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Mac – FSEventer alternative

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

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Mac – Yosemite – Disable Notification Center

Posted on August 4, 2015 by

I really dislike a computer that tells me what I need to do so … After sudo’ing cd /System/Library/LaunchAgents mv com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist com.apple.notificationcenterui_DISABLED.plist Let’s see it tell me what I need to do now!!!!

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Lab/Classroom Computer Work Schedule

Posted on May 28, 2014 by

Link to a schedule of work in OIT manages Labs and Classrooms … You can add this calendar to your calendar list by clicking on the Google Calendar button on the bottom-right of the window that looks like: Or you … Continue reading →

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Mac – Using Install command line to install packages

Posted on January 27, 2014 by

Some software can not be installed on the master image computer because it needs to be uniquely installed on each clone.  So rather then have to copy packages to each clone after imaging, why not put the packages in a … Continue reading →

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Mac – Mt Lion – Disable Notification Center

Posted on November 27, 2013 by

With Mt Lion, Apple introduced a unified notification center application that alerts you to a number of things like email, etc.  Unfortunately, it also alerts you to recommended system updates. All of this is unwanted on lab/classroom computers. I have … Continue reading →

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Kace – Windows software installs from Network Share

Posted on August 6, 2013 by

I had been testing using KACE to do software installs from it’s “alternative” download feature but it seemed easier just to run the software installs from a network file server … Here is a process that is working for me … Continue reading →

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Mac – Startup – GUI to create and edit plist startup files for launchdeamons

Posted on July 30, 2013 by

Using Lingo version 2.1.1 I am able to use a GUI to create a plist file to allow something to run at a specified time on a Mac.  I tested this on Mac OS 10.8.4 to great a plist file … Continue reading →

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Software – MatLab install “archives” folder structure

Posted on June 25, 2013 by

  The MatLab distribution from MatWorks tries to save space on the disk and time for the download transfer.  For the products you are licensed for they send you a “common” file and also a CPU-specific file.  When installing MatLab … Continue reading →

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