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arminBriegel · 11-09-2023

Many organizations recommend or prescribe a specific web browser for their users. The user can change the setting in the user interface, even though it is not really obvious where to look. Many MacAdmins would like to pre-set this browser and the def...

arminBriegel · 03-17-2025

@cingalls I know it's been a while, but: https://scriptingosx.com/2025/03/new-tool-utiluti-sets-default-apps/ https://github.com/scriptingosx/utiluti

arminBriegel · 11-14-2023

@cingalls Great question, one that I was keeping for a future post. Unfortunately, the APIs for changing default handlers for file types are not bridged to AppleScript. So to manage those you will have to use an additional tool. However, most of the ...

arminBriegel · 01-02-2023

There seems to be a change to the `xmllint` command'd behavior in Ventura. Now this```echo $xml | xmllint --xpath '/policies/policy/id/text()' -```returns a new line separated list of all the ids

arminBriegel · 10-07-2021

This is true for some of the resources, but not all of them. The Internet Recovery system itself will _not_ be cached, but then the resources that the installation process downloads are. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204675

arminBriegel · 10-07-2021

I get the frustration. NetBoot/NetInstall was a really useful tool, especially for classroom/lab style deployments. But, Apple has decided not to continue making this available as a deployment option. The time window where community feedback might ha...

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