Month: November 2016
Setting the default boot drive from the boot menu
When you start up a Mac holding down the Option key, the boot volume menu appears and displays all available bootable volumes. When you select a drive by clicking on it or selecting it with the arrow keys on your keyboard, it’ll boot from that drive until the next reboot. At the next reboot, unless you hold…
Watch Satya unveil Microsoft Teams
Nov 2nd Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams, the chat-based workspace in Office 365. It is a new experience that brings together people, conversations, content and the tools they need—all in one place and integrated with familiar Office applications. As Satya says, “Every individual is different, and so is the case with every team.” We see great…
Office 365 Tips #1 How to share a calendar
Office 365 Tips #001 How to share a calendar (Office 365)
Send softwareupdate command through ARD
This script will run software updates only on machines that are logged out. This ensures you don’t reboot machines that are in use and don’t leave machines in an inconsistent state (by not rebooting after patching). This is not a perfect solution to patching but it’s better than nothing. You can even schedule this to…
OSX – Force Time Sync
Occasionally you might find that you need to force a time sync with your ntp server. To do this open a terminal window and enter the following. sudo ntpdate -u <IPADDRESSOFNTPSERVER>
Restart Apple Remote Desktop Service
If for any reason you cannot VNC onto your mac server due to the Apple Remote Desktop service, you can kickstart it by opening a SSH session running the following command sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users [USERNAME] -privs -all -restart -agent Replace [USERNAME] with your short username.