Sending Mail from OS X Server on Verizon FiOS via Gmail
Yes I know this is a lengthyā¦ longā¦ and very specific post title, but I hope it helps someone else in the same predicament.
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Quick Step-by-Step Guide for AutoPKG and JSSImporter
This is a quick step-by-step instructions to get AutoPKG and the JSSImporter to work so Mac Admins can begin testing and evaluating the two products, and see how these tools will help automate the ...
Working with VPP and DEP Apple IDs
These are notes about getting the Apple IDS and their two-step verification authentication ready for Apples Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) and Device Enrollment Program (DEP). WORST case give you...
Using .p12 or JKS files with OS X
My test CrashPlan PROe (CPPe, a.k.a āBlackā) environment has been troubled with this VMware Fusion bug where linking a shared folder has some issues with read/write. The result was anytime a clien...
MacDMV: New DC, MD, VA Mac Admin Group
Last Friday I was feeling a little jealous of the San Francisco area Mac Adminās group Macbrained on getting a group of individuals together to discuss new items in the Apple world (Mavericks and i...
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Migrate OSX 10.6 Wiki to 10.8 with lost Directory
This title is very specific and may not be everyoneās 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, Iāll be presenting at Macworld MacIT conference in January of 2013! Iāll 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?
Iāve 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 didnāt 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 donāt 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 āDropBoxā 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!
Configuring IPv6 DNS on Mac OS X Server
Over the past several months, my company has been dealing with AD/OD integrations with Lion 10.7.2 and the customerās environment is using ā.localā. If you are not familiar with the history between...
Remove Diginotar CA Certificate
First, I want to say thanks to Edward Marczak for his original post on how to remove the Diginotar CA Certificate, and his forward thinking about how to do this from a System Admin perspective. I w...
MacTech Conference 2011 - How Lion Has Changed Mac OS X: Services, Features and Capabilities
Iāll be speaking at MacTech Conference 2011 which runs November 2-4 in Los Angeles with Randy Saeks!
Hey Lookā¦ This Thing Works!
I have had intentions for some time on using my site for something other than announcements of Macworld/MacTech sessions, photographs while traveling for my job, and a simple resume placeholder. No...