macOS: FaceTime HD Camera Not Working In Microsoft Teams?
KB ID 0001671 Problem My firm are in the middle of moving from Skype to Teams, so more and more online meetings are being done with Teams. I have had some problems trying to get my camera to work? Solution Firstly you need to ‘Allow’ Teams to use the camera; Click the ‘Apple’ icon > System preferences > Security and privacy > Privacy > Camera > Tick to enable ‘Microsoft Teams’ (Note:...
Windows In VMware Fusion ‘Cannot Access Shared Folders’
KB ID 0001627 Problem Every so often I have a problem with the Windows 10 VM that I run on my mac in VMware Fusion, last time I needed to upgrade to Fusion 11.5, before that it was a registry fix. This time I could not access any files or folders on the parent mac. Network Error Windows cannot access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\{Folder-Name} You do not have permissions to access \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\{Folder-Name}. Contact...
macOS: Find your DHCP Server Address
KB ID 0001587 Problem In Windows this is easy to find, ‘ipconfig /all’ will tell you 🙂 On macOS it’s not so simple. Solution First you need to know which network card we are talking about! Your wireless network card is nearly always en0 (that’s a zero), if you are on a wired connection simply run ifconfig and find the right network card. to double check you can run; ipconfig getifaddr en0 Then to see your DHCP...
iLO: Java Error “Unable to Load Resource”
KB ID 0001567 Problem When attempting to connect to an iLO 3 remote console on an HP Server; General Exception Name: com.hp.ilo2.intgapp.intgapp ExitException: Unable to load resource https://{Server}/html/intgapp3_231.jar Solution Having added the URL to the iLO to the trusted sites in the the Java Preferences, I thought this all I had to do. Turns out I was wrong. Navigate to Administration > Security > Encryption >...
Remote Connect to macOS
KB ID 0001539 Problem Remotely connecting to Windows is easy we’ve had RDP since Windows NT4, (yes I’m that old). But what if you want to remote connect to a mac? Well that has ‘Screen Sharing’ built in, (which it pretty much the same, but it uses VNC). If you’re unfamiliar with VNC, (Virtual Network Computing,) you can install it on both Windows and Linux. Normally you need a client, (to connect with)...