I’m going to run through the process of creating a never booted image using InstaDMG on Mac OS X 10.8, Once this has been done it will be ready to deploy using Deploystudio. First, you will need to ensure that you have the Command Line Tools installed, you can download them from the Apple Developer …
Category Archives: System Administration
Managed Preferences – Cache Flush
The other day I was trying to access some restricted preferences on a 10.6 client, bound to a 10.6 Server that no longer existed, and because of this, I had no way of removing the restrictions Or so I thought, thankfully Apple had provided a Knowledge Base article detailing how to manually flush the cache, …
System Preferences – Software Updates – 10.8
Software Updates have now been incorporated into the Mac App Store, which is not something I’m a massive fan of, but I can see why it’s been done. The good news is that you can still update the System software using the softwareupdate command in Terminal, so nothings been broken by this change. Gone is …
System Preferences – Mail, Contacts & Calendar – 10.8
The Mail, Calendar & Contacts preference is the place to set up all of your e-mail and Calendar accounts, it now also has the added Social Media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr & Vimeo. Adding these accounts makes it a lot simpler to upload or share stuff through these sites, system wide.
System Preferences – Energy Saver – 10.8
The Energy Saver preference has a new addition – Power Nap! This enables your Mac to check for e-mail, calendar and iCloud updates whilst asleep, which is great, as it saves on syncing time when awaking a machine, the downside however is that it uses more power than the conventional sleep mode, so it’s best …
System Preferences – Displays – 10.8
The Displays preference has changed a bit, with the best feature being the addition of the AirPlay mirroring feature. If you have an Apple TV then you can mirror your Mac’s Desktop to your TV screen, which is great for simplifying presentations. You could have an Apple TV hooked up to a Projector or a …
System Preferences – Notifications – 10.8
A brand new System Preference for 10.8 is the Notifications Preference. This is essentially just the same as the one on iOS, and gives you options over what type of alerts you receive from all of the various applications on your Mac Usually the default options for each app are fine, the one thing I …
System Preferences – Security & Privacy – 10.8
So, the major change in 10.8 is the default restrictions on which applications can be installed, which can prevent installation of apps such as Microsoft Office and some other popular software. To enable software from all developers, make sure that under ‘Allow applications downloaded from:’ the button next to ‘Anywhere’ is selected I’d also …
System Preferences – Dock – 10.8
As with last weeks, there isn’t too much to be said about the Dock I would recommend ticking the box next to ‘Automatically hide and show the Dock’ if you happen to be using your Mac as a presentation machine though, it looks a little tidier/more professional than having the Dock displayed …
System Preferences – Desktop & Screen Saver – 10.8
There isn’t too much to say about this, it’s all pretty straight forward, but for an unusual noticeboard set up you could try the following Hook a Mac Mini up to a TV via HDMI Set up a folder on the Mini to have notices in Image formats (Use Preview to Export PDF Posters …