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Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs

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On 2015-10-19, Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> wrote:
> Each member of my family has a Mac and, of course, they all come to me
> for assitance.  I admit that I have not kept my set of tools up to
> date.  What specific tools do you all recommend and, if possible,
> please provide a recommended source.

Just off the tip of my brain before I head out the door:

Apple Remote Desktop
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12>

I use it to manage a couple handfuls of Macs for my entire immediate and
extended family remotely. It does everything from sending WakeOnLan
packets, to screen sharing and control complete with drag and drop file
transfers, to installing software updates and doing other automated or
command-line tasks.

Dyn DNS
<http://dyn.com/remote-access/>

Without this service, I'd forever be jotting down IP addresses in some
text file on my SSD. Screw that noise. Create a dynamic hostname, run a
piece of client software on the Macs, and the hostname always points to
whatever IP address is current for each machine.

Time Machine
(seriously, just do it for each machine)

It's simple to set up, completely automated, reliable, and will save
their data when the shit hits the fan. It's always best to have good
backups. : )

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JR

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Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 11:21 -0700
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 14:24 -0400
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 21:15 +0000
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:24 +0000
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 10:46 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 14:59 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-21 04:40 +1300
          Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 16:10 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-21 00:37 +0000
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 17:39 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 20:40 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-19 19:51 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-10-19 22:49 -0400
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-20 18:27 +1300
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:25 +0000

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