Moving that iPhoto Library
There are a number of reasons you might choose to change the location of your iPhoto library. Maybe you want to store pictures on a firewire drive, or maybe you want to store them on an iSCSI LUN,...
View ArticleChange H: on SMB PDCs
Samba can be a PDC, allowing Windows clients to join a single line domain name and then access domain resources (such as roaming profiles) as though the domain were Windows NT-based. When you set this...
View ArticleUsing dirname and basename For Paths In Scripts
There are two commands that can be really helpful when scripting operations that involve filenames and paths. The first of these is dirname: dirname can be used to return the directory portion of a...
View ArticlePaths in Title Bars
When I install a new system that I am personally going to be using, one of the few tweaks I make is to configure the Finder to show me paths in the title bar. This just keeps me from the occasional...
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Pentesting Mac OS X Server With Nessus 5
One of my favorite tools for penetration testing is Nessus from Tenable Network Security. Nessus 5 is the latest release in the family of vulnerability scanners that is probably amongst the most...
View ArticleTalking A Look Under Apple Configurator's Hood
Apple Configurator has now been in my grubby hands long enough for me to start looking at it a little deeper than I did in the introductory article I did awhile back. Architecturally, Apple...
View ArticleMoving that iPhoto Library
There are a number of reasons you might choose to change the location of your iPhoto library. Maybe you want to store pictures on a firewire drive, or maybe you want to store them on an iSCSI LUN,...
View ArticleChange H: on SMB PDCs
Samba can be a PDC, allowing Windows clients to join a single line domain name and then access domain resources (such as roaming profiles) as though the domain were Windows NT-based. When you set this...
View ArticleUsing dirname and basename For Paths In Scripts
There are two commands that can be really helpful when scripting operations that involve filenames and paths. The first of these is dirname: dirname can be used to return the directory portion of a...
View ArticlePaths in Title Bars
When I install a new system that I am personally going to be using, one of the few tweaks I make is to configure the Finder to show me paths in the title bar. This just keeps me from the occasional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pentesting Mac OS X Server With Nessus 5
One of my favorite tools for penetration testing is Nessus from Tenable Network Security. Nessus 5 is the latest release in the family of vulnerability scanners that is probably amongst the most...
View ArticleTalking A Look Under Apple Configurator's Hood
Apple Configurator has now been in my grubby hands long enough for me to start looking at it a little deeper than I did in the introductory article I did awhile back. Architecturally, Apple...
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