Macintosh

Apple Macintosh tools, tricks, and such

Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare, and You — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-04-23 15:53

Options and recommendations for handling dual boot or virtualization

Hostnames — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-10-22 16:02

You can call me anything but late for dinner

Iceberg — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-09-17 20:08

Mac Package Builder

InstaDMG — by Jack Coates — last modified 2008-09-24 14:28

InstaDMG is a image creation methodology that creates un-booted Mac OS X deployment images. To do this it leverages Apple's native installer package format and disk image frameworks.

John DeTroye's Mac Tips and Tricks Page — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-08-16 09:06

Never mind the dog, just click Downloads... There is some good information in there.

__ldms_netstat_mac — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-05-15 09:52

Record the listening network ports into your inventory

Linux as a NetBoot Server — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-02-12 09:10

If you don't have OS X handy...

MacEnterprise.org — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-08-16 09:08

A handy site for dealing with lots of Macs

Macintosh Custom Data Forms — by gilburns — last modified 2008-03-11 11:11

ldform - Macintosh Custom Data Forms

Macintosh LANDesk inventory additions — by gilburns — last modified 2007-08-06 11:18

 

Macintosh LANDesk status menu — by gilburns — last modified 2008-03-11 11:11

Quick access to many LANDesk functions

Macintosh Post Configuration — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-09-27 18:12

Modify Macintosh agent configurations without re-pushing the agent

Mike Bombich's Mac Page — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-08-16 09:09

Crucial tools and documentation; don't leave home without it.

Speed Up Inventory Scanning — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-10-19 16:24

Make it go faster

Push to Macintosh — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-05-09 21:02

Push the agent to Macs using expect and ssh

Unpackage pkg files — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-09-24 15:50

Extracts contents of .pkg and .mpkg files instead of installing them

Upgrade Mac Agents — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-04-23 14:17

Upgrade Macs that are too old to upgrade natively