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Holy IT!

I’m Moving My Personal Site and Blog Away From WordPress (and Choosing Astro + Ghost)

I’m Moving My Personal Site and Blog Away From WordPress (and Choosing Astro + Ghost)

For a long time, WordPress was my go-to web development tool. If I, or someone else, needed a site — blog, portfolio, landing page — WordPress could do it. And for many use cases, it still makes sense. But for my personal site and blog, it slowly became more than what I

How Building a Flight Tracker Helped Me Learn CI/CD with Cloud Build and Cloud Run

How Building a Flight Tracker Helped Me Learn CI/CD with Cloud Build and Cloud Run

When my favorite flight tracker started adding intrusive ads, I had a simple thought: maybe I can build my own. But if I was going to do that, I had a few non-negotiables from the start: * Low maintenance * Predictable costs * Easy to redeploy * Consistent across projects * HTTPS, scaling, and deployments

Add MacBook to Apple Business Manager using Apple Configurator to Use with Your MDM

Mobile Device Management

Add MacBook to Apple Business Manager using Apple Configurator to Use with Your MDM

The good news is you no longer need to purchase your devices from Apple to add them to Apple Business Manager. From what I know, you should be able to add devices purchased from Apple resellers like Best Buy by providing them with your Apple Business Manager Organization ID so

Bypass Internet Connection to Create Local Account on Windows 11

Bypass Internet Connection to Create Local Account on Windows 11

Microsoft wants users to connect to a Microsoft account when you purchase a new Windows 11 desktop or laptop or when you do a fresh install of Windows 11. The Out-Of-Box Experience (OOBE) makes it difficult to continue setting up the machine without an internet connection. They removed the "

Add iPad to Apple Business Manager and Mosyle through Apple Configurator 2

Add iPad to Apple Business Manager and Mosyle through Apple Configurator 2

Over Black Friday, a coworker had seen several stores post iPads on sale so we decided to buy a few. Unfortunately, since these weren't purchased directly from Apple, it's not joined to our Apple Business Manager account. Enter Apple Configurator 2. Through Apple Configurator, you can

Create Welcome Screen For Macs and iOS Devices from Setup Assistant with Mosyle

Mobile Device Management

Create Welcome Screen For Macs and iOS Devices from Setup Assistant with Mosyle

When I started working here in 2021, majority of the staff were using Apple devices (Macs, iPads, etc) but there was no MDM (Mobile Device Management) in place so you can imagine, it was difficult to keep track of what devices we have an to whom it was assigned. I

Upgrade Pre-Installed Windows 10 Home to VLSC Windows 10 Pro Without Wiping

Upgrade Pre-Installed Windows 10 Home to VLSC Windows 10 Pro Without Wiping

We have an AIO (All-in-one) desktop at work that needed to be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro but since it has data on it, we didn't want to erase the machine to do a fresh Windows 10 Pro install. We were able to do the upgrade without having

Can't Open iMessage or Apple ID On Mac After Big Sur/Monterey Update

Can't Open iMessage or Apple ID On Mac After Big Sur/Monterey Update

A user recently came to me after updating to MacOS Monterey. She said she couldn't open iMessage on her 2017 MacBook Air and showed me an "An Unknown Error Occurred" screen. Here are the steps I took to resolve the issue: Try rebooting the Mac "

Mac Clock Not In Sync Even When Set to Automatic

Mac Clock Not In Sync Even When Set to Automatic

I've recently had a user tell me that the clock on their 2019 MacBook Air is not automatically updating. It appeared to be set to check time.apple.com, but the date was August 17, 2019 and the time was at least 30 minutes ahead. I tried resetting

Bypass Mac Activation Lock Using Jamf Pro Activation Lock Bypass Code

Activation Lock

Bypass Mac Activation Lock Using Jamf Pro Activation Lock Bypass Code

Apple introduced Mac Activation Lock when they released MacOS Catalina (macOS 10.15). Activation lock was introduced on iOS a while ago with the purpose of discouraging theft. Activation lock prevents a device from activation without the Apple ID and password of the owner. To learn more about Activation Lock,

Backup Synology NAS To Amazon Glacier

Backup Synology NAS To Amazon Glacier

Wondering how to easily backup your Synology NAS? You'll need a couple of things. A Synology NAS and an Amazon Web Services Account. It's free to create an AWS account but depending on how much you store on Glacier, you may be charged for storage as

Setting Up Church Online Platform and Cloudflare To Work On Both www and non-www URLs

Setting Up Church Online Platform and Cloudflare To Work On Both www and non-www URLs

If you’ve set up a custom domain on version 4 of Church Online Platform (ChOP), you may find that it works on either https://www.example.com or https://example.com but not both. Here’s a quick walkthrough on how to get that working properly. First add your

Setting Up Dual Touchscreen Monitors on Windows 10

Setting Up Dual Touchscreen Monitors on Windows 10

So you have a new PC and you put 2 touchscreen monitors on it. However, it appears that touching your 2nd screen just mirrors onto the first screen. Here's how to fix it. * Go to Windows Control Panel and then Tablet PC Settings. * Under the Display tab, click

Booklet Printing on a Xerox Primelink with Fiery Command Workstation

Booklet Printing on a Xerox Primelink with Fiery Command Workstation

I was sent a PDF that has individual pages 5.5" x 8.5" (so, half sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper). I have Fiery Command Workstation 6 installed on my Mac. On Fiery Command Workstation, click on File, and then Import Job, choose the