Citrix: mac OSX ‘You have chosen not to trust…’
KB ID 0001520 Problem After a colleague deployed Citrix for a customer the other day, they complained that they had a mac user that was getting certificate errors. They had a publicly signed wildcard certificate, but this user was still having problems. After I heard a few “tell him to stop using a mac” comments, I said, “I’m using a MacBook here, would you like me to test it?” The URL opened fine in...
OSX: Backup ‘Sparsebundle’ is Already In Use
KB ID 0001486 Problem Thankfully I’ve never had to rely on my Mac backup, but it runs to an EMC Iomega NAS drive that I have in my house, (which also has all my media on it). Backup Failed The backup on “target-name” is already in use. If I expand ‘details’; Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “target-name”. The backup disk image...
How to Transfer Files from PC to iPhone Wirelessly
KB ID 0001481 Written by Tag Jones When it comes to transferring files from PC to iPhone and vice versa, the most obvious choice is to use iTunes. However, it has been found that many users don’t like working with this application. Bloated and ponderous, iTunes continues Apple’s ongoing trend of having lost its design mojo. Luckily, we have other options. One of the easiest ways is to use Wi-Fi Direct Transfer. With this...
Mac OSX: ‘Cannot Send F11 Keystroke’
KB ID 0001441 Problem I was building some HP blade servers today via iLO, and while trying to install ESX, I reached this stage; Pressing F11 on a mac just increases the volume, and with the other function keys (F1 to F10) you simply press ‘fn’ and the appropriate F key, and it works properly. But not on a mac, ‘Fn+F11’ just shows you your desktop. Even changing function keys in the keyboard settings has no...
Mac OSX: Creating ‘Password Protected’ Zip Files
KB ID 0001357 Problem Me to the office: Does anyone know how to create a password protected Zip file on a Mac? Reply: Use Windows Well actually this advice is ‘bobbins!’ Windows still can’t do this without installing an application, (I would recommend 7-Zip). But with a Mac of course you can 🙂 Solution First open an Terminal window, then ‘change directory’ to the folder that contains the uncompressed...