Building on my previous blog post, this article will describe some of the methods you can use to provide network drive shortcuts for your users. Specifically, we will include: Favorites in the Connect to server box Manually and programatically adding
Are you thinking about integrating OS X into Active Directory and would like to understand this subject matter better including best practices? If so, then attend the OS X Yosemite Server 1 day seminar on the 22nd of May in
With the release of OS X Server for Yosemite, Apple retired Workgroup Manager, thus leaving us System Admins no GUI method of exporting users and groups out of the server. The old Workgroup Manager tool gave us the ability to
New “Reachability” feature in OS X YoYo server Being the type of guy I am and in the role I am, I updated my home server to OS X Yosemite (10.10) over the first weekend of release. After fighting some
One of the great new features of Mavericks Server is the new Xcode service. The Xcode service has been added to give developers a central repository for their development projects as well as support for Xcode’s continuous integration workflow. When
Author of Using Mac OS X Lion Server: Managing Mac Services at Home and Office and the recently released Instant Apple iOS Configuration Utility How-to, as well a speaker on the conference circuit including, DefCon, BlackHat, LinuxWorld, Macworld and the
Hello again and welcome to a somewhat different blog post. This time, I’ve been asked to come up with a less instructional, and more theoretical blog post. I have decided to make it all about the two main ways to
Hello again and welcome to a somewhat different blog post. This time, I’ve been asked to come up with a less instructional, and more theoretical blog post. I have decided to make it all about the two main ways to
By David Acland and Richard Mallion In a previous blog (Caching Service Part 1), we discussed the Caching service that Apple shipped with the latest update to OS X Server. In this blog we will discuss some of the advanced
By Richard Mallion and David Acland So one of the advantages of Apple moving OS X Server to a single app is that they can deliver faster updates and new features. Last week Apple delivered an update to OS X