Roundcube for OS X Server
The latest Roundcube installer for OS X Server is now available at http://topicdesk.com/downloads/roundcube. This update, which provides a pretty awesome WebMail interface to OS X Server’s Mail Service...
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Mass Entroll iOS Devices Into Bushel
When you add a bunch of devices to an MDM, we call it mass enrolling. Adding iPads, iPhones and iPods to your Bushel can be done through Apple Configurator. Apple Configurator automates the enrollment...
View Article2 New Take Control Books
From Take Control: Apple Mail. It’s hard to get by on a Mac or iOS device without it. But living with Mail can be a recipe for hair-pulling frustration, whether because of connection failures caused by...
View ArticleSecurely Empty The Trash By Default
You can empty the OS X trash securely by choosing the Secure Empty Trash option from the Finder menu. However, you can configure the empty trash option to be a Secure Empty Trash operation. To do so,...
View ArticleDisable The Startup Sound In OS X
Sometimes you have to reboot on an airplane or with someone sleeping close by. When this happens, it helps if you’ve disabled the startup sound in OS X. To do so, run the following command to set nvram...
View ArticleDisable Natural Scrolling With a Script
I guess it’s a sign of my age. But I can’t stand that whole natural scrolling thing. So I disable it as a part of my imaging process. To do so, set the com.apple.swipescrolldirection global domain to...
View ArticleHappy Holidays
Merry Christmas and to all a good night! <html> <head> <title>Merry Christmas</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function MerryChristmas() { alert ("Merry...
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The 12 Days Of Krypted
Merry Christmas ya’ll! On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me one 32 gig iPad On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two bash one-liners On the third day of Christmas my...
View ArticleBe A Good Patriotic American By Renting Sony’s The Interview
Recently I’ve read a lot of things about the attacks against Sony. I’ve read that they’re nothing more than extortion attempts by hackers that probably live in their parents basements (based on the...
View ArticleCommand Control Power Podcast
Recently, I had the pleasure of doing a Podcast with Command Control Power. We laughed, we cried and we talked about Yetis. Fun times. Check it out at 082: Interview with Charles Edge of JAMF Software...
View ArticleShow Volumes On The OS X Desktop
I spent a lot of time on Windows a long time ago. And one of the things I got used to was having hard drives on the desktop. And I liked it. So when Apple took them off the desktop I started running...
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Childproof Your Mac
When I put a computer in my daughters room, I soon realized I could no longer watch over her shoulder as she worked away at school games, Minecraft and of course Civilization (after all, that was my...
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krypted.com Turns 10 Today
Wow, seems like just yesterday I took down the old static page that was just a bunch of links I used to find stuff and went with a full-on WordPress site and published my first article. Doesn’t seem...
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The Secret About Computers
I’ve written lot of articles about computers. But none mattered. You see, I could have summed it all up in one simple, easy to digest piece of information: There are little men and women running around...
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How Does Your Page Rank?
There are a number of services that rank web sites. I find that I check alexa.com here and there. So as you employ various techniques to make your site better, you can check back and see the long term...
View ArticleConfigure sFlows on a Brocade 8470
sFlow is an industry standard that allows network equipment with the appropriate agents to send data to sFlow collectors, which then analyze network traffic. You can install sFlow on routers, switches,...
View ArticleAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
If you haven’t seen Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. then you’re in for a treat (if you’re me). No TV so I didn’t get to see it untill it showed up on Netflix. Then I binge watched it. A very joyous...
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Sync A FitBit With Apple’s Health App
By default, the Fitbit tech stack doesn’t sync with the Health App on an iPhone and iPad. But never fear, as with basically everything else on this planet, there’s an app for that! From the iOS App...
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Enroll Devices Into Bushel
To manage a device from Bushel, it must first be added to your Bushel. The technical whiz-bang name for that process is Enrollment. We currently provide 3 ways to enroll devices into your Bushel. All...
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