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Changed RSS feed to show full posts
Lately, I’ve been reading more and more of my daily news from my iPhone and I’ve started to get pissed off at blogs that I like that only show a short summary in the RSS feed. This drove me nuts. Then today I just realized that I was doing the exact same thing! My bad.
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Ten blogs every Mac admin should know about
Need to load up your RSS reader with loads of Mac goodness? Mac Admin Corner just not quite enough for you? There are plenty of Mac experts out there sharing their knowledge with the world. Here’s a list of sites that I follow.
Can Open Directory be used enterprise wide?
A few years ago, before I started at my employer, a project was started for an enterprise-wide Open Directory setup. Each business unit within the university has a decent number of Macs that were mostly unmanaged. The project passed governance and a budget was set aside to fund the implementation. This was back in the [...]
Migrate Local User to Domain Account
If you are migrating your machines to authenticate via Active Directory, you may need to convert your local user accounts and their home folders to an AD user account and retain the home folder. I had a script posted here but that version was Tiger only because it used NI* commands.
Add user to admin group with Applescript
Need a way for your team to easily make a network or local user an admin? Copy and paste the code below into Script Editor (Applescript Editor in 10.6) and save it as an application. This can be used before deploying a machine to the user, or after they’ve logged in.
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Add user to admin group
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