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michael_k · 03-03-2019

Can anyone provide feedback on how you are migrating user data from existing Macs for hardware replacements? Particularly when it comes to DEP workflows. I know how we have done it for years and while it has worked for us, there probably are better w...

michael_k · 10-10-2018

Are there any tricks for moving data from MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs still on HFS+ to new hardware that uses APFS? The data transfer rates we see moving user data are incredibly slow.

michael_k · 08-10-2017

Our users are currently able to use either Apple Mail.app or MS Outlook 2016 for e-mail access ( we currently are using hosted Exchange/O365 for mail.) We would like to have a handle on how many of the users have actually configured their accounts in...

michael_k · 03-04-2019

@kowsar.ahmed , we can do that for every directory except ~/Library. Unless I was shortsighted over the years, you can't just replace preferences, containers, keychains, etc while logged in as the user.

michael_k · 03-04-2019

Interesting. Do you have prestage enrollment configured? If so, do you just prevent it from kicking off by keeping the machine off net? We do have CrashPlan in our environment, but have found restores of any significant size from their cloud service ...

michael_k · 03-04-2019

Thanks @jared_f . How would you deal with transferring data from the user Library though, like preferences, MS Office settings and keychains?

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