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07 Jul

Posted at 21:40h in AppleScript, Bash, Configuration, Configuration Profiles, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf Composer, Jamf Pro Server, JAMF Software Server, Profile Manager, Property List, Python, Scripts, SIP by
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Overview This blog was created from the first multi-part of a presentation at the June 2017 University of Utah MacAdmin meeting which covers in-depth information on managing settings on Mac systems including property lists format, naming, preference search paths, file system locations and structure and parts....

03 Aug

Posted at 18:42h in Apple, Bash, csrutil, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Management, OS X, OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11), Python, Radmind, Security, SIP by
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Overview System Integrity Protection or "SIP" is a new security measure implemented in 10.11 "El Capitan". SIP protects access to system locations and restricting runtime attachment to system processes, this security policy guards against compromise — whether accidental or by malicious code. SIP protects file system locations...

06 Apr

Posted at 00:05h in AppleScript, Bash, Book, GitHub, Jamf, Python, Radmind by
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Overview Recently, we received our order for the book "Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide: Second Edition" written by  Charles Edge and William Smith. This book provides detailed explanations of the technology required for large-scale Mac OS X deployments and show you how to integrate it with other operating systems and applications....

13 Feb

Posted at 01:12h in Apple, Bash, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Limit Descriptors, Management, OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10), Radmind by
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Overview In this post we will be talking about file descriptors and increasing limit descriptors in OS X Yosemite. File descriptors are limited by the OS. This causes some applications and services to return errors. By increasing the limit of file descriptors we can reduce the amount...