Mac Cisco VPN Setup
To set up a Cisco VPN on your MAC:
Category Archives: Macintosh
Mac Outlook Reset Database
Navigate to this location for the user and delete both folders: /Users/me/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile/
Mac O365 Password
If Outlook for Mac repeatedly asks for a password when connecting to an Office 365 e-mail account you need to: Open Utilities > Keychain > delete items referencing: “exchange” “adal” and “office”.
High Sierra network issue
Full article here. Newer servers use SMB2/3 which has packet signing turn on. The net result is that copied/moved/renamed files never finalize the process. 2 sets of instructions below based on whether or not there already exists an nsmb.conf file or not.
Prevent .DS_Store files
As each user of the Mac open terminal and execute the following, then log out and in: defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
Create macOS ISO
1) Create a blank disk image: hdiutil create -o /tmp/HighSierra.cdr -size 7316m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J 2) Mount your image: hdiutil attach /tmp/HighSierra.cdr.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build 3) Restore BaseSystem.dmg from the installer: asr restore -source /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/install_build -noprompt -noverify -erase 4) Unmount the image: hdiutil detach /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System 5) Convert the… Read More »
Create MacOS USB
To Create a bootable UBS drive for installing Mac OS. Download the installer from the App Store From Terminal Enter the following for High Sierra: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/Mojave Change Mojave to the name of the destination USB Drive Commands for older Mac OS
Outlook 2011 Mac issues
This article has lots of tips… unless your issues began with an upgrade to El Capitan. (Separate post on that)
Outlook 2011 Hangs after upgrade to OS 10.11
Here is the link to the issue. Midway down the page under the resolution section is the link to update 14.5.6
How old is that MAC?
Get the serial number (“About this MAC”) then enter it here (Do not use 3rd party sites)
MAC Outlook Archive
This is not pretty. http://www.valiant-ny.com/2012/02/archive-email-in-outlook-2011-for-mac/