We’re using Universal Type Server (UTS) for our Font Management, UTS is set to authenticate against our AD with security groups giving access to various Font Workgroups.
As we’ve such a large AD, we’re using an MS SQL Database to host all of our user records.
This is all working well, except the default user settings are as per the above, the below advises what we wished to change the default setting to and how this was accomplished.
Throughout my career as a Mac Admin i’ve often been asked to enforce a screen saver. One environment required a screen saver to always be set, but to allow people to change the desktop background. Another required a screen saver to be set to the corporate standard at each login. This script has been used in both environments to great affect.
Continue readingUPDATE: The below has been superseded by the post found here. I'd also advise looking at authbuddy instead of the below
The below will untick the option System Preferences > Security > “Require Password To Unlock Each Secure Preference” & allow all users to unlock these preferences.
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In our environment, our JSS looks after macs across Europe. Meaning we need to provide Creative Suite in various flavours & languages. Adobe does supply media that contains a lot of European languages, but it can prove tricky to find.
Here’s how I got the media:
Continue readingUPDATE: For Safari 5.1.+ see https://macmule.com/2012/07/31/disabling-safari-5-1-xs-6-xs-pop-up-blocker-from-terminal-2/
To disable Safari’s Pop-Up blocker for the currently logged in user, run the following:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically -bool true
Via MCX:
Display Name: Safari 5.0.x Disable Pop-Up Blocker
Application Domain: com.apple.Safari
Key Name: WebKitJavaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically
Key Type: boolean
Key Value: true