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The slides and videos for this year’s PSU MacAdmins is now available.  You can find them here. Nate WalckNate is a Systems Reliability Engineer at Dropbox, Inc in San Francisco, CA. He runs afp548.com along with Sam Keeley and is one of the founding members of the ##osx-server IRC channel […]

MacSysAdmin is coming!  September 17-20 is shaping up to be a great year at MacSysAdmin in Gothenburg, Sweden.  Every year, the beauty of Gothenburg attracts great speakers from all walks of life in the Mac Admin community and this year is no exception.  For a full rundown, check out the […]

Here are some notes from my recent sessions at PSU MacAdmins: More Munki Tricks Slides Examples   Practical Python for Mac Admins Slides Bonus Material   It was a fantastic year at PSU MacAdmins and I look forward to next year. Nate WalckNate is a Systems Reliability Engineer at Dropbox, […]

These are some resources from my Security session at PSU MacAdmins 2013: Slides – PSU MacAdmins 2013 Security Web resources: Managing OS X – Payload Free Package template Matt’s Mac Blog – Making use of the /etc/authorization file in Lion / 10.7.x Scripts: https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/1060089beca35ae77bc7 https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/fab1280165ba9c51d017 https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/9de97f29698725675afd Samuel KeeleySamuel Keeley can frequently be […]

The PSU MacAdmins Conference tweeted that the schedule is now available.  You can check out the schedule here.  This year is full of great sessions and has something for everyone.  Both Sam Keeley and I have sessions at the conference, which we look forward to seeing you at! Nate WalckNate […]

The details about WWDC 2013 have been posted.  It will be from June 10-14, registration opens on April 25th (Tomorrow!) at 10am PDT, 1pm EST.  Check it out here. Nate WalckNate is a Systems Reliability Engineer at Dropbox, Inc in San Francisco, CA. He runs afp548.com along with Sam Keeley […]

The session listing for PSU MacAdmins 2013 has been posted.  There are a ton of great sessions this year with something for everyone.  There are sessions that are suited for beginners and others that even veteran Mac Admins will get a lot out of.  PSU MacAdmins has quickly become a must-attend for […]

MacIT concluded with a half day on Saturday.  Even though it was only a half day, there were plenty of sessions to attend.  Some standout sessions included an overview of Deployment Methods by Anthony Reimer which dovetailed nicely into the following session by Mike Boylan and Nick McSpadden where they […]

Day Two was full of even more great sessions.  The day started out with an overview of the changes in iOS 6.  Following this was a general session covering Wireless in 2013 and later.  Bill Wiecking went over the upcoming wireless technologies, what their technical specifications were and the challenges that […]

The first day of MacIT 2013 was packed full of valuable sessions.  From Chip Pearson’s moving talk regarding the future of the Mac Administrator community to the various sessions covering security topics, iOS and BYOD environments. The Mountain Lion Security session by Steve Leebove and Justin Rummel was an overview […]