Archive for July, 2007
OS Images vs. The Santa Rosa MacBook Pro 2.2/2.4Ghz
Back on June 5, Apple updated the MacBook Pro to include faster cpu’s, LED-backlit display and a video card upgrade. This MBP came with a newer build of 10.4.9 so of course, our image had to be updated. But by the time these actually started shipping to us, 10.4.10 became available. So I updated our [...]
How to add an AD user as a local admin
We all know the obvious way to allow a given group(s) to be an admin of a Mac bound to Active Directory (see image below).
Although the “Allow administration by group” setting in Directory Access allows users in that group to installsoftware and perform certain other admin functions, there is a bug (or feature?) in Tiger [...]
John DeTroye’s Tips and Tricks doc updated
John DeTroye has updated his T&T doc which has always been a great best practices guide to client management. It covers subjects such as Open Directory, setting up accounts, managed client settings (MCX) and ARD.
You can get the doc from here.
