Deny logon to an Active Directory group in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
If you administer Macs that are joined to an Active Directory, you either need to buy expensive Mac client-side extensions to apply Windows Group Policy, or you can extend your AD schema to include Mac...
View ArticleDisable annoying Time Machine pop-up with Apple Remote Desktop
Do you hate that annoying popup that shows up in Leopard every time you put in a drive, asking you if you want to use Time Machine with that device? Better yet, if you actually say yes, you’re on the...
View ArticleInstalling Microsoft Office 2008 on Snow Leopard
If you’re having trouble putting Microsoft Office 2008 on your new Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) Mac, it may be because you need to install Rosetta, the PowerPC emulator that allows you to run older software...
View ArticleStop making me buy your over-priced hardware, Apple
A couple of Apple reps were by recently touting the new Podcast Producer 2 server product. If you’re not familiar with Podcast Producer 2, it basically lets you do audio and video capture, as well as...
View ArticleOk, but it’s still not a good idea
There’s been an inordinate amount of buzz surrounding the (potential) release of a new Apple tablet computer, which prompts me to ask, why is Apple building a tablet? PC manufacturers have been making...
View ArticleBecome root on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (or Leopard)
Here’s a little tip I use all the time, but have yet to commit to the blogosphere. If you’re trying to work on the Terminal command line in 10.6 or 10.5, it’s annoying to be prompted for your password...
View ArticleActive Directory / Open Directory group nesting fixed in Snow Leopard
There was a bug in Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” that prevented proper application of MCX settings to an Active Directory group nested inside an Open Directory group. This problem has been corrected in 10.6...
View ArticleNew version of Microsoft Remote Desktop for Snow Leopard
If you’re used to managing Windows servers from your Mac (or using terminally served apps from a Windows server), there’s a new version of Remote Desktop available that is compatible with Snow Leopard....
View ArticleSolving ‘org.apache.httpd: Already loaded’ error on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
I recently ran into a problem where my local Apache instance wasn’t responding to requests. Trying to restart or start it with sudo apachectl restart yielded an error message like this:...
View ArticleFixing Wi-Fi upload issues with a Sonic.net ZXV10 W300 modem/router
I have Sonic.net for my ISP here in Oakland, and I’ve been pretty happy with the speed and consistency of the DSL service they provide. After returning from my latest visit to the East Coast, however,...
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