MacBook Pro At Apple's event today, a new MacBook Pro was introduced. It is "revolutionary" and the thinnest and lightest MBP yet. Touch ID is integrated into the power button. The display is given a brightness boost. Oddly, they're using a 6th generation Intel processor rather than the 7th generation Kaby Lake CPU. Other features include a larger Force Touch trackpad, a … [Read more...]
How to create a USB installer for macOS 10.12 Sierra
Creating a bootable USB drive macOS installer can save you time and bandwidth when you have a few Macs you want to update or you want a backup copy of your operating system installer. Fortunately, it's pretty straight forward to create a USB installer for the latest Mac operating system, 10.12 Sierra, and the process is the same as OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El … [Read more...]
PowerShell script to uninstall QuickTime for Windows
Following the announcement that Apple has deprecated QuickTime rather than patch the disclosed vulnerabilities, I needed to get the plugin removed from across my organization. I wrote up a quick PowerShell script to search the Registry for the uninstall string and remove QuickTime while logging the process to my server. I then took this script and assigned it through Group … [Read more...]
Uninstall QuickTime from Windows, Apple deprecates product rather than patch it
Two vulnerabilities in Quicktime for Windows have been reported since November 2015. Apple has decided to deprecate QuickTime for Windows rather than update it with a patch for these vulnerabilities. This incidently kills off the .mov format on Windows with this end-of-life. While QuickTime for Windows will continue to work, it is highly recommended to uninstall the unsupported … [Read more...]
Apple announces iPhone SE, iOS 9.3, 9.7-inch iPad Pro while FBI announces dropping its case
Apple held a keynote event today where they introduced some new hardware and other updates. The event had the teaser tagline "Let us loop you in." Apple CEO Tim Cook and other Apple employees discussed a variety of topics from the importance of encryption to their efforts in conservation and environmental responsibility. They also introduced new hardware such as a 4-inch … [Read more...]