We recently went live with a SharePoint 2013 project, the projects launch included the SharePoint NewsFeed iOS App too.
However, before go live we noticed an issue where under some circumstances the SharePoint Newsfeed iOS App (1.0-1.2) would crash when trying to sign in.
After a period of troubleshooting, we found that the app only crashed when connecting directly to some of our SharePoint 2013 sites. But those same sites would work fine when connecting externally via our TMG.
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After upgrading my Mac servers to 10.9, I found that my 10.9 clients still were not seeing updates served via Apple Software Update Server (read:ASUS).
See below for what the issue was, and the resolution.
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We had an issue where our Macs stopped NetBooting, they would attempt to NetBoot but forever stay at the spinning gear.
On Verbose booting the Macs we saw multiple errors like the below;
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We cascade Apple Software Update Server (read: ASUS), from a Master Server on our WAN as per the post here. So once an update is downloaded to the Master ASUS, the Replica’s should just replicate the updates.
This has worked great for a time, but we were missing some updates on a couple of servers. When looking in Server.app at the Software Update service it appeared that the missing updates status was “Waiting…”
Below can be found more details on the issue and the resolution.
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By default Apple Software Update Server’s (READ: ASUS) sync daily with Apple at 3am.
But this can be changed, & the below script can be ran to change the interval. You can change either the time of day the sync runs or change it to once a week.
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After migrating to a new Mac I was getting the errors above when launching iTunes.
Below is why I was seeing these errors, and how I resolved.
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We set our Macs to require a password when woken from sleep or the screensaver.
Around the beginning of November several of our 10.8.x Mac users started to advise that they were seeing the dreaded spinning beachball/pinwheel when trying to wake their Macs.
It appears we were not alone in this issue.
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Even though we’re using a HTTP/S distribution point, that should allow for resumable downloads we sometimes see the above error.
Below are some more details around this, and a break-fix.
Continue readingWithin our Casper environment all our distribution points are HTTPS. On occasions we’ll get the emails from our JAMF Software Server containing the above error.
Below are some more details.
Way back in 2011 I wrote the post: Managing Apple Software Update Server Across Multiple Servers 10.5/10.6/10.7. This itself was based off of an Apple KB article that seems to have disappeared, but the method outlined in the post above is alive & well, just needs some tweaking for 10.8+.
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