Get SendEmail working with Yosemite and Yosemite using SSL A while back, we found a nice little command line tool to send emails with authentication settings, custom subjects, etc., without using any of the built in email sending tools. This was handy for situations where a client might have various restrictions in place such as […]
Last night Apple released a new ‘point’ update to their Mac OS X Mavericks Operating System, taking the latest version from 10.9.2 to 10.9.3. The details of this update are below. Now it has been reported that in some cases this update removes the Users folder on your Mac (/Users). What is actually happening is […]
Greetings Mac Community! Back in January I blogged about “How to Instantly Lock your OS X Screen in 10.9‘. In this blog I mentioned that Mavericks has changed the default behaviour when pressing the Power button key. You can no longer simply press the power button key to bring up the ‘Restart, Sleep, Cancel, Shut […]
If you’re being stalked or pranked over iMessage or FaceTime, you can block that contact and prevent them from bothering you ever again. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s oh-so-gratifying. If there’s an especially annoying someone you’ve been waiting to ignore, here’s how to do it! With the OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 update, amongst the […]
Greetings from Amsys Training HQ! Following on from Hugo’s blog announcing the exciting news that Mavericks has come to town, I was the lucky trainer given the pleasure of delivering our very first OS X Server Essentials 10.9 course! As Hugo explained, the OS X Server Essentials 10.9 course continues in much of the […]
We’re pleased to announce that our app, Revise IT, has now been updated to Mavericks 10.9 Certifications and is available to download from the App Store today, for free! This latest version, has been updated for iOS 7 and is packed full of new test questions and extra features (some of which were requested by […]
Last week I finished teaching my last 10.8 Apple Certified course, OS X Server Essentials 201, which concluded with a 100% pass rate – a very nice way to complete the series on! I am now looking forward to the challenge of teaching our new 10.9 Maverick courses, in fact I am just about to […]
Back in June 2012, I blogged about ‘How to Instantly Lock your Mac OS X Screen in Lion’. This is an updated version of that blog for Mavericks as I wanted to add a couple of new comments and an even quicker way in Mavericks to achieve a locked screen. The easiest and quickest way to […]
Back in February last year, I blogged about ‘Troubleshooting Bluetooth devices and their connection strength in Mountain Lion‘. This is an updated version of that blog for Mavericks as TJ Luoma kindly commented on my blog to inform me that these features have changed in Mavericks (OS X 10.9), prompting me to update my blog. […]
Firstly a Happy New Year to all. With a New Year comes new adventures for all at Amsys Training, and mine arrived in the first working week! I was given the opportunity to travel to Lancaster University to teach not just any onsite course, but Amsys’ first OS X Mavericks Course! I was sent to […]
