Helping Schools Improve Technology Integration
Self Service is your one stop shop for software and utilities on your Mac. This application, sometimes referred to as the Eanes AppStore, is similar to the one on your iPad. With macOS, Self Service has additional capabilities and features to make your computing experience a happy one. To get started, simply follow the steps below. Click on the LaunchPad icon in your Dock (lower left hand corner of the screen). Self Service…
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Centos 7 Firewall CLI Commands | This post is mostly a reference of cli commands to use on Centos 7 for working with firewall rules. Cents 7 uses Firewalld instead of iptables. Firewalld is a complete firewall solution available by default on CentOS 7 servers. In this reference will cover how to set up various firewall rules for your server using the firewall-cmd administrative tool. You can find out more by reading the guide from DigitalOcean. What…
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XProtect Plist Contents macOS from 2-5-2017 are listed below. Files and executables listed below are identified as malware and blocked by macOS. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC “-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN” “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”> <plist version=”1.0″> <array> <dict> <key>Description</key> <string>OSX.Hmining.C</string> <key>LaunchServices</key> <dict> <key>LSItemContentType</key> <string>com.apple.application-bundle</string> </dict> <key>Matches</key> <array> <dict> <key>MatchFile</key> <dict> <key>NSURLTypeIdentifierKey</key> <string>public.unix-executable</string> </dict> <key>MatchType</key> <string>Match</string> <key>Pattern</key> <string>554889E54157415653504C8B7F484C8B7750488B5F584889DF{5}4C89FF4C89F64889DA{5}4889C74883C4085B415E415F5D</string> </dict> <dict> <key>MatchFile</key> <dict> <key>NSURLTypeIdentifierKey</key> <string>public.unix-executable</string> </dict> <key>MatchType</key> <string>Match</string> <key>Pattern</key> <string>554889E5415741564154534189CE4889D34889DF{5}4889DF{5}4889CB4889C74889D64889DA4489F1{5}4989C64989D74989CC4889DF{5}4C89F74C89FE4C89E2{5}4889C75B415C415E415F5D</string> </dict> </array> </dict> <dict> <key>Description</key> <string>OSX.Hmining.B</string> <key>LaunchServices</key> <dict> <key>LSItemContentType</key>…
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Apple iOS Security Guide was last published in May 2016. Though there have been many advancements, the information contained in the guide is fundamental to enterprise admins interested in keeping iOS devices secure. To get your copy, click here. Every iOS device combines software, hardware, and services designed to work together for maximum security and a transparent user experience. iOS protects not only the device and its data at rest, but the entire ecosystem, including everything…
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There are many useful features of macOS that must be accessed by using commands in the Terminal app. These can include anything from fixing file permissions to LDAP binding settings. Luckily there is documentation about each one of these commands and how to use them, the man (manual) pages. Man pages are sets of instructions and examples of these Terminal commands you can use in macOS. Man Pages from Apple’s Developer site contains HTML versions…
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Apple uses data collected from your iOS device along with an identifier associated with your Apple ID to send you interest based ads. Some ad tracking in iOS is also location based. When you sign in with an Apple ID on an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Apple TV, Apple reads your advertising identifier so that its advertising system can track you across apps. Fortunately, you can opt out of this if you wish. (Learn more about Apple’s…
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At Eanes ISD, we have a standard set of Apple TV Settings for schools that we prefer to use. The goal is that teachers will be able to use the device without having to do any configuration. Ideally, teachers get to concentrate on teaching and not “futzing” with setting up technology. There are a number of ways to configure these, but the list below seems to work well for our teachers. Setting these up involves a…
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This how-to article will walk you through uninstalling silverlight player for the Mac. Silverlight is a Microsoft video technology for streaming media. It can be a required install when using services in Edu settings like Hudl. If Silverlight doesn’t work often simply installing the latest version will help. However, there may be times when it is best to remove the previous versions and then install the latest patch. The Terminal commands below will remove Silverlight….
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The list below includes the iOS restrictions you can use to create profiles to lock down or allow various apps, content and settings on managed iPads. The first list includes the restrictions for the basic iOS native or general settings. Then come the Application Restrictions. Last are the Media Settings. The list comes from JAMFPro MDM, but many MDM systems can do the same things. Apple actually controls what can be restricted. Those of you…
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Sometimes when you try to repartition a USB drive in Disk Utility in OS X, the “partition” option is greyed out. When this happens there is a simple CLI command that will fix the issue. First identify which disk is mounted by looking at the details in Disk Utility. Then modify the “diskX” in the command below replacing “X” with the number of the mounted drive. I will demonstrate an example below. Command: diskutil partitionDisk…
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