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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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Amsys Blog

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

Mac Printing Scripts

Hi all. I’m doing something a little different this time and I’ve got 4 small scripts relating to printers on Mac that I’d like to share. They’ve been pulled together from various places and tweaked many times since I’ve started

Mac OS X: Fixing print cue issues

I recently spent a day onsite during half term looking at a set of iMacs that were intermittently pausing their print queues. I used a few different terminal commands to work around the issue so I thought I’d share the

Bash Scripting: Network Locations

Hi all. Welcome back to my (hopefully) popular Bash scripting series! In this batch I plan to go through some items which I learnt for a recent education project: modifying network locations via the command line, modifying proxy settings via

Managed Preferences Part 1 – Introduction

Over the last month or so, I have had the pleasure of working on deploying Mac computers into a large school network. The solution includes the typical AD authentication and login, full network deployments as well as the ability to

Deployment of iOS Devices Suddenly Becomes Much Easier

Apple Configurator Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution. Three simple workflows let you prepare new iOS devices for immediate distribution, supervise devices that

What is Raspberry Pi?

A recent subject called into question by the Department of Education is, the practicality of current ICT education in schools – in particular, computer programming. Yesterday saw the release of a product that aims to address this imbalance. A computer

What is Raspberry Pi?

A recent subject called into question by the Department of Education is, the practicality of current ICT education in schools – in particular, computer programming. Yesterday saw the release of a product that aims to address this imbalance. A computer

iPad Apps in Education

I have had the fortune this week of watching some incredible presentations and testimonials on iPad in education. What blew me away was the way in which the iPad and the apps that go along with it have revolutionised the