Apple announces the date for the Sierra course retirement
Over the next few weeks, you’ll see quite a few changes to the way we present and offer our training courses online; for classroom courses, on-site training, events and online training too. In the meantime, we need to update you with announcements from Apple relating to its certification courses and exams. Retiring macOS Sierra courses […]
New OSX Sierra Update: Are you ready?
What is the New OSX Sierra Update? Sierra is the newest operating system from Apple. The question is are you prepared for the upgrade? Did you backup? It’s always a good idea to backup your data, especially before a big system update. Use Time Machine for as your regular backup or use a tool like […]
Creating XIP files in OSX
A few years ago Apple introduced XIP files to OS X. I recently noticed Apple are using them for delivery of the Xcode 8 beta’s so I thought now was a good time for a quick overview of creating xip files in osx. XIP files are an analog to ZIP files. They can archive one […]
Change Internet Sharing subnet on Mac OS X
During one of our Support Essentials Courses a delegate asked me if it was possible to change the subnet supplied by Mac OS X default internet sharing service. After some searching on both the system files and Google, I found that that the configuration file is located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat.plist. This file only gets created after you […]
Cloud Based Authentication: Auth0
Our mobile/web team are always looking out for great user authentication services. A recent one we have been testing is Auth0. This company has been going for a couple of years now and have built up a really great reputation is this field. They offer an authentication service for both web and mobile apps with a […]
Sync Home Folders with the Cloud
I use multiple machines and a few months ago I found myself trying to find a solution to the old problem of finding that the document you need is never on the machine that you are using. The reason I didn’t blog before is because this solution warranted some testing and so far it’s been working […]
OS X El Capitan Training Course – First One Done!
By Russell Harris – Apple Master Trainer Last week, I delivered the new OS X El Capitan training course, it is the first Apple Certified OS X Support Essentials 10.11 : Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X El Capitan Course. Apple’s course blurb: “El Capitan 101 OS X Support Essentials 10.11 is a three-day course that […]
How to Remove Bluetooth devices from your Mac
Have you been in the situation where you have remove bluetooth devices from your bluetooth list that you no longer have? The problem is that when you go Bluetooth Preferences it doesn’t give you the option to delete the device and if you select the X to delete it tries to connect! One of the easiest ways […]
Login Window Policy Banner for OS X
Greetings mac admins and happy new year! I first posted about this feature back in November 2012 but thought that it was worth a revisit since this is such a great little feature that many are still not aware of, despite its initial appearance being way back with the release of OS X Lion (10.7). […]
OS X El Capitan Deployment 1 Day Seminar
Due to popular demand we have scheduled an extra date for this 1 day seminar on OS X El Capitan Deployment. Are you thinking about purchasing a Mac suite or have a collection of Macs that you need to customise and standardise their setup? Do you know what’s involved and how to ensure you can […]