out, in...
"A new version of $application is available, please update now. Rainbows and Unicorns await!" Seeing this when you launch an application is the scourge of anyone who manages Macs in a lab environment. Hours of my life have been wasted spent trying to disable or otherwise suppress this stuff. Some apps set...
London Apple Admins are meeting this evening with a line up of great speakers, kindly hosted by ITV this time. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, I can’t attend tonight, but I’ll be catching as much of the live stream as I can. And so should you, if you’re interested! Click...
The Mac Admins community is interesting (amongst other things!). What’s really interesting is when someone contributes something, others often come forward and build on their work, ever-advancing it towards a state of pure awesome. @glaurung got in touch with me on the Slack after I published part 1 and part...
I’m finally getting around to using GitHub properly, instead of randomly putting things up on Gist. I’ve kicked things off by creating a repo containing a lot of the custom configuration profiles I push to the Macs I manage. I’ll be documenting them properly in the README in the near future....
We’ve got Macs in lots of weird and wonderful places like recording studios and video editing suites. Our Macs are bound to Active Directory so any student can log in with their university ID and get to work. These specialist areas often use a third party sound card/audio interface, so...
Edit: There be dragons! This workflow is completely unsupported by Apple and they don’t want us to image anymore. It’s a naughty stop-gap, but in my case, right now, needs must. As for myself, I’ll only be doing this going forward for the remaining Security Updates released for macOS 10.12....
In Part 1, we looked at how it was possible to configure pretty much anything in SCEP with the venerable scep_set command. Here, we’re going to focus on something else. It’s often in an organisation’s information security policy to ascertain whether the devices you manage are “compliant” with a set...
If you’re using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to deal with Windows machines in your environment, you may notice that it comes licensed with an antivirus/malware product; Endpoint Protection (SCEP), with versions for Windows, Linux and macOS. This fits the bill nicely for organisations where their IT security policies...
At yesterday evening’s London Apple Admins meetup I spoke about NoMAD and the goodness it brings to our environment. Thanks again to Louis Treger (@tregerl on Slack) and MullenLowe for hosting us in their lovely offices and thanks to Amsys for providing copious amounts of food and drink for the...
