The Archives

Mac OS Server
AD-OD Sandbox
03.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

AD-OD Sandbox:
“
There are plenty of online articles, whitepapers, and listserve archives that talk about Active Directory and Open Directory integration, but there hasn’t been one document that graphically walked people through the steps of setting up Active Directory from scratch and then tying Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server into that. Hopefully this [...]
Mac OS Server
Leopard Server Quickstart Guide
03.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Leopard Server Quickstart Guide: “

Corey Carson has updated his how-to for Leopard.
This updated quickstart guide is very similar to the Tiger Server Quickstart Guide posted in 2005. Its primary purpose is to get you up and running quickly, overcoming common hurdles such as DNS and binding confusions. With the move to launchd over cron, [...]
Mac OS Server
Workgroup Manager: Best Practices
02.08.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Part 3 of my 4 part series on Workgroup Manager. We’ve already covered an Introduction to Workgroup Manager, covered the Step by Step Instructions for common tasks. Now we are going to take a look at some best practices that will ensure you maintain and reliable and useful directory system. Also, in case you missed [...]
Mac OS Server
Workgroup Manager: A Step by Step Guide to Common Mac OS X Server Tasks
02.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

In Introducing Workgroup Manager we defined common terms, and became familiar with navigating the Workgroup Manager interface. In the second piece in the series on Workgroup Manager I will provide a step by step guide to 3 of the most common Workgroup Manager tasks: Creating a new user, adding a new computer to the directory, [...]
Educational Technology, Macs
Find Out How: Guided Video Tours from Apple
01.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Apple has launched a new website entitled “Find Out How.” The new site is filled with video tutorials on everything from Installing Windows, to Publishing a Movie to YouTube, to Making a Spreadsheet in Numbers. They are all well crafted and reminiscent of the iPhone getting started video that came out before the phone was [...]
Mac OS Server
Introducing Workgroup Manager
01.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

In Mac OS X server, Apple provides us with a selection of tools to help us manage our server development. One of the most commonly used tools is Workgroup Manager, a fantastic piece of software, but like many pieces of software WGM can prove daunting. This is the first in a series of articles that [...]