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applescript to auto-generate names
My company has a specific naming policy for newly imaged (and re-imaged) macs. Since mac imaging can happen in any of 6 locations worldwide, they needed a way to ensure that all macs followed the same...
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Mac migration 01 – list all mapped printers on the system
This will be the first in a series of articles I’ll be writing on making the filesystem tell you (the Mac admin) useful things when looking at, say, a complete workstation refresh in which all of a...
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Mac migration 02 – list files and folders (and their sizes)
This is the second installment of my Mac migration series.In this series I am writing about the scripts and code I am developing with the ultimate goal of fully automating the process of taking an...
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using bash and applescript to unlock a mac’s desktop
In our current environment security settings on each mac enable the screen saver after 20 minutes of inactivity, put the display to sleep after 45 minutes of inactivity, and require a password...
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capturing the activation request for ColorEyes Display Pro (CED Pro)
Supporting Macs goes hand in hand with supporting graphic design software, fonts, printers, office productivity software, and color calibration software. ColorEyes Display Pro (CED Pro) is one of these...
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integrating jamfHelper full screen window and applescript to migrate...
We are about to migrate the company Exchange environment from 2003 to 2010. While our Windows brethren have been using Outlook 2010 for quite some time now, us Mc folk have been left in the dust to...
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