10.8.3 is out, but which models are supported by it?
Greg has two posts that go over which models are supported by the "unified" 10.8.3 Installer. Check out the details in his first post about 10.8.3 and a follow-up that covers newer models.
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Digging in to Java 7: Poor LaunchDaemon Usage
Tim Sutton has a post that talks about how Java 7 uses LaunchDaemons in a very poor fashion. The amount of poor scripting and LaunchDaemon usage is quite sad. It makes one wonder how Java 7 works at all on OS X.
Fixing Broken Software I: Logitech Control Center
This is part one of a series on dealing with the issues software can cause in enterprise environments, and how to combat these issues. One of the most important skills in a Mac Admin's toolbox is being able to identify and work around issues with vendor software.
Casper in the Cloud
If you have ever wondered about hosting your Casper server in the cloud, check out this post on Justin Rummel's blog. He has some notes he made during a recent JSS setup on Amazon EC2 hosting. This is a very compelling setup if you have a fair amount of machines that are never on your network and can easily access the internet.
Another Way to Enable Wi-Fi At Login Window (with Profiles!)
The Premise: Nick McSpadden and I were both working on a similar goal this week: getting Macs to connect to Wi-Fi at the loginwindow. By default, adding preferred wireless networks will only connect once a user is logged in, either via the networksetup command or Profiles.
Automatically Enable WiFi At Login Window
The Context My OS X deployment workflow is a very hands-off approach.
Open Directory as a PKI
Paul Suh did a session at MacIT 2013 on Certificates, specifically in regards to Open Directory serving as a PKI. The session was only 45 minutes long, so he could not go into great detail. Thankfully, Paul has written a three part article that covers using an Open Directory-based PKI so that the details can be thoroughly covered.
Setting up a basic Puppet 3.1.x master on OS X 10.8
Between OS X 10.7 and 10.8, some changes were made with how directory services functioned. This caused Puppet 2.7.x to not be fully functional on 10.8. Thankfully, these changes have been adjusted for in the latest version of Puppet (3.x).
A Field Guide to IRC
Author's Note: When I started to write this, I thought about calling it a Beginner's Guide to IRC, but that's not what this is. This is a Field Guide to IRC designed for those who remember IRC from the early 90s as well as those who've never set foot in a chat room.
Virtualizing OS X
Virtualization is becoming more prevalent in the enterprise (if not the standard for many places). How does one virtualize OS X and at what cost you may ask? You can do it for free, believe it or not, using ESXi. ESXi officially supports Mac Pros (the "newest" revision) and unofficially works on Mac Minis.