Mike Bombich has offically stopped development on NetRestore. Read the story here. I’m very sad to see it go, though not surprised. NR has been open source for years, but no one ever contributed besides Mike and it was in need of a rewrite. Now that it is EOL, several Read more »
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Adobe Flash 10 Installer launches Finder as root
by Patrick November 7, 2008 » Add more comments.
Several web sites have begun requiring Flash 10 to play their content. This is partially because the PC version of Flash 9 had some security problems that I won’t get into here. The good news: Adobe provides their Mac version as a package installer. The bad news: Read more »
LANDesk – Adding Apple Warranty Data to Inventory
by Patrick November 3, 2008 » Add more comments.
A bash script that will do an online lookup of the Mac’s serial # to determine its’ warranty status, then add that data to custom data for LANDesk.
EndNote finally updated for Office 2008
by Patrick June 27, 2008 » Add the first comment.
Thomson has finally come out with an update to EndNote X1 CWYW which works with Office 2008. And kudos to them for releasing it as a package installer! Get it here.
PowerPoint Crashing in Slide Mode
by Patrick December 20, 2007 » Add more comments.
A few months ago, someone posted comments on my “OS Images vs. The Santa Rosa MacBook Pro 2.2/2.4Ghz” article stating that PowerPoint would crash in slide mode on non-Santa Rosa machines when using an image that was created or updated on a SR machine. At the time, I was unable Read more »
Apple Certification Changes for Leopard
by Patrick November 24, 2007 » Add the second comment.
Apple has recently updated its training site showing some Leopard updtes. The ACSA (Apple Certified System Administrator) gets the biggest change. The ACSA is the big daddy of Apple certifications. But if employers are to understand what an applicant has accomplished by attaining the certification, then the test objectives should Read more »
Leopard – Keeping the Guest Account Disabled
Much has been said about the new Guest account in Leopard, and how it’s not as simple and secure as Apple makes it sound. The Lame LeopardTuttle SVC I think this is a good feature for what Apple probably intended, at home for friends and family members to “borrow” your Read more »
Microsoft Office 2008 to use Apple Package installer
by Patrick September 15, 2007 » Add more comments.
Oh Happy Day! Dustan Gourlie from the MacBU has posted a blog entry on their Office 2008 Enterprise Series page explaining deployment options for the forthcoming Office 2008. It will be distributed with as a package installer and will no longer have a drag and drop option (clarified in the Read more »
NetRestore – Specifying Packages to install using PHP Services
NetRestore PHP Services helps automate machine deployments by automating several tasks such as machine naming, network configuration and specifying which image is used for groups of machines and several other preferences. It can also be customized to add funtionality for tasks that are not already built in. This post will Read more »
