Tag Archives: Macintosh

Mac – System Log Location

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

In case you forget … On Mac OS 10.6 the system.log is in /var/log

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Software – MacClade not supported on Lion

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

The programers for MacClade have said that they will not support MacClade and it does not run on the new Mac Lion OS (10.7.x). They suggest people using MacClade switch to using Mesquite available at: http://mesquiteproject.org/mesquite/mesquite.html

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Software – Adobe Settings Files locations

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

A helpful web page that describes where to find the preference, settings, and workspace files for Adobe CS apps is at: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82893.html

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Mac – Unmounting Windows (or any other) volume at startup

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

To umount a Macintosh volume at start-up (for example the windows bootcamp volume) you can create a startup item … In: /Library/StartupItems Create a directory “Unmount”  in that directory you want to put 2 files: Unmount and StartupParameters.plist   Unmount … Continue reading →

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Mac – AD Authentication to non-primary domain controllers details

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Here are some details on how to make sure your non-primary AD authentication servers are available to macs running snow leopard … This comes from the MACENTERPRISE list which always provides a wealth of information for people who support Macs … Continue reading →

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Mac – DVD region code

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

It seems that it isn’t possible to set the DVD region code in mass on newly deployed mac hardware. What you can do however is change an authorization file to allow unprivileged users to set the region code initially. (Changing … Continue reading →

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Mac – Symbol Font

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There seems to be a corrupted symbol font that keeps coming back on our mac images. It ends up in /Library/Fonts in a file called “Symbol”. In July 2012 this appeared after installing MathType … I have found that too … Continue reading →

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Mac – DeployStudio and AD join

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Deploying a Mac OS image and adding the computer to the AD can all be accomplished using DeployStudio. I suggest that you set up your AD environment to use “OUs” (organizational units) for your computers rather than have them all … Continue reading →

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Mac – DeployStudio and windows volume

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

When creating a workflow for taking a DeployStudio image of a windows NTFS volume — it is important to uncheck the box for use “mac tools for multicast” which then allows you to check the box for “try to shrink … Continue reading →

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Bootcamp – Hiding Mac volume from Windows

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

Reports are that since Bootcamp version 3 or so you can now read and write to the macintosh partition from your windows environment. This is less than ideal in a shared computer lab. Renaming the file: c:\windows\system32\drivers\applemnt.sys and then restarting … Continue reading →

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