Easy Script-Only Packages with the Luggage
Saw a post today on MacEnterprise from someone looking for an easy way of making a package that doesn't install any files, just runs a script during installation. Payloadless packages are quite easy to...
View ArticleAutomate removing Diginotar CA certificate
Ed Marczak posted how to delete the untrustworthy Diginotar CA cert on his blog. Read about why you want to trash it at ComputerWeekly.com.To make it easier for you to do the right thing and delete it...
View ArticleWeird Lion audio issue with headphones
My wife was having a weird audio problem on 10.7.2 - she'd be listening to iTunes, plug in her headphones, then get silence. Restarting iTunes would make the audio work on the headphones, but then if...
View ArticleCreative Suite 5.5 refuses to accept a serial number to end trial mode
My wife recently upgraded to a MacBook Air, and when I went to install CS 5.5 on the MBA it accepted the serial number during installation but then would bring up the Adobe Application Manager screen...
View ArticleAutomate manifest distribution to masterless puppet clients from an S3 bucket
At Ooyala, I managed our Macintosh fleet with puppet. The problem we ran into is that we have users in remote locations rarely need to connect to the VPN, and when their machines aren't on the VPN or...
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