A digital publication from the J. Willard Marriott Library

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10 Sep

Posted at 10:32h in Administration, Apple, Documentation, Enterprise, Event, Higher Education, Information Technology, Mac, system by
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Overview In the Marriott Library, we manage a number of Mac Studio and iMac systems for patron use. Ensuring the physical security, accessibility, and usability of these devices has presented several logistical challenges. For example, iMac power supply units are external and often cannot reach or...

10 Jan

Posted at 18:35h in Administration, AppleScript, Automation, Automation, autopkg, Bash, Bash, Bash, Client, Configuration, Container, Documentation, Enterprise, Hacking, Higher Education, Information Technology, Mac, Malware, Management, Perl, Programming, Property List, Python, python, Scripts, Security, SIP, system, system administration, Terminal, Unix by
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Overview We have developed a methodology of managing enterprise and/or shared environment unfriendly applications that has evolved over the years at the Marriott Library or other locations on campus that we support. We affectionately call it the  “Crappy App” model which we use sanitize applications with exceptional requirements. These...

16 Aug

Posted at 17:30h in Administration, Apple, Automation, Client, Configuration, display, Display Configuration, Documentation, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf Pro Server, Mac, mirror, mirroring, objective-c, pyobjc, Python, python, resolution, rotation, system, system administration, Terminal by
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Introduction Display Manager is a tool that allows users to programmatically manage Mac display settings like resolution, refresh rate, rotation, brightness, screen mirroring, and HDMI underscan. It's primarily intended for Mac sys admins and developers who need to control displays in specific, predictable ways. Display Manager works...