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OS X Mavericks is Out (and Free!)

Apple today announced immediate availability of OS X Mavericks, along with major upgrades to the MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and iPad lines. With its many new features, Mac admins will be inclined to upgrade quickly, especially since Mavericks is free for all supported machines.

By Samuel Keeley 1 min read

macOS

OS X Mavericks Core Technologies Overview

Apple has posted a document highlighting the core technologies of OS X Mavericks, which includes some changes from Mountain Lion. Among the new features is a change to the default file sharing protocol from AFP to SMB2. OS X has long supported SMB, but AFP has remained the default.

By Samuel Keeley 1 min read 3 comments

Apps

Office 2011 14.3.4 Update

A new Office 2011 update was released as of 5/7/2013. This update requires only Office 2011 14.1.0, so it can be applied to a wide range of product versions. More info over on the Microsoft KB article.

By Nate Walck 1 min read

Security

FileVault Setup.app – A Local FV2 Setup App

As usual with all things FileVault related, Rich Trouton has the details on a new .app for setting up FileVault 2. FileVault Setup.app is a standalone app that provides a pretty interface for end users to configure File Vault 2 with during first login.

By Nate Walck 1 min read 1 comment

Management

Casper Suite 8.7 Released

Casper Suite 8.7 has been released. It contains some bugfixes as well as some new features. The biggest change in Casper Suite 8.7 is the addition of a new app called Casper Focus. Casper Focus allows a Teacher or other staff to lock an iOS device into using a specific application without needing an Administrator to do it for them.

By Nate Walck 1 min read