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CCK2: Download Location Changes

Hi All. Just a quick one to point out that Mike Kaply’s amazing CCK 2 solution (I owe that guy so many beers!) will now only be available from his website here. He has made this decision to reduce the

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An Introduction to Python – Part 2

Welcome to the second part of our introduction to Python. If you haven’t done so already, you take a look at part 1 here. In part 2, we are going to look at variables and some basic operators. A simple

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Eddystone – an alternative to iBeacon

Here at Amsys, we are big fans of iBeacons. iBeacons can enhance your iOS apps to make them location-aware. We have a few blog articles explaining how they work; you can read them  here and here. Google has just announced their

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Setting Users to Non Admin

For years, I’ve been running Mac deployment projects for companies and schools.  In a lot of cases, we’re asked to set the users to be non-admins.  Lots of people have said to me that setting users to be non-admins can

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Setting Users to Non Admin

For years, I’ve been running Mac deployment projects for companies and schools.  In a lot of cases, we’re asked to set the users to be non-admins.  Lots of people have said to me that setting users to be non-admins can

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Apple Pay for the UK

Back in June at WWDC 2015, Apple announced that Apple Pay was finally coming to the UK sometime in July. The most likely date seems to be the 14th July. Apple Pay is Apple’s new payment system allowing you to

digital transformation
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When is it OK to stop using the word “Digital”?

Earlier in the year I met with a friend of mine from digital transformation experts Adapt2digital. I was greatly impressed with what they were doing, even though I was slightly baffled. I completed a Digital Engagement Map (DEM), which is

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El Capitan: System Integrity Protection

Over the years, Apple has added some great security layers to OS X to help make using a Mac more secure. These have included FileVault, App Sandboxing and Gatekeeper. In El Capitan, Apple are adding a new layer of security

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Installing, configuring & automating OS X Yosemite seminar

Hello, Mac World! I thought it was about time that I let everyone know about a new venture we have recently started in bringing 1-day seminars to the Mac community. This week, I delivered our second successful OS X Yosemite

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iOS 9 and OS X 10.11: New Management Features

This week was a very exciting time in the Apple Community following all the announcements at WWDC, including iOS 9, OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and watchOS. One of the interesting aspects are the new management features for iOS 9 and OS X