Tag Archives: Macintosh

Mac – AD – Computer Check-In Interval

You’ll want to look at ‘dsconfigad -passinterval’ There’s no description for it in the manpage other than the usage syntax. By default it’s set for 14 days. You can see the setting by running ‘dsconfig -show’. -Eric On 5/10/12 8:54 … Continue reading

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Mac – Lion – Suppressing iCloud singin request …

OK. I found a copy of this file elsewhere and put it in the user template folder, making sure the iCloud variable was set to True. It seems to be working. Romeyn On May 9, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Barone, … Continue reading

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Mac – Final Cut Studio deployment

One approach to Final Cut Studio deployment using Deploy Studio is available at: http://osxdeployment.com/wiki/Final_Cut_Studio_3_Installer_for_Deploy_Studio

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Mac – System Updates via ARD

A script to run system updates via ARD … I like this particular script because it can be run on multiple machines at the same time without killing the network. It also does not run if the machine is in … Continue reading

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Mac – Mounting a volume from the command line

To mount a volume from the mac command line … 1) find the device with the command: # diskutil list 2) create a mount point (if it doesn’t exist) with the command: # mkdir /Volumes/Windows 3) mount the device with: … Continue reading

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Mac – Set boot volume from mac comand line

Sometimes, particularly on dual-boot macs, it is important to be able to set the boot volume from the mac command line. (Think Apple Remote Desktop!) The command to do this as root is: /usr/sbin/bless –device /dev/disk0s3 –setBoot –legacy For details … Continue reading

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