blog.modestindustries.com
pain | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/pain
8220;Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs? I get asked this question a lot. A lot. Usually people mean something like “Is this release as cool as the marketing says it is? Will I like it or will it make me sad? Since most of the people we deal with use their Macs for business, I answer within a business context, so this may not be true for you. Here’s my stock answer:. If that’s true for you, then you should upgrade the OS only under special circumstances:. Mac OS X Server. Modest industries –...
blog.modestindustries.com
10.9 | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/10-9
Tag Archives: 10.9. 8220;Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs? I get asked this question a lot. A lot. Usually people mean something like “Is this release as cool as the marketing says it is? Will I like it or will it make me sad? Since most of the people we deal with use their Macs for business, I answer within a business context, so this may not be true for you. Here’s my stock answer:. If that’s true for you, then you should upgrade the OS only under special circumstances:. Mac OS X Server. Modes...
blog.modestindustries.com
Compromised by Siri | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/compromised-by-siri
As the holiday season approaches, you may find yourself in one or more festive parties, surrounded by strangers. Here’s a way to get to know them better: Ask them for their iPhone, (locked, of course, because who would hand their unlocked iPhone to a stranger), press the Home button to activate Siri and ask this:. Who owns this iPhone? This seems like an overly generous amount of information to share with a perfect stranger. Who is not in possession of your Passcode or thumb print. The moral of this stor...
blog.modestindustries.com
OS X | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/category/os-x
Category Archives: OS X. One-liner: Check the five, most important SMART parameters on a disk. A while ago, Backblaze published a report. On what they consider to be the most reliable SMART. Parameters for determining whether a disk is failing. These include:. 5 – Reallocated Sector Ct. 187 – Uncorrectable Error Cnt. 188 – Command Timeout. 197 – Current Pending Sector Count. 198 – Offline Uncorrectable. For a complete description of these parameters, take a look at the Wikipedia article on SMART. Dev/dis...
blog.modestindustries.com
OSX | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/osx
8220;Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs? I get asked this question a lot. A lot. Usually people mean something like “Is this release as cool as the marketing says it is? Will I like it or will it make me sad? Since most of the people we deal with use their Macs for business, I answer within a business context, so this may not be true for you. Here’s my stock answer:. If that’s true for you, then you should upgrade the OS only under special circumstances:. Mac OS X Server. Modest industries –...
blog.modestindustries.com
Siri | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/siri
As the holiday season approaches, you may find yourself in one or more festive parties, surrounded by strangers. Here’s a way to get to know them better: Ask them for their iPhone, (locked, of course, because who would hand their unlocked iPhone to a stranger), press the Home button to activate Siri and ask this:. Who owns this iPhone? This seems like an overly generous amount of information to share with a perfect stranger. Who is not in possession of your Passcode or thumb print. The moral of this stor...
blog.modestindustries.com
Monitoring | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/category/monitoring-2
One-liner: Check the five, most important SMART parameters on a disk. A while ago, Backblaze published a report. On what they consider to be the most reliable SMART. Parameters for determining whether a disk is failing. These include:. 5 – Reallocated Sector Ct. 187 – Uncorrectable Error Cnt. 188 – Command Timeout. 197 – Current Pending Sector Count. 198 – Offline Uncorrectable. For a complete description of these parameters, take a look at the Wikipedia article on SMART. Dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDEN...
blog.modestindustries.com
Mavericks | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/mavericks
8220;Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs? I get asked this question a lot. A lot. Usually people mean something like “Is this release as cool as the marketing says it is? Will I like it or will it make me sad? Since most of the people we deal with use their Macs for business, I answer within a business context, so this may not be true for you. Here’s my stock answer:. If that’s true for you, then you should upgrade the OS only under special circumstances:. Mac OS X Server. Modest industries –...
blog.modestindustries.com
“Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs?” | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/should-i-upgrade-os-x-on-my-business-macs
8220;Should I upgrade OS X on my business Macs? I get asked this question a lot. A lot. Usually people mean something like “Is this release as cool as the marketing says it is? Will I like it or will it make me sad? Since most of the people we deal with use their Macs for business, I answer within a business context, so this may not be true for you. Here’s my stock answer:. If that’s true for you, then you should upgrade the OS only under special circumstances:. Logging time-stamped ping results to a fil...
blog.modestindustries.com
iOS | a modest blog
http://blog.modestindustries.com/tag/ios
As the holiday season approaches, you may find yourself in one or more festive parties, surrounded by strangers. Here’s a way to get to know them better: Ask them for their iPhone, (locked, of course, because who would hand their unlocked iPhone to a stranger), press the Home button to activate Siri and ask this:. Who owns this iPhone? This seems like an overly generous amount of information to share with a perfect stranger. Who is not in possession of your Passcode or thumb print. The moral of this stor...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT