Apple on Robert Terakedis

HomePod Mini Ignoring Family Explicit Content Settings

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:28:08 -0500

Sudden panic set in as I walked by my child's room and heard the lyric from Monsters by All Time Low -- "I don't mind while you f**k up my life." Yes, I just had the realization that the critical parental controls on the Homepod Mini's in my children's rooms were no longer working as intended. This set off a multi-hour troubleshooting session, with some involvement from AppleCare, that got things working until it didn't (again). As it usually goes, "It Just Works"... until it doesn't.

Apple's Missing Hardware - A KVM Switch

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:40:35 -0500

Let me start by saying that I'm assuming many of you out there are in a situation quite similar to my own. This situation; having a personal Mac and a work Mac (and maybe an iPad Pro thrown into that mix also). But if you're also like me, you have limited space on your desk and don't want to be surrounded by monitors! This leads me to my most potent complaint about Apple hardware; the lack of a KVM switch.

Best Practices for Apple Admins in Workspace ONE UEM

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I was recently reading a post about What to do when you have to lay off your Jamf administrator, and it got me thinking. The Workspace ONE UEM documentation generally specifies what you need from a software and hardware perspective in pre-requisites. That said, over the years I've come to know a few unwritten (or written but obscure) best practices for setting up Workspace ONE UEM to manage Apple devices. Hopefully you find this post helpful, but I welcome any comments and feedback!

Converting Jamf Custom Schema JSON for Workspace ONE UEM

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Periodically, I see app vendors providing custom JSON schema files to help build app-specific configuration profiles for MDM (specifically Jamf). Workspace ONE UEM supports app-specific configuration, but currently via Custom Settings in an XML format. While many vendors also suppply a custom mobileconfig file or Custom Settings dictionary that can be used with Workspace ONE UEM, I hope in this post to show how any Workspace ONE admin can manually convert a Custom Schema JSON file to Custom Settings XML.

Modify ZShell Defaults in macOS

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I'm finding myself using the Terminal quite a bit more in my job. I spent a few minutes over the past few days looking at different ways to make the default terminal layout in macOS better. While there are many plugins out there for doing this (Oh-My-Zsh), I wanted to do something a little more straightforward.

How You Change zsh Default Layouts

Armin Briegel has a great article about customizing the zsh prompt in his moving to zsh series. The basics come down to the following - make some changes to the file at ~/.zshrc and then enjoy the fruits of your labor! This file is also where you can add zsh functions (e.g. reusable pieces of code.)