055: First Macs
/Recorded live June 17, 2014
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Topics
- Jerry describes an issue where an admin user shows up as being Managed with Parental Controls after an upgrade to Mavericks, despite still appearing as an admin; also a keychain issue with the Local Items keychain
- Joe rambles through trying to remember the details of an issue with iCloud Keychain and SoftwareUpdateLauncher hanging; see this Apple Discussions post
- Sam leverages VoiceOver to navigate a blank screen which turned out to the be login window; we narrowly avoid another server discussion
- WWDC 2014 videos are available online without a developer account; Jerry recommends #702, Managing Apple Devices
- Joe's Export VPN Configurations Automator workflow to help migrate VPN configurations to a new Mac
- Sam, Jerry, and Joe discuss their first Macs which prompts some lively war stories from the chatroom
- Jerry recommends NetNewsWire for RSS feeds and TweetBot for keeping up with Twitter; Sam uses NewsBar; Joe reloads tabs for some reason