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Why does Apple supply their own version of Java? [closed]
If Java can run on any system, why is apple so protective of Java and its updates?
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MacBook Pro wants to connect to IPv6 addresses for some strange reason [migrated]
A very weird behavior on a MBP. It seems that some websites are now advertising Ipv6 addresses (e.g., www.doodle.com, addons.mozilla.org, etc.).
For some reason, even though I only have an Ipv4 ...
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How can I tell if my mac needs more memory? [migrated]
In windows xp it was obvious: if the memory used regularly exceeded the physical memory, it was time to put some more in
What's the deal with the mac?
I read this and am none the wiser
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Apple tower Server internal SATA to external eSATA - good or bad idea?
I am running out of available ports on an Apple server. I would like to attach 4 external eSATA devices to the currently open internal SATA connections (2 open hard drive bays and 2 SATA allocated for ...
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How do I back up a bunch of OS X machines via TimeMachine without buying a bunch of Time Capsules?
I've got a bunch of OS X laptops and desktops in the office that I'd like to back up using the built-in Time Machine. The first cut at this idea, buying a bunch of Time Capsules, seems like a ...
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How to allow network connection only from Apple App Store
I want to set up a public wireless access point in a booth that I can let anyone download apps from Apple App Store via iPhone/iPod/iPad only. I don't want them to surf the web or anything except ...
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Small fast network with Mac mini server and Promise Pegasus?
I have 7 Mac Pros and iMacs that need to be connected to the same storage. I'm doing non MPI-based numerical modeling so the transfer rates have to be fast but not infiniband fast. I'm considering a ...
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Apple Server - how to exclude a subdomain?
A client has an internal Apple Server setup in their office that manages their domain (let's say it is example.com).
I have setup a subdomain of example.com (test.example.com) on Google Apps as I ...
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Apple Lion upgrade failed horribly, Wiki won't start
So another admin here upgraded our OS X Snow Leopard Server to Lion Server and there have been failures across the board of services in general. One of the more serious issues is the failure for the ...
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osx 10.6 dhcp client-id option
Trying to join a osx machine on a dhcp network which forces certain client IDs.
Even if I was to modify the client-id via the network properties, the DHCP server is not accepting this request, since ...
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Running iPad Apps without an iPad?
we run a windows network , some vendors we use are releasing apple apps for the ipad with pricing etc. -- the owners of the company want the apps for the associates to have.
I am not 100% comfortable ...
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Does Darwin/Quicktime Streaming Server follow symlinks?
I have DSS running quite happily on a Macmini using the default media folder (/Library/QuickTimeStreaming/Movies). However, I want to be able to stream video located in a different directory.
I've ...
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How can I configure an address to email to all users on Apple OS X Server 10.6?
Our organisation would like to have an email address which aliases to all the email users on our system.
I figure someone else must have met this problem already, hope you can help
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Apple Remote Desktop Script Resource
Can someone recommend a resource where I can download scripts to use to manage my new mac babies, (400 units, and about 10 xserves).
I would like to do things like rename desktops, create accounts, ...
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Exchange 2003 SMTP SSL and various email clients
This Exchange 2003 server sits behind a firewall with a virtual SMTP server listening on port 465 and attached an SSL certificate from Comodo to the virtual server. However, when trying to send from ...
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Is there an open-source alternative to Apple Open Directory?
On my company's network there are a small collection of iMacs. Currently they use Active Directory. We looked in to Apple Open Directory, but $500 for a copy of OSX Server (not to mention the Apple ...
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Managing Kerio Connect Server [closed]
I've just inherited about 30 Kerio Connect Servers, and I have to administer them. Now, I do not have that much experience using Kerio, but managing an email server/groupware server, isn't really ...
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Xserve Xeon: 1TB Drive does not show when plugged in
I've got an Xserve and when I plug in a 1TB Western Digital Drive, the drive does not show up in the finder. There is nothing wrong with this drive, and I am at a lose as to why this could be, some ...
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does apple's wiki server support mathematical syntax?
In MediaWiki, tex (or latex) extensions can be integrated (even if to be so hard!) in order to support mathematical syntax. I could not see any information that wiki server can support mathematical ...
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Active Directory and Remote Mac Admin Users
We have multiple users running on Apple Macs in our environment, day to day they are Admins of their local machines. This is done my adding a group to the domain configuration to allow administration.
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Apple Craziness /w cisco easyvpn
A few days ago my cisco gateway router which runs easyvpn started exhibiting strange behavior.
All Apple products (iPads, iPhones, ibook, ietc) have strange traffic issues when connecting to the ...
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Small office network, heavy data transfers
I work on a iOS based software house and we recently moved office. We now have 10 iMacs, a couple of time-machines and 15 between iPhones/iPads.
The requirements we have are the following:
- Wired ...
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AFP is much slower than Samba… How can this be?
I got a FreeNAS Server running (FreeNAS 8RC2) with a raidz1 ZFS pool that shares a volume with both AFP and SAMBA to multiple Mac (All running Snow Leopards 10.6.6).
After some testing, I've noticed ...
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Using Apple with RDP to connect to Windows 2008, @ doesnt work
When connecting to Windows 2008 r2 server from Apple mac book air or any other mac I can't get @ to work.
It works locally on the mac but not on the RDP connection.
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Apple Software Update Server for Windows
We have just added a few iMacs to our system and we've found that they all want to download about 1.6 GB of updates... not so great when we only have limited monthly bandwidth!
All of our Windows ...
