Author: mark
Test Driving macOS 10.13 High Sierra on VMware Fusion 8.5.7 – VMware Fusion Blog – VMware Blogs
“What we’ve seen is that upgrading existing macOS VM’s is the easiest path to go.”
Ugh, now they tell me. :)
Source: Test Driving macOS 10.13 High Sierra on VMware Fusion 8.5.7 – VMware Fusion Blog – VMware Blogs
Programatically Manage Fingerprints in OS X – krypted.com
Apple recently introduced a laptop with the same fingerprint technology found in an iPhone as well as a T-1 chip to take the sapphire Touch ID sensor information and store it securely, non-reversibly(ish), on the machine. OS X 10.12 now comes with a tool that can manage the fingerprints, stored as keys, on the device. […]
Source: Programatically Manage Fingerprints in OS X – krypted.com
Automatically renew certificates delivered via a configuration profile – Apple Support
Beginning with macOS Sierra 10.12.4, administrators can use a Terminal command to enable automatic renewal of certain certificates delivered as part of a device profile.
Source: Automatically renew certificates delivered via a configuration profile – Apple Support
Custom DEP – Part 1: An Introduction
The future is bright – very bright…After being a bit disappointed with multiple vendor’s DEP configurations, I looked at Victor’s MicroMDM. It is easily the most feature rich open source MDM for macOS and supports “InstallApplication”…
“The shame! The shame!”
Today I learned I’ve been pronouncing not one but two words incorrectly my entire life.
Vestigial is “veh-stij-al,” not “veh-stij-ee-al”
and
Detritus is “deh-TRY-tus,” not “DEH-tri-tus”
Flagellation begins at the top of the hour.
Almost My Dad’s French Orange Cake
When I was about 12 or 13, my father introduced me to the best cake I’ve ever eaten–a basic bundt cake, as I remember, soaked in a wonderfully sticky orange syrup.
I tried to find the crinkled, yellowed NY Times clipping in my father’s things after he passed, but I never succeeded.
This NYT Cooking recipe by Moira Hodgson is very, very close to what I remember. It’s probably better to my adult palate because Dad always used orange juice concentrate; I’m sure it was hard to get good oranges in the winter in Maryland. I’ve added a bit of Northern California foodie culture by decorating not only with the called-for icing sugar but also pomegranate seeds and cardamom-scented whipped cream…and a couple of tablespoons of Bruto Americano in the syrup.
Photo when it comes out on the table tonight!
Merry Christmas, everyone–
Source: Orange Cake Recipe
Remove Individual OS X Configuration Profile via Command Line – Jamf Nation
…the uninstall has to be formatted like: profiles -R -p com.apple.mdm.server.corp.company.com.123af456-78e9-112-123a-123a456789.alacarte …and like @nessts said, you’ll need to get that whole identifier string from the “` profiles -P “` command. If you have a password required to uninstall the profile, that’ll still be necessary from the command line, like it would through the gui. Hope that helps!
Source: Remove Individual OS X Configuration Profile via Command Line – Jamf Nation
Use The Profiles Command In Sierra – krypted.com
To script profile deployment, administrators can add and remove configuration profiles using the new /usr/bin/profiles command. To see all profiles, aggregated, use the profiles command with just the -P option:/usr/bin/profiles -P
– As with managed preferences (and piggy backing on managed preferences for that matter), configuration profiles can be assigned to users or computers. To see just user profiles, use the -L option:
Eric Holtam on Twitter: “Command-dragging a file/folder into Terminal automatically `cd`s to the parent of that item. #macadmins”
Command-dragging a file/folder into Terminal automatically `cd`s to the parent of that item. #macadmins
— Eric Holtam (@eholtam) December 20, 2016