Set, check and remove Calendar sharing permissions in Office 365 with PowerShell
Set, check and remove Office 365 calendar sharing permissions from macOS PowerShell using Set, Add, Get and Remove-MailboxFolderPermission cmdlets.
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Delete a stubbornly un-deletable user on macOS High Sierra
I had a client with an unusual issue on a Mac mini that used to be a file server, but now is just sharing out some archived content and their Munki repositor...
Read post →Fix Wordpress over HTTPS with CloudFlare SSL
I've had an issue with my site that prevented it from working fully over https - and as it turns out, it's due to CloudFlare's reverse proxy and the way it d...
Read post →What to do if you can't remember the password for your iPhone backup in iTunes
I've encountered a few cases where a client has forgotten the password for the iTunes backup they've made for their iPhone, and the password was either set u...
Read post →Zero-day exploit against macOS Keychain
This is pretty serious - a researcher has discovered a zero-day exploit against the Keychain in macOS. As a protest against Apple not paying a bug bounty for...
Read post →Beware of cheap USB to Lightning Cables
I needed a short USB to Lightning cable for my car stereo - there's a USB port in the centre console and I don't need a 1m cable tangling around the dashboar...
Read post →Widespread outage on Office 365 - 30 Jan 2019
Office 365 authentication outage on 30 January 2019 hitting multiple tenancies, traced to network and DNS failures for login.microsoftonline.com.
Read post →Apple Releases macOS 10.14.3 and iOS 12.1.3
Apple today pushed software updates for a range of its devices. They are all minor releases that simply offer a few bug fixes and security updates, with no n...
Read post →Microsoft Office 365 Price Increase in Australia
From 1 January 2019 Microsoft raised Office 365 subscription prices in Australia by up to 8%, affecting all new and renewing Business plans.
Read post →Distance to 3rd Party DNS Resolvers from Telstra nbn in Melbourne
Further to my previous post, DNS Speed Testing on Telstra nbn in Melbourne , I've used the Traceroute command to measure how far away (or how many hops away)...
Read post →DNS Speed Testing on Telstra nbn in Melbourne
I've recently seen a number of people recommending that I use various 3rd party DNS resolvers - CloudFlare, OpenDNS etc. One problem I've encountered with us...
Read post →Xero not loading in Safari in Mojave
This is here just so I can remember what I did later when I need to undo it. I've got a problem where Xero is simply not loading in Safari 12 on macOS Mojave...
Read post →How to take a screenshot on your Mac
This is new to me, as it's a new feature in macOS Mojave. On older systems, to capture a screenshot, you can use Shift+Cmd+4 and either select a rectangular...
Read post →How to create a bootable installer for macOS
With the recent release of a new Mac operating system, macOS Mojave , it's worth digging out and rehashing the instructions to create a bootable installer. I...
Read post →Fix a Broken Open Directory app
Back in 2016 I posted some steps to repair Open Directory when the LDAP database has problems. On some servers this happens very rarely, on other servers it...
Read post →The upcoming Office for Mac 2019
Microsoft will be releasing an update to Office for Mac next month. This update will change the branding from Office 2016 to Office 2019 and it will also req...
Read post →The iMac at 20 Years Old
The iMac is getting on a bit. Old enough to vote in some areas (and almost old enough in others), it's been a staple of our computing landscape for two decad...
Read post →Change Primary Email Address without changing Login Name on Office 365
Set a primary email address different from the login name in Office 365 with the Set-Mailbox -WindowsEmailAddress command, handy during a domain change.
Read post →What APFS Does for You, and What You Can Do with APFS - TidBITS
If you've been wondering what APFS is, and how it affects your use of your Mac, over on TidBits there's a good article by Jeff Carlson that covers the releva...
Read post →Case Study - Migration to Dropbox & Office 365
Automatica moved property developer Hamton from ageing on-prem servers to a serverless setup on Dropbox, Office 365 and Azure SQL, cutting hardware costs.
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