Articles by: Nate Walck

PSU MacAdmins 2014 Slides

Thanks to all the great presenters at PSU MacAdmins this year and @frogor (Michael Lynn) on twitter, here is a partial list of presenter slides that were posted to Twitter under the #psumac hashtag:   Modular Image Creation Beyond the Thunderdome: Managing OS X without OS X Automate yourself out […]

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MacTech Conference 2013 Wrapup

MacTech Conference 2013 Wrapup

MacTech Conference 2013 has concluded for the year with the last session ending around 5pm on Friday. The conference ended strong with many great IT/Dev track sessions in the morning and several general sessions in the afternoon. Tom Bridge’s session on Hacking your Users was a fantastic look at how […]

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MacTech Conference 2013 (Day 2)

MacTech Conference 2013 (Day 2)

Day two of the MacTech conference was packed with sessions and activities from start to finish. The morning started with breakfast and a vendor sponsored session. The first speaker of the morning was Peter Hosey, discussing Great User Interfaces. This session discussed the Philosophy behind good user design and specific things […]

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MacTech Conference 2013 (Day 1)

MacTech Conference 2013 (Day 1)

MacTech 2013 kicked off today at the Manhatten Beach Marriot in Los Angeles, CA. The first joint session started with a few announcements regarding MacTech Bootcamp III which is coming in 2014 with all new curriculum and taking place in 9 cities. Also announced were the dates for MacTech 2014, […]

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MacTech Special Events

MacTech Special Events

The Tesla Experience MacTech Conference has always been all about the experience. And, this year is no different. We want you to experience new things, admire the awesomeness of other people’s work, and be able to discuss that with your fellow tech. An amazing example is Tesla — not just […]

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MacSysAdmin 2013 Session Slides and Videos Available

MacSysAdmin 2013 Session Slides and Videos Available

The session slides and videos from MacSysAdmin 2013 are now available here. Thanks to the MacSysAdmin team for getting them out so quickly! 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 […]

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Don’t Miss MacTech 2013

Don’t Miss MacTech 2013

MacTech 2013 is one of the premier Mac Admin conferences of the year and as such you should definitely not miss it. MacTech is packed full of great activities like pre-conference workshops, sessions and most importantly, time to network with your fellow Mac Admins. Networking is quite possibly the best part of the […]

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MacTech Pre-Conference Workshops

MacTech Pre-Conference Workshops

If you are going to the MacTech Conference this year, you should check out the Workshops that are being offered on November 5th, the day before the Conference starts. These Workshops are designed to prepare you for and then complete a certification/accreditation or give you an in-depth look at a […]

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Making an OS X Template for use with vSphere 5.1

If you use ESXi/vSphere, then you may know how handy templates can be for rolling out new services, test boxes and the like.  Apparently you can makes templates for vSphere that have never been booted (zero chance of cruft to mess with your testing).  Check out Mads’ blog for details on […]

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WWDC 2013 Live Stream

WWDC 2013 Live Stream

Apple is doing a Live Stream for WWDC 2013 this year.  Go to this page for the stream. 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 […]

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