Jesus Vigo is a Network Administrator by day and owner of Mac|Jesus, LLC, specializing in Mac and Windows integration and providing solutions to small- and medium-size businesses. He brings 19 years of experience and multiple certifications from several vendors, including Apple and CompTIA.
Installing or upgrading to macOS Big Sur later this fall will be a quick, painless project by leveraging these simple commands for all your macOS-based devices.
Depending on the organization, systems admins may find themselves as participants in other IT tasks. A little automation may help to free up valuable time to get it all done. These languages can help.
Network admins can find themselves spread a bit thin during these times of remote work while trying to provide support for all users. Leveraging programming to automate common tasks may help.
There are times when privacy permissions become corrupt or misconfigured. Instead of auditing manually, users can easily reset the permissions database that holds their privacy data.
Mac admins can leverage system processes called daemons to automate the execution of tasks, like scripts, used in the management of computers running macOS.
With a Mac computer and Apple Configurator 2, an administrator can import devices into the Apple School (or Business) Manager application, even adding accidently deleted devices back to the database.
More workers than ever are working from home. While the technologies certainly are there, the employee mindset may not be. Here are some ideas to help you strike a balance between work and home.
