Archived copy: JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation (Vimeo)JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation by Allister Banks, uploaded June 27, 2014; archived 2026-10-21. Wayback Machine copy. JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation from Allister Banks on Vimeo.
Tuesday night, June 24th will be the next MacDMV Event. We'll be at RFD on 7th Street NW in Chinatown just five blocks from the Sheraton Four Points, and we'll be starting at 6pm and running til 9pm. We'll be just a block from the Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro on the Red, Green and Yellow lines of the Metro, or a walkable 10 blocks from Metro Center.
To All Sydney Mac Admins, Our next Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 25th of June. We have a booking at 6pm at Hart’s Pub, Corner of Essex & Gloucester St, The Rocks. Any one who has an interest in managing OS X or iOS is very welcome to come.
Pardon the break, we're back with a long-ago recorded episode to give you all flashbacks to the MacIT conference, audibly. Hopefully the sound quality is passable, as it was recorded under less-than ideal conditions, but what an episode!
Patchoo is here and aims to bring some Munki-esque features and workflow to Casper. We all know that Casper has some gaps around patch deployment. Whilst Casper 9 somewhat improves capabilities there is still no cohesive way for an end user to install 3rd party and Apple Software Updates.
Munki and Puppet have become very popular tools in the last few years, and make a great team for Mac management. While Puppet is inherently secure due to its use of client-certificate based SSL for all communication, most Munki deployments still run over plaintext HTTP.
It’s hard to believe, but the fifth, yes the fifth, annual MacTech conference will be held this year in Los Angeles, CA at the beautiful Manhattan Beach Marriott from November 5th-7th, with a full day of pre-conference workshops occurring on November 4th.
To All Sydney Mac Admins, Our 4th Meeting of the year is scheduled for Tuesday 20th May. We have a booking at 6pm for the Fulton Room at Hart’s Pub, Corner of Essex & Gloucester St, The Rocks. If you manage Macs or iOS devices, come along and meet your fellow admins.
Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by Apple and may not work, but it worked for me. Something that came up many, many times in the 2 years of our iPad deployment was “I’ve forgotten my passcode”. More often than not, the iPad was offline because it was inactive for too long.
Tim Perfitt of Twocanoes Software has put together a nice video showcasing the thirty years of Macintosh models. http://vimeo.com/89607354 Archived note: Vimeo 89607354This Vimeo item (“30 Years of the Mac - Video”, Vimeo ID 89607354) is no longer available from Vimeo (checked 2026-10-21).
