Category: IMG – OSX
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Manage OS X's downloaded file warning system
When Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.5, one of the new features was a warning about opening downloaded files (this feature is also present in Mac OS X 10.6). The first time open you such a file, a dialog appears, asking if you’re sure you want to open the file, because it was downloaded from…
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Change OSX default user Picture
Browse to this folder and create a new sub folder. /Library/User Pictures add your picture there and if necessary, delete the other icon’s, too.
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Install Firmware passwords
Setting up a firmware password should be a must for companies and institutions that require a certain level of security. The reasons for this should be quite obvious so I won’t explain on these. There are a couple of methods that an administrator can use to set up the firmware password before is handled to…
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Automatically Load LaunchDaemon
1. create a .plist path is /System/LaunchDamons example com.davedelong.location-updater.plist com.davedelong.location-updater.plist 2. load this plist launchctl load /System/LaunchDamons/com.davedelong.location-updater.plist
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Automated Filevault encryption
Building You can build the latest version of the application using the Xcode project files available from the GitHub repository. There’s also a already-built application available for download from the GitHub repo. Download: FileVault Setup Installation This application can be installed anywhere on the Mac, though the GitHub project page recommends either /Applications or /Applications/Utilities.…
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sysprep for mac osx
The IT industry is changing. Where many of us historically dealt almost exclusively with Windows-centric environments, we are now seeing environments with more and more Mac’s. Which means as system admins we now need to look at ways to streamline Mac imaging like we do with Windows. Although Mac’s are not nearly as finicky when…