Updated XProtectWatch now with terminal-notifier
XProtectWatch 1.1.0 (now with terminal-notifier support) I have updated XProtectWatch to now utilize terminal-notifier “a command-line tool to send Mac OS X User Notifications, which are available...
Mt Lion
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XProtect updated - 2013.02.26
On Feb 19, 2013 11:48 PM Topher Kessler releases his article for CNET that New Mac malware opens secure reverse shell is out, “but has not yet been determined to be much of a threat”. His article ...
‘The Switcher Chronicles’ - Screen Shots
Confession, I FORCED my wife to be a “switcher”. Yes, I forced her to start using OS X, because Christmas 2012 I purchased a new laptop for her at her request (she didn’t specify a brand… and um… ...
Migrate OSX 10.6 Wiki to 10.8 with lost Directory
This title is very specific and may not be everyone’s exact scenario, however, there was plenty of beneficial items in my latest exercise with Wiki data on OS X; specifically taking old 10.6 Wiki d...
MacIT - IT814: Mountain Lion Security for the System Administrator
Thursday January 31, 2013 11:55am - 12:40pm
MacIT 2013 Sessions
For my fifth year in a row, I’ll be presenting at Macworld MacIT conference in January of 2013! I’ll be presenting on two topics this year:
MacIT 2013 - IT801: What Has Changed With Mountain Lion Server
Thursday January 31, 2013 10:20am - 11:05am
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: What Changed?
I’ve posted several docs already on what I see as big changes from a Server Admin point of view which includes moving the rest of the supported applications from Server Admin to Server.app. With th...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: Websites and Wiki
Websites (f.k.a Web) and Wiki have already been moved to Server.app when Lion Server was released, so I didn’t expect much to change, but upon review there is a twinkle of Advanced option for Mac A...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: Software Update
In the beginning of Mt Lion, there was a large scare that Apple was going to remove the current process of Software Updates (where in an enterprise environment has control of which update is made a...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: Open Directory
The concepts for installing Open Directory is exactly the same as previous versions of OS X Server. Select whichever you want (Master or Replica) and walk through the assistant to get your ODM/ODR ...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: NetInstall
From a pure functional standpoint, I don’t see any major difference between what is available in prior versions of OS X Server in terms of NetBoot service to the Mt Lion version; other than it is n...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: Install
When first viewing Mountain Lion (MT Lion) Server, you can understand that Apple had a long-term goal of making the most common things VERY easy and simple to administer. Consolidating service func...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: File Sharing and FTP
In terms of File Sharing, there is really nothing different from Lion to Mt Lion. There is a bonus for iOS users in EDU in that you can now create a WebDAV “DropBox” for students submitting their a...
10.8 Mountain Lion Server: DNS
You have just installed Mountain Lion Server, now what!? Going on the assumption you are staring at Server.app right after a clean install, the first thing that needs attention is DNS!