Removing Oracle Java from macOS
As of January 23, 2023, Oracle made a change to how they’ve licensed Oracle’s Java (which is a separate license from the ones used for open source Java distributions like OpenJDK.) The new license...
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Blocking Oracle Java
As a follow-up to my previous post on removing Oracle Java, it’s possible that Mac admins may be requested to block Oracle Java in place of removing it. This may be challenging, but possible with the...
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Starting a sole proprietorship business to get a DUNS number for Apple...
One of the requirements for getting an Apple Business Manager (ABM) instance (which also provides Automated Device Enrollment and Volume Purchase Program access) is a Data Universal Numbering System...
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Managing the “Click wallpaper to reveal desktop” setting in macOS Sonoma
Every so often, something gets added to macOS and enabled by default where I wish it was off by default. In macOS Sonoma, that’s the new Click wallpaper to reveal desktop option, which works like this...
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Suppressing undesired local account password policy notifications on macOS...
As part of the release of macOS Sonoma 14.0.0, there is a bug which may be triggered if you have deployed a configuration profile which sets password rules for local accounts. An example profile is...
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Enabling Touch ID authentication for sudo on macOS Sonoma
Since the release of macOS High Sierra, it has been possible to enable Touch ID authentication for the sudo tool. However, the necessary modifications needed to be re-applied after every update to...
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Re-enabling OpenBSM auditing on macOS Sonoma
Apple deprecated its OpenBSM audit system beginning with macOS Big Sur, but the audit system itself stayed enabled until the release of macOS Sonoma. As of macOS Sonoma, it is now disabled and does not...
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An issue that some Mac admins have had to deal with is that their system management tool is using MDM commands to install installer packages. This usually applies if the system management tool does not...
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How many NTP time servers does macOS support? One
The subject of the blog post reveals the main discussion point of this post, which is that macOS since macOS 10.13.x High Sierra has only supported setting one NTP (Network Time Protocol) server as a...
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Clearing the logged-in Microsoft SSO user on macOS using Microsoft’s Company...
As part of working on a task recently, I ran into an issue with Microsoft’s Enterprise SSO plug-in on macOS. This plug-in enables single sign-on for Entra ID accounts for applications which support it....
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