Storyboard Pro makes use of a license file on the client to connect to a license server. Custom installers should include a postinstall
script to activate the license service and add the required license.dat
file as well as any additional config files.
RV64 ProRes playback
RV64 does not ship with the ability to play ProRes encoded files.
Recompiling requires the following:
macOS 10.12 Sierra or earlier w/ Xcode
Xcode Command Line Tools
Deploying Final Draft
Final Draft has recently updated its deployment options when installing/licensing client software. The old method had us manually going to each workstation and entering a key, visit a website to obtain a matching key, and entering said matching key back at the client end.
Continue reading “Deploying Final Draft”Deploying Autodesk Maya 2019
Autodesk, unfortunately, does not provide an installer package (pkg) file that can be easily deployed throughout the fleet. Instead, they have an app installer that can be run silently with a few commands.
Continue reading “Deploying Autodesk Maya 2019”Adobe CC2019 Deployment
Time to start planning for CC2019. Things have changed a bit. Adobe has discontinued serialization packages in favor of user subscriptions and the Creative Cloud Packager app has been replaced with the online Admin Console.
Continue reading “Adobe CC2019 Deployment”Disable macOS Upgrade Notifications
Our users have been receiving daily notifications to upgrade to macOS Mojave lately. Auto updates have already been turned off for all clients and we’re not quite ready to start deploying OS upgrades due to vendor compatibility.
Continue reading “Disable macOS Upgrade Notifications”Extended Attributes and other Finder metadata
I’ve been tasked with migrating an aging Mac Mini’s shared storage off to a new Synology unit. A quick rsync
should take care of this, right?
Apple Enterprise Connect Configuration
We’ve been using Apple’s Enterprise Connect here instead of the popular NoMAD app as part of our Active Directory integration. It’s about time we used a proper configuration profile for it instead of manually making changes to the plist at com.apple.Enterprise-Connect
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Reset Printing System on macOS
Every once in a while, a client workstation will have printing issues that are only resolved after resetting the print system through System Preferences and then re-installing the printers.
Continue reading “Reset Printing System on macOS”SMB Issues in macOS Sierra
We’ve had an unusual amount of clients dropping SMB connections throughout the day. Issues include directory contents suddenly disappearing while the user is browsing in Finder, ridiculously slow file transfer speeds, and files/folders mysteriously restricting user access.
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