Resources for Mac administrators and iOS developers.
Munki Report PHP introduction and installation
And I’m back on Munki posts! What can I say? – There’s no escaping such a versatile and free tool! So you’ve got your Munki solution up and running with a bunch of installers and maybe some settings packaged and loaded, with multiple manifests and all running smoothly. Or is it? How can you tell […]
An introduction to AutoPKG
Hi all, this month I’ve decided to go over one of the tools I’ve mentioned in my previous blog; AutoPKG. AutoPKG revision I’m going to cheat and use my blurb from the last blog: “AutoPKG is a relative new kid on the block in the Mac Admin world. Co-developed by Tim Sutton and Greg Neagle […]
What’s in my Mac admin tool kit
Hey all, this month I’ve decided to share some of the tools and resources I use to carry out my day-to-day job. The common questions I get when I visit clients are: What tools would you recommend for packaging? What tools for scripting? How do you learn the best was to package software ‘X’? It’s […]
Office 365 resources for Mac admins
Over the last year or so we have seen a lot of our customer base move away from internally hosting their own email servers to cloud based giants like Microsoft Office 365 and Google Apps. Cloud hosted email is not for everyone, and I hope to share my thoughts and experiences about this over the […]
A starter guide to using Iceberg to package Google Chrome
Hi Everyone. With the bulk of my Munki starter guides now out, I’m taking a short break and concentrating on other blogs. Don’t worry, Munki will return this year! In line with this, today’s blog is a simple starter guide to using Iceberg to package Google Chrome with a post-flight script. Iceberg is one of […]
Bash Scripting: How to Use if
Over the last few weeks I have gone through what I consider to be key points and rules over scripting in general, and Bash scripting specifically. This week, I’ve decided to take a look at one of the most common commands you’ll use, ‘if’ ‘if’ statements – What? In bash scripting, as in the real […]