apple-b, University of Minnesota tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134 2008-07-07T20:11:43Z Blog for discussing the Apple Macintosh Movable Type 3.33.uthink Adium update causes instability with jabber servers including UM Chat tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134.133937 2008-07-02T19:51:15Z 2008-07-07T20:11:43Z Update:Version 1.2.7 was released over the weekend and fixes the underlying cause of this issue. There is an issue with the 1.2.6 version of the Adium messaging client for OS X and jabber servers such as the one powering UM... Drew Stevenson Update:Version 1.2.7 was released over the weekend and fixes the underlying cause of this issue.

There is an issue with the 1.2.6 version of the Adium messaging client for OS X and jabber servers such as the one powering UM Chat. The best current solution is to disable your UM Chat account in Adium and recreate it. Others have reported that going back to version 1.2.5 works. I am looking for a public mirror that still has Adium 1.2.5 available for download. Download Adium 1.2.5(via adiumx.cacheflyu.net).

]]> dockutil 1.0 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134.130884 2008-06-06T04:00:36Z 2008-06-06T04:00:43Z dockutil is one for the sys admins out there. I'll be the first to admit I haven't had a chance to test yet. Seems like it could be handy for helping to deploy new apps.... Drew Stevenson dockutil is one for the sys admins out there. I'll be the first to admit I haven't had a chance to test yet. Seems like it could be handy for helping to deploy new apps.

]]> iPhones and UM Cal tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134.112431 2008-02-22T16:29:32Z 2008-02-22T16:29:38Z People have been asking about iPhone compatibility with UM Cal. At this juncture there is no supported method for syncing Oracle Calendar--the enterprise calnedaring solution that drives UM Cal--with an iPhone. Later this month Apple is going to release their... Drew Stevenson People have been asking about iPhone compatibility with UM Cal. At this juncture there is no supported method for syncing Oracle Calendar--the enterprise calnedaring solution that drives UM Cal--with an iPhone.

Later this month Apple is going to release their iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) to third party software developers. Shortly after that there are plans from two software companies--who both currently make SyncML clients that allow Palm and Windows Mobile based phones and PDAs to sync with UM Cal--to make an iPhone SyncML client. Once there is a shipping, Apple-sanctioned SyncML client for the iPhone, the UM Cal team will work with Oracle to come up with an officially supported syncing solution for the iPhone.

Until then, the UM Cal Web Client works fairly well in Mobile Safari, especially in the day/list view. It may not provide alarms, but it will at least allow iPhone users to see their calendars while on the go.

]]> Leopard and Active Directory tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134.103919 2008-01-14T15:58:02Z 2008-01-14T16:35:20Z Many of Mac users at the U of M are finding themselves now interacting with the University's central Active Directory service. A while back I took a shot at writing a utility using AppleScript Studio that would help smooth the... Drew Stevenson Many of Mac users at the U of M are finding themselves now interacting with the University's central Active Directory service. A while back I took a shot at writing a utility using AppleScript Studio that would help smooth the process of configuring Kerberos, getting a ticket and mounting AD shares over smb in the Finder.

]]> Under Leopard, the built-in process is now much simpler than the app I wrote and as such the only useful part anymore is the configuration utility. I've separated out that functionality and updated the configuration file it uses to work better with 10.5.

A beta build has been circulating and has tested well so far. If you'd like to try it out, you can download it from http://www.tc.umn.edu/~drew/umnad/Kerberos%20Config%20Tool%2010.5.zip. For the curious the utility merely pulls a copy of edu.mit.Kerberos from my personal web space down to your computer at /Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos. Both the utility and the edu.mit.Kerberos file will be moving to the main UMNAD site soon.

Once run you can mount your shares by going to the Finder's Go menu and selecting Connect to Server... then enter in your shares in the Server Address: field in the form of smb://server.ad.umn.edu/share$ where dept is your server name (usually your department name) and share is your share name (often the same as your server name). I highly recommend clicking [ + ] to add your shares to the favorites list.

The Finder under 10.5 can now mount sub-directories at the root so if you had a personal folder at smb://dept.ad.umn.edu/dept$/people/me it would show up in the Finder as a server volume named "me".

There is a bug right now where the shares do not show up properly under the Finder's SHARED column in the Sidebar. My recommendation is to:


  1. Go into the Finder's Preferences
  2. Under the General tab:

    • enable Connected Servers under Show these items on the Desktop:.

  3. Under the Sidebar tab:

    • disable Connected Servers under SHARED.
    • under DEVICES enable the Computer item.

You can then see all your mounted shares on the desktop and by clicking on the name of your computer in the sidebar.

]]> Welcome tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/oit/apple//7134.103910 2008-01-14T15:48:34Z 2008-01-14T15:50:28Z Welcome to APPLE-B. This is meant to be a companion piece to the ever-popular apple-l mailing list. Multiple authors will be able to submit tips, tricks and even ask the occasional question about Macs and how they're used at the... Drew Stevenson Welcome to APPLE-B. This is meant to be a companion piece to the ever-popular apple-l mailing list. Multiple authors will be able to submit tips, tricks and even ask the occasional question about Macs and how they're used at the University of Minnesota. Much of the content here will likely be courtesy of other fine publications on the web. Our main goal is to collect useful information for U of M Mac users.

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