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    • Renewing SPSS for Mac License Silently Update

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      I previously wrote about a script to license SPSS for Mac silently . In version 25 of SPSS Statistics, the path to the bundled Java has changed. It now no longer has the version of the JRE in the path. As a result the script now looks like this : #!/bin/bash -x VERSION=25 AUTHCODE=<redacted> APPPATH="/Applications/IBM/SPSS/Statistics/$VERSION/SPSSStatistics.app/" cd "$APPPATH/Contents/bin" "$APPPATH/Contents/JRE/bin/java" -jar "$APPPATH/Contents/bin/licenseactivator.jar" SILENTMODE CODES=$AUTHCODE If SPSS keeps a consistent path to the bundled Java, it will make it a little bit easier to update the script for each new version of SPSS Statistics.

    • Sharing What We've Learned

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      This post is a companion to a workshop delivered with Anthony Reimer. Included is a list of links to additional resources. Slack signup http://macadmins.org Jamf Nation https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/ Email Lists http://lists.psu.edu/archives/macenterprise.html https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/munki-dev https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/munki-discuss https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/autopkg-discuss GitHub https://github.com Presenting https://hynek.me/articles/speaking/ https://www.radiotope.com/blog/?p=posts/2017/02/09/Speaking_Professionally.md https://www.inc.com/carmine-gallo/how-googles-ceo-creates-brain-friendly-presentations.html http://speaking.io/ Blogging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0BKZi966kQ https://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/ https://pages.github.com/ Vaughn’s web site : https://www.vaughnemiller.com Anthony’s web site : https://jazzace.github.io

    • Upcoming 2017 Mac Admin Conferences

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      I am pleased to share that I will be speaking at the following upcoming Mac Admin conferences : MacDeployment in Calgary, Alberta http://macdeployment.ca/ and MacAdmins at Penn State : http://macadmins.psu.edu/ Hope to see you there!

    • Git and Text Editor Notes for Windows 10

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      This post is just some notes to remind me how I like to setup a Windows 10 machine for editing scripts. Install and configure Git First step, install Git. Download the git installer . After downloading, run the installer and accept the default settings. Then add posh-git for Powershell : Open a Powershell window “as Administrator” and execute the following : set-ExecutionPolicy bypass git clone git://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git.git cd posh-git ./install.ps1 . $PROFILE Install and configure Sublime Text Start by downloading and installing Sublime Text.