UPDATED: Since this writing, I’ve switched from Mike Bombich’s NetRestore, to DeployStudio. DeployStudio offers the ability to populate all 4 computer info fields after restoring an image, as part of an imaging workflow. I highly recommend DeployStudio for system imaging. Occasionally, I still use the method outlined below to tweak these fields. Part of my […]
A Workaround for removing Western Digital’s SmartWare Virtual CD Partition
UPDATE 2: A Mac OS X version of the firmware update and VCD Manager are now available here. In my own test updating my MyBook Essential 1TB, both utilities worked perfectly. See the comments below for more information. UPDATED: It appears that Western Digital has released a firmware update and a utility called VCD manager, […]
Apple Remote Desktop Icon for OS X Snow Leopard
About two weeks ago, Apple released a point release update to both the client and admin versions of their Remote Desktop software (ARD) to version 3.3.1. This was only a minor update, so no new major features or new application icon. However, OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ was released a few days ago and […]