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Creating an Office 2011 14.5.0 installer
One of the issues I worked on this week was building a new Office 2011 installer after Microsoft released the Office 2011 14.5.0 update. I have an existing process to build a combined Office 2011...
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Office 2011 14.5.0 and Outlook main window invisibility
When the Office 2011 14.5.0 update was released, it was initially noteworthy for the fact that in certain circumstances it removed Office’s license. Shortly thereafter, Outlook 14.5.0 became noteworthy...
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Payload-Free Package Creator.app Revisited
I do a lot of work with payload-free packages and while I have a process for creating them as I needed them with pkgbuild, this approach requires some setup work. To help make the package creation...
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Stopping your Mac from booting to the FileVault 2 Reset Password wizard
When a FileVault 2-encrypted Mac sits for more than a minute with an account selected at the FileVault 2 pre-boot login screen, a message like the one below should appear: If you’re having a problem...
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Preparing for a Bad Day – How to write Disaster Recovery documentation
IT disasters are unpleasant, and can take many forms. However overwhelming the idea of a possible disaster may be, it is crucial to have a well-formed plan in place. Many IT professionals don’t have a...
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Opening screensharing connections on OS X using pre-set usernames
I use screensharing quite a bit, both at home and at work, to connect to machines. As part of this, my process for connection has looked something like this: 1. Verify I’m on the right network. 2. On...
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Yosemite’s paused encryption problem fixed in 10.10.3
When Yosemite was released in October 2014, one of the changes it introduced was including a new FileVault 2 enablement option in Apple’s Setup Assistant. This option encouraged new users of Yosemite...
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WWDC 2015 notes
I’ve been out in San Francisco this week as an attendee of Apple’s WWDC 2015 conference. As part of this, I’ve been taking notes during the labs and sessions. I want to stay on the right side of...
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Revisiting Sophos Enterprise Anti-Virus for Mac 9.2.x deployment
I had previously written about deploying Sophos Enterprise Anti-Virus for Mac 9.2.x, but I was recently notified that the method I had been using would stop working in a future release of Sophos....
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Hidden text editing options available in Casper’s script editor
I recently learned that there are hidden text editing options for the Casper JSS’s script editor. To access these options, do the following: 1. Log into your JSS 2. Go to Computer Management: Scripts...
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Casper’s hidden documentation
I’m interested in discovering when tools have hidden documentation, so I was curious when I learned recently that the Casper agent has explicitly hidden documentation which requires root privileges to...
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Firefox 39.0 showing blank white windows in OS X VMs
I do a lot of my application testing in VMs, so when Firefox 39.0 came out, it went into my test environment and I built a new VM to check it out. Firefox 39.0 looked like this when I launched it in my...
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Slides from the Virtualization session at Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015
For those who wanted a copy of my virtualization talk at Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF – http://tinyurl.com/PSU2015vmPDF Keynote –...
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Slides from the documentation session at Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015
For those who wanted a copy of my documentation talk with Vanessa White at Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015, here are links to the slides in PDF format. PDF – http://tinyurl.com/PSU2015docPDF
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Slides from the Virtualization session at MacIT 2015
For those who wanted a copy of my virtualization talk at MacIT 2015, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF: http://tinyurl.com/MacIT2015vmPDF Keynote slides:...
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Photos from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015 – Part One
Michael Lynn was good enough to pull together the complete list (so far!) of Twitter photo posts from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015. Well, @rtrouton, since you asked – https://t.co/8Hhs7Mkabj...
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Photos from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015 – Part Two
Michael Lynn was good enough to pull together the complete list (so far!) of Twitter photo posts from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015. Well, @rtrouton, since you asked – https://t.co/8Hhs7Mkabj...
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Photos from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015 – Part Three
Michael Lynn was good enough to pull together the complete list (so far!) of Twitter photo posts from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2015. Well, @rtrouton, since you asked – https://t.co/8Hhs7Mkabj...
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Penn State MacAdmins Conference music playlists
The folks at Penn State MacAdmins always have great music for their conference and have been kind enough to share the playlists via Spotify. For those who want the playlists, please see the links...
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Customizing Automator application icons
As part of my work with packaging, I’ve built a few Automator-based applications to assist me and other Mac admins. Payload-Free Package Creator Simple Package Creator First Boot Package Install...
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