Category: 706: Get More Out of Netboot with DeployStudio, iPod & iPhone Software Updates, Secure Password Storage

All versions of Mac OS X have a system called Keychain to store passwords. You can open up the Keychain Access program from your Utilities folder to see just what’s being stored, and to manually maintain the database. One particularly useful feature in Keychain Access is the ability to look up forgotten passwords. It is…

When iPod was first introduced, and up until late 2006 or so, there was a standalone utility that ran checked for and installed software and firmware updates for iPods. The iPod Update Utility was a simple item that was saved in your Utilities folder and automatically launched when anything new was available. One great feature…

Here in our Small Dog Support room we’ve begun the process of giving our server a much-needed sprucing up. After clinging to our last generation Power Mac G5 for as long as we could we have finally moved to a Mac Pro and have made the switch from our beloved, but outdated, NetRestore to the…

Happy Tuesday, With afternoon temperatures in the fifties, mud season in full effect, and daylight at 7PM, Spring is almost here. Then again, we had a St. Patrick’s Day snowstorm a few years ago that left us with over two feet heading in to April. I’ll take one mud season over two, thank you very…