***** IMPORTANT ***** I have updated the script for Mountain Lion. Please follow this link. http://musings.silvertooth.us/2012/08/recovery-partition-creator-v2-0/ Also I have a brand new version that at this time only works with 10.8. It is done in Applescript and can add a recovery partition to any drive. http://musings.silvertooth.us/2013/05/recovery-partition-creator-3-0/ I was on site… Read more »
Apple released a new utility today called Apple Configurator. The utility is designed to assist IT folk with mass deployment of iPods, iPhones, and iPads. From what I can tell you can more easily update iOS devices to the latest iOS, configure Device Name, install free and paid for apps… Read more »
So awhile back I was using VMware converter on my Win XP vm with zero problems. I loved how easy it was to convert physical servers to virtual servers. Then I created a new VM running Win 7 since I figured it was time to move on. I proceeded to… Read more »
So our good friends at Google open sourced a way to manage FileVault 2 keys. Using Google’s App Engine on the backend you can now store the master key for each computer that encrypts its drive with FileVault. Below are the highlights of their tools. Force enable FileVault 2 encryption…. Read more »
I apologize for the length of this article but I would rather put in as much detail as possible so that anyone who wants to use this will have some useful info. If you just want to install and don’t care about the details scroll to the bottom 🙂 The… Read more »
So what is Local MCX and why do I care? If you build Mac Images but don’t have a way to manage policies or preferences via some system like JAMFs Casper or Apples Profile Manager/OpenDirectory then you probably will need to use Local MCX policies to enforce some basic consistency/security… Read more »
Well, no sooner do I get my blog site up and mention that I am going to finish getting my 10.7 ACTC certification, that Apple decides to announce 10.8 (Mountain Lion). I wonder how this affects the certification process since the tests barely became available for everyone else. Oh well,… Read more »
So I have a wiki site that uses Mac OS X server, yes I am a Mac guy, but it was extremely inflexible with its design and even more so in Lion server (grrrr). Now I should state that I am not a web designer. I repeat, I am not… Read more »