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What is the average monthly production cost for big data centers like the ones for facebook, google or apple? [closed]
As per the question title, how much do large private data centres cost to run?
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Does Apple's Remote Desktop need OSX Server?
Does Apple's Remote Desktop need OSX Server? Or are there better management options out there? I'm looking for something to manage a small Mac lab of ~20 machines joined to Active Directory.
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Blocking the Apple OS X App Store
Being the evil corporate IT overlords we need to block the new OS X App Store. As you may be aware the 10.6.6 update installs the App Store App which allows users to download and install apps without ...
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resize partition hfs ntfs
Is there any tool available to grow a primary NTFS partition at the expense of an adjacent HFS partition ? (like in the image: http://i.stack.imgur.com/9kRXf.png
Thank you
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Proper procedure for replacing failing drive in Xserve RAID RAID5 set w/hot spare?
I've got a five-drive RAID-5 set (with a sixth hot spare) in an Xserve RAID running the 1.5/1.50f firmware. One of the drives in the RAID-5 set has an amber/orange status light on and has been getting ...
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Push DNS search suffix to Macs via ARD
Our clients use the domain handed out by our DHCP server ourcompany.com as their default search suffix. I would like to add a second domain for them to search. /etc/resolv.conf looks like it will be ...
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Making a Apple Wiki Server resolve to a Domain Name
I have a wiki at https://server.companydomain.com/groups/wiki but I'd like people to access the wiki via https://www.newdomain.com
Is it possible to have this domain resolve to the wiki? I don't ...
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How to set user permissions on an apple wiki server
I'm looking for a some kind of a guide to setting permission on an apple wiki server. I did a google search but I couldn't find much. Anyone know of any guides or some quick instructions?
Cheers.
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Does Apple's Wiki Server support forums? [closed]
Does anyone know if the apple wiki server support forums?
Thanks.
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Centralized app deployment and management for multiple iPhones in the workplace?
We have deployed iPhones at work and are looking for a solution to mass-deploy and manage (with the app updates etc.) the apps on these work iPhones. Each iPhone is assigned to a user but we would ...
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Running multiple user accounts on multiple displays simultaneously
Is it possible to set up a computer (preferably a mac pro) so that multiple users can log in at once, each on their own display with a different keyboard and mouse? We need this for a school setup in ...
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Similar program to Apple Remote Desktop, but for managing Windows
I'm looking for an application similar to Apple Remote Desktop, but for managing Windows XP machines. I would like similar features, such sending a command to several computers at once, sending ...
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Server 2003 imap and apple mail + dealing with user names with spaces
I am trying to connect to imap boxes on an sbs 2003 server but the server is saying the username/password is incorrect.
I know the password is correct because I just checked by logging in to OWA.
and ...
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Unable to connect to Windows VPN from iPad
I have a 16 GB iPad wifi I can't get to connect to VPN. The error I get is:
"A connection could not be established to the PP server. Try reconnecting. If the problem continues, verify your settings ...
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Xserve G5 Leopard Server - How to turn off the beeping when the RAID is degraded?
My XServe G5 is beeping constantly because of a RAID drive that has failed. We're going to get a new replacement drive tomorrow evening.
The beeping is very annoying and I was wondering if there was ...
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Apple client OS support lifecycle
I have a simple question that I seem to be having a hard time getting a straight-up answer for. What is Apple's support policy for Mac OS X client versions? When do they drop support? For example, ...
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OSX: Don't login as network user, but as local
Normally my computer was set up to login as a network user, but it also has a local home set up. I have moved my computer to a new location where that server no longer is, so there is no longer a ...
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XServe Remote Set Up Doesn't Work
I just mounted a newly purchased XServe.
I have turned on the XServe.
I have installed Apple Server Admin Tools on a second computer.
I can see the newly purchased XServe under "Ready for Setup" in ...
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How to setup a CNAME to map a custom domain to an Apple Mobile Me site
My site is published with iWeb and is hosted at URL like this:
http://web.me.com/foobar
With pages like this:
http://web.me.com/foobar/site/about.html
I have a custom domain (e.g., www.foo.com) ...
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Can I use a single OS X Installation Image on multiple machines?
I currently admin a small variety of Mac's at work. We have some G3/G4/G5/MBP/iBook/eMac/iMac. I've noticed that each system is configured slightly different and wanted to come up with some disk ...
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HTTP Live Streaming - How to do the encryption on Linux?
I am making some HTTP Live Streaming files (an Apple based way to segment video files so they can be 'streamed' by downloading specific chunks of a file (more info)). It's possible to 'encrypt' each ...
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How to remove items from the “download queue” in the Software Update service (OS X Server)
This is the first time I've used an OS X Server (Snow Leopard) and I'm having trouble with the Software Update service.
When I first set up the Software Update service in the Server Admin I made the ...
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Snow leopard wiki server question
I wonder if it is possible to enable some kind om wiki markup language (like in an ordinary wiki) to edit the wiki pages on apple wiki server 2? Are users forced to use html or the visual editor or ...
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10.6.4 Apple Wiki: New just created users can do nothing?
After update to 10.6.4 there's an issue: any new users that I create in Server Prefs/WGM can't post to their blogs, comment, create wiki pages... They can't do anything!
There's log from Wiki errors ...
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iPad connections to Cisco VPN error — “Enter your user authentication”
Is anyone else having problems with the iPad IPSec (Cisco) VPN configuration?
I've configured a Cisco VPN connection to a PIX 501 firewall on a 32GB Wifi Apple iPad. This is done in Settings -> ...
