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The Macintosh or Mac is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.

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Use telnet to check that VNC port is open

I am supposed to connect to a Mac VNC/ARD server. Let's say that the Mac VNC server has the hypothetical IP address 8.8.8.8. I want to check if the Mac VNC server even listens to the default VNC port 5900. So I ran: telnet 8.8.8.8 5900 This times…
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Using Mac OS X Server e-mail and calendering

I'd love some feedback from folks on using the e-mail server and calendering features of Mac OS X Leopard server. How well has the e-mail server worked for you? Can you get your e-mail on a variety of (Mac and Windows) clients? Do you have the…
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Active Directory account lockout policy not working on Macs

I am running AD on Windows Server 2003 and made sure our account lockout policy is set to 5 attempts before an account gets locked. It works on any Windows computer running XP/Vista/7/8, but the problem lies when trying to connect to the domain…
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How to deploy 10 new iMac and configure it programatically

What is the best and quicker way to deploy and customize a number of newly arrived iMacs (say 10 or more) using an already configured iMac, a DHCP/DNS server, a LAN and Remote Desktop installed on the configured machine ? The main tasks to be…
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Using Linux & Open LDAP for a Mac Network

I'm looking for resources/suggestions/experience on administering a medium sized network of Macs (300ish) using Open LDAP on Linux rather than using Open or Active Directory. Would like the following features: Network accounts Network home…
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Remote login to mac

I have a Mac Mini that I would like to login remotely from a Windows XP laptop. Is this possible? What types of things do I need to do to allow remote connections from the Mac, and what type of interface will I be able to have? (Command-line…
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Best software for Mac to Windows remote control?

My client has a Mac at home and wants to remote control (run apps) on a Windows XP PC at the office. What is the best software to enable this? Any Mac <-> Windows weirdness to be aware of?
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How do you manage your Mac workstations?

Our whole company is Macs on the desktop. We have primarily iMacs and MacBook pros. For the last few years we've been using RadMind to manage their system image but the software has a number of drawbacks: It's difficult to tell what files to…
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Why does local host say "It Works"?

I have configured all my websites in the "Sites" folder to be tested in my browser. When I type a web address for example http://test.dev, I get "It Works". Why?
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Enable dtrace without sudo on Mac OS X?

How do I enable users to use dtrace on Mac OS X. I am trying to do the equivalent of strace on Linux, and I don't like running applications with elevated privileges. UPDATE Ok, the best I can tell. The only way to keep a nefarious application from…
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Mac OS X: how to run GUI apps on a headless machine

Is there a way to run a GUI app, like iTunes, when not logged in to a computer directly? Thus, I'd like to be able to start a program, then log out, or (preferably) run a GUI program directly from an SSH session when no user is logged in to the…
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How to you create a wildcard DNS entry in Mac OS X 10.6 Server DNS GUI?

The GUI does not accept "*". How, through the GUI, do I create a wildcard subdomain? OR Where is the Bind installation in the OSX 10.6 Server filesystem?
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Active Directory and Apple's Workgroup Manager

I thought I'd share my experiences here. I work for a small business with only ~20 users. I wanted the ability to use managed client preferences to assign things like the software update server. Basically the ability to manage my Macs easily and in…
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Why does "file:///Users/username/Library/proxy.pac" not work in MacOS?

I tested setting up a proxy.pac file via a web server: networksetup -setautoproxyurl "Wi-Fi" "http://localhost/proxy.pac" and via a file directly: networksetup -setautoproxyurl "Wi-Fi" "file:///Users/username/Library/proxy.pac" The web server…
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smb with dfs on mac

I currently work a Mac client enviorment, where all users have macs, but they insist on running windows servers. they are currently running acronis file sync to avoid smb, but since they are going to create a new office with a new server, they…
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