http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/ 2008-09-15T16:59:25-06:00 http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/ http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-09-09T22:20:47-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/support:disable_tm_disk_dialog?rev=1221020447&do=diff Disabling the Time Machine "use this disk?" dialog For machines used in labs or for users constantly plugging in external drives the Time Machine dialog that pops up asking if you want to use the disk for backups is annoying. The command below disables it. text/html 2008-09-09T21:52:41-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/start?rev=1221018761&do=diff Welcome to the Macintosh Tech People wiki. Here you will find a collection of articles related to Macintosh system administration and support. If you would like to know more then please visit our about page. text/html 2008-09-09T18:51:01-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/tutorial:start?rev=1221007861&do=diff Welcome to the “Tutorials” namespace. Here you will find tutorials on various subjects. text/html 2008-09-09T18:50:00-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/support:start?rev=1221007800&do=diff Welcome to the “Support” namespace. Here you will find pages devoted to answering the common questions you will get from the desktop support people you are supporting. text/html 2008-09-09T18:49:38-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/imaging:start?rev=1221007778&do=diff Welcome to the “Imaging” namespace. Here you will find pages devoted to creating images and using them for deployment. text/html 2008-09-09T18:49:04-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/sidebar?rev=1221007744&do=diff * Blog * Forum ---------- Sections text/html 2008-09-09T18:44:14-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/support:fixing_macs?rev=1221007454&do=diff Most Mac problems will be specific to one application or one specific action such as printing. If you run across a Mac where the user just complains of application crashes or freezes that are non-specific it can be harder to diagnose and repair. My first line of attack is a great little utility called ”Yasu” available from its author Jim Mitchell. Yasu (short for Yet Another System Utility) is a simple front end for a number of maintenance and repair scripts built in to the OS with the added ab… text/html 2008-08-28T23:02:09-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/tutorial:safe_imaging?rev=1219986129&do=diff Safe, Secure Image Serving With Mac OS X Server While there are any number of tutorials on using NetBoot and NetRestore to install images on your Macintoshes you need to know how to do it easily and securely on a large campus. The Problem I use Mac OS X Server (I have 10.4 but this method works with anything after 10.3) to NetBoot Macs across a wide campus and install an image onto the target Mac. It could be one of a number of images, each change fairly often. To make matters worse the sam… text/html 2008-08-27T23:34:39-06:00 admin http://www.mactechpeople.com/wiki/doku.php/support:word_problems?rev=1219901679&do=diff As word processing is one of the most common tasks performed by users it is also one of the most common source of problems. It also demonstrates my core method for examining most support issues. Step one in diagnosing these problems is to discover if the problem is application specific, machine specific or document specific. Let's look at an example.