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Fri, Apr 3 2009 23:13

iPhone sync to SBS 2003

So I got asked about how to set up an iPhone to an ActiveSync Exchange on SBS 2003. We're not talking imap but 443 to Active sync. Author of the SBS 2008 administrator companion book Charlie Russel gives us the quick step by step: So, settings are...
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Sun, Dec 28 2008 2:05

The update "Mac OS X Update" can't be installed

So for the past week I've been unable to update my Mac to 10.5.6 version. I guess I should look at the bright side that it doesn't tell me to contact my System administrator (ME) to fix it and I wouldn't have a clue. http://www.pcmag.com/article2...
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Sat, Dec 13 2008 0:37

Iphone to a SBS box

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/10/14/to-get-an-iphone-to-connect-to-a-sbs-box.aspx With the activesync technology in the iPhone, that entire blog post is obsolete. SBS 2008 it should just automagically work .. with the exception if you have...
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Sun, Jun 1 2008 8:49

Small Biz and Mac's revisited

http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/smallbusiness/macs_small_biz.fsb/ I remember reading in a Mac online journal about this firm that went to Mac's after their 25 person firm got a proposal for $100,000 to roll out a Windows network. When I read it the...
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Wed, May 28 2008 14:01

Windows network impact on Apple updates

About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1141 Improves Safari reliability when connecting to the Internet through a Microsoft ISA proxy. Improves Active Directory binding and login. Eliminates a delay when logging in as an Active...
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Thu, Apr 10 2008 19:19

RDP for Mac Beta 3 now out

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MicrosoftDownloadCenter/~3/267995267/details.aspx Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2 lets you connect from your Macintosh computer to a Windows-based computer and then work with applications and files on the Windows...
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Thu, Mar 13 2008 14:39

The myth of no support

http://bmighty.com/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206902503&pgno=1 I see a fair amount of articles targeted to small businesses that have to do with this "myth" of no techs support needed for Macintosh. Apparently small business...
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Thu, Mar 6 2008 14:22

Iphone for the Enteprise

http://www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/ Enterprise features in iPhone 2.0 software beta. Upcoming iPhone support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and industry-standard corporate security standards will allow IT professionals to seamlessly integrate iPhone...
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Wed, Feb 13 2008 14:26

Mac OS X 10.5.2: Problems starting up; ACL messages in Disk Utility; more - MacFixIt:

Mac OS X 10.5.2: Problems starting up; ACL messages in Disk Utility; more - MacFixIt: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080213093033339 My MacMini got stuck rebooting just like Yoda did this month (must be a month for stuck reboots). But if...
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Sat, Jan 19 2008 14:36

I broke updates

Somehow I broke the automatic updating in the MacMini. Now some would argue that breaking auto updates in general might be a wise thing, but it was working before and now it not automatically checking for updates anymore. http://www.apple.com/search/support...
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Tue, Dec 18 2007 14:10

Quickbooks is doing their part to encourage trust in the update/patching process.

The files from desktop are missing or unable to copy files to desktop after update (patch or release) Overview If you have lost files from your desktop and have not yet rebooted your computer. DO NOT reboot it until you speak with technical support. It...
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Fri, Dec 14 2007 21:25

Okay okay I've reinstalled it...now what?

Is anyone else getting a prompt to install logmein on their mac over and over and over again? https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/
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Mon, Nov 19 2007 14:52

Mobility and Mac

http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/product_policy/mac_os_x.aspx So in talking to a fellow traveler who was askng me about my aircard and how well it connects. And as you can see from this blog post, it connects to the web just fine. And he has a Mac...
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Fri, Nov 16 2007 19:27

Mac patches are a must install

For those with Leopard's on Windows networks...this is a must have patch http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307004 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306907 * Addresses an issue in which Microsoft Windows shared folders may...
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Wed, Oct 31 2007 2:47

Yeah, they really did that...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/mini-how-to-remove-the-windows-bsod-icon-in-leopard-make-os-x-a-little-less-smug When I first read this .. I went.. no way... they didn't do that did they? And I had to fire up the OS and drill around and check....
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Tue, Oct 30 2007 21:38

Poking under the hood

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/security_what_microsoft_can_teach_apple.html http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/why_leopard_isnt_better_than_vista.html http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/why_leopard_is_better_than_vista...
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Mon, Oct 29 2007 20:03

Patches already?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306804 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306490 Okay ..take this as a patchers rant tonight. I understand that software has to get shipped but at what point in time did it become acceptable to...
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Sun, Oct 28 2007 1:54

Taking the MacMini back out of AD

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/ I think the funnist thing on that chart is how Home Server wins out over Apple's network storage in that chart. I actually took my MacMini back out of my Active Directory...
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Tue, Oct 23 2007 21:41

The price tag of diversity

Now to get this out of my daily email..... But it does point out the fact that all my normal patch managment tools that I'm used to are no longer of help to me on the Mac platform. Shavlik can't patch it, nor can WSUS, and the Secunia inspector...
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Fri, Oct 19 2007 22:07

Lessons on Interop

As we close tonight's lesson in Interop...here's what we've learned... Mac Mini has their own version of UAC - I've hit it five times this evening setting up this computer. If you want to print in a Windows network - HP printers are the...
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