Tag: Mac OS X
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Shell script to force share unmount
Some of my users have recently run in to a problem where a mounted file share begins to malfunction. Specifically, the share no longer appears to be mounted to the system (no desktop icon, no line item along the left-side nav bar in Finder windows) yet, when one goes to (re)mount the share, the “Connect…
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Mass distribute printer configurations to Mac users
We recently upgraded our office’s printers and I found myself faced with the prospect of updating the printer configurations of each-and-every Mac in the office. In the past, I’ve done it via “SneakerNet” but decided it was time to figure out how to do it remotely. Fortunately, it turns out to not be too difficult.
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Speeding up Mac OS X 10.x
The older I get, the more OS-agnostic I get – as my good friend Jorge Abellas-Martin is fond of saying: “Dogs with different fleas.” Having said that, the design snob in me has always preferred Macs (it probably doesn’t help that I was indoctrinated with the Apple ][ Plus as a wee lad). At this…