Tec(h)tonic

Insights into building a solid I.T. foundation in the mid-size business world.

Category: How To

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • MS Outlook doesn’t feel like printing

    I just ran into this issue w/ one of my users and, though the fix is an easy one, it took me forever to figure it out so I figured I’d better write it down… I spent some time on our Exchange Server a week or so ago to apply an assortment of updates and, in the…