Tag Archives: Macintosh

JAMF – DEP and VPP Certificate Renewal

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

For the JAMF server we have yearly renewing certificates that connect our JAMF server to Apple’s servers for our hardware (DEP) and software (VPP) purchases. Here is how I did this process in May 2017: 1) Log into our JAMF … Continue reading →

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Mac – NoMAD – AD functionality to macs without binding

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

You can add AD functionality to a Mac without having to “Bind” it to the domain … See: See: https://www.nomad.menu/

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Mac – Microsoft Office 2016 – Disable First Run and Welcome screens

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

See the details at: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/suppressing-office-2016s-first-run-dialog-windows/

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Mac – Turn off Time Machine

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

To stop Time Machine from asking to use every drive you plug in as a backup drive: defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool TRUE From: http://www.cultofmac.com/141070/turn-off-requests-to-use-new-disks-for-time-machine-os-x-tips/

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Mac – Active Directory Debugging and Logs

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

To debug an Active Directory binding issues First set the directory error logging to “debug” with: sudo odutil set log debug then try the join … set the error logging back to “error” with: sudo odutil set log default You’ll … Continue reading →

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JAMF – Create Mac OS to deploy

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

To create an OS package to deploy one could: 1) download the OS installer from the App Store 2) this will put the installer in the /Applications folder 3) once the installer is completely downloaded it will start automatically so … Continue reading →

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Mac – iWork – preinstalled on all new Macs

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

According to this link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7708588?start=0&tstart=0 iWork does not come with Sierra but is preinstalled on all new Macs. Therefore, if deploying a Mac with a format and re-image process particularly with Casper imagine, one should decide wether or not to … Continue reading →

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Mac – El Capitan – SIP and EFI booting with rEFInd

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

A great article about using rEFInd with El Capitan which now includes SIP is at: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html

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Mac – El Capitan – netboot servers must be trusted

Posted on July 5, 2016 by

The new System Integrity Protection, SIP for short, which is part of Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan) requires you to set your netboot servers as “trusted”. For details see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205054 I added a DeployStudio script to run the appropriate commands … Continue reading →

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