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Resetting an account’s ability to log into a FileVault 2-encrypted Mac by...
Apple’s release of Yosemite has brought with it the ability to use an Apple ID to unlock and reset a forgotten account password to log into a FileVault 2-encrypted Mac. You can use this ability in a...
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/etc/hostconfig removed from Yosemite
Apple has been warning folks for the past few OS releases that the /etc/hostconfig file was going away and it looks like they decided that Mavericks was the hostconfig file’s last hurrah. As of OS X...
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Migrating OS X VMs from VMware Fusion 7 Pro to ESXi 5.5
A new feature that appeared in VMware Fusion 7 Pro was its new ESXi management. This included the ability to upload VMs from Fusion directly to an ESXi server. However, when I tried to upload OS X VMs...
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Documentation session at MacTech Conference 2014
I’ll be speaking at MacTech Conference 2014, which is taking place from November 5th – 7th in Los Angeles. I’ll be talking about documentation and the various lessons I’ve learned over the years that...
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Downloading Server.app for Mavericks and Mountain Lion
I’ve noticed that the Server.app installers for Mavericks and Mountain Lion have now vanished from my list of Purchases in the App Store, and searching for “OS X Server” will only give you the option...
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“Bringing the Casper Suite to Life with Virtual Test Environments” session...
JAMF Software has posted the session video for my virtualization session from JAMF Nation User Conference 2014. For those interested, the JNUC session videos are available on JAMF Software’s site. For...
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Slides from the Documentation session at MacTech Conference 2014
For those who wanted a copy of my documentation talk at at MacTech Conference 2014, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote ’09 format. PDF – http://tinyurl.com/MT2014DocPDF Keynote –...
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“FileVault 2 For Mac OS X Decoded” training video now available from Peachpit
I’ve been working with the folks at Peachpit to create a FileVault 2 training video, geared towards Mac admins that want to learn more about FileVault 2. I’m happy to say that they’ve let me know that...
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Photos from MacTech Conference 2014
Michael Lynn was good enough to pull together the complete (at least as of tonight) list of Twitter and Instagram photo posts from MacTech 2014. It's data dump time again! Photos for #MTC2014! 119...
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Using OS X 10.8′s fdesetup tool and non-enabled admin accounts to enable...
Back in OS X 10.8.x, one of the newly-created fdesetup tool’s functions was to enable users for FileVault 2. To do so, you needed to provide both the username and password of either a previously...
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create_vmware_osx_install_dmg script updated with Yosemite support
I’ve updated the create_vmware_osx_install_dmg.sh script which I had previously posted about here. The script now includes support for Yosemite, so the script can now be run on 10.7 – 10.10 to create...
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Automatically suppressing the iCloud and Diagnostics pop-up windows with Casper
When I updated to 10.10.1 yesterday, as part of the restart process I noticed that I was seeing the Diagnostics pop-up window appear on login. I had previously suppressed this window as part of setting...
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Controlling the Diagnostics & Usage report settings on Yosemite
One of the pop-up windows you get on first login to Yosemite is the Diagnostics & Usage pop-up window. This window requests permission for the following: Send diagnostics and usage data to Apple...
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Managing ESXi-hosted virtual machines using VMware Fusion Professional
When VMware released VMware Fusion 7 Professional in September 2014, among the new items included in the Features list was this one: The ability to access virtual machines running on VMware vSphere,...
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Deploying Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac 9.2.x for personal use
With the release of Sophos Anti-Virus 9.x, Sophos changed how their antivirus solution for Macs was installed. Where previous versions of Sophos used an installer package, Sophos has now switched to...
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Yosemite System Preferences issue when enabling FileVault 2 with an...
In 10.10.0 and 10.10.1, I’ve noticed an issue when enabling FileVault 2 via System Preferences when using an institutional recovery key. In Mavericks and earlier versions of OS X, the behavior of...
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Fixing the volume buttons’ audio feedback on Yosemite
After upgrading to OS X 10.10.x, I noticed that pushing the volume buttons didn’t produce a noise like they had before. I liked having that feedback sound, as it gave me an idea of how loud my volume...
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Improving Yosemite VM performance in VMware Fusion
Being able to virtualize OS X with VMware Fusion has been a great tool for Mac admins, as it allows them to test out new workflows and configurations before committing them to actual Macs. To go along...
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Forcing XProtect blacklist updates on Mavericks and Yosemite
One of the changes Apple made between Mountain Lion and Mavericks was how XProtect was updated. On 10.6.x – 10.8.x, Apple used /usr/libexec/XProtectUpdater to update XProtect’s blacklist. If you needed...
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Ten Things You Might Not Know about FileVault 2
One of the changes that Steve Jobs briefly mentioned in the course of the WWDC 2011 keynote address was that Apple had revamped its FileVault encryption solution for Mac OS X 10.7.x, changing it from...
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