Wednesday 29 June 2016

OSX El Capitan 10.11.X security tips

After upgrading to OSX El Capitan here are some security tips:

1. Turn off IPV6
networksetup -setv6off Thunderbolt\ Bridge
networksetup -setv6off Wi-Fi

2. Turn off Bonjour 
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder ProgramArguments -array-add "-NoMulticastAdvertisements"

3. Turn off saving to iCloud by default
sudo defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

4. Read this website for additional info
https://github.com/drduh/OS-X-Security-and-Privacy-Guide


Monday 27 June 2016

My pick of top 10 apps for 2016 OSX

The idea behind the list is to highlight some top applications that may not be common knowledge.  Here is my top 10 applications for 2016 that deserve attention and in some circumstance my money.

Productivity:
1. Control Plane
2. TextWrangler
3. MindNode

System Maintenance:
4. PurpleTree
5. Duplicates Expert

Security Tools:
6. OTP Manager

Network Tools:
7. WireShark V2 (without quartz)
8. SquidMan

Design.
9. 3D Splash
10. VSD Viewer

Outlook 2016 for MAC Multiple Email Profile Identity Control

Outlook 2011 and 2016 are very similar in utilising email profiles. Here is the update on how its now done in Outlook 2016 for MAC.

1. Launch Finder
2. Navigate to Outlook 2016 in Applications 
3. Right click "second click" and select "Show Package Contents"

4. Navigate to /Application/Microsoft Outlook.app/Contents/SharedSupport


5. Drag and Drop "Outlook Profile Manager.app" onto the desktop to create a shortcut / Alias link.


6. Launch Outlook Profile Manager


7.  Rename the "Main Identity" to "Work"
8.  Create a new identity by clicking on the [+] button and name it "Home"
9. Now click on button to make the "Home" identity default.


10. Close down Microsoft Database Utility.

The identity is stored in "Yes its 2011 and not 2016 in the path"
/Users/<username>/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities