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A Data Protection Interlude - Apple

by GrumbleDook on 8th May 2012 at 12:05 PM
Originally posted on Grumbledook Thinks

And so I take a quick interlude from my look at the recent Apple Workshops to think about a few queries some schools have raised in the last few weeks about Apple and Data Protection.

When it comes to their OS X devices (desktops and laptops) Apple have had some built in encryption for some time. FileVault was introduced in Mac OS X 10.3 and used to just encrypt user files. Not a perfect solution but the introduction of FileVault

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Updated 8th May 2012 at 01:41 PM by GrumbleDook

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BETT Show - The Summary

by GrumbleDook on 18th January 2012 at 11:23 AM
It may seem a little strange to write a summary without having written the other posts … but best to keep things short and sweet.

There will be more posts, but rather than the initial splurge of activity post-BETT I thought I would share ideas, opinions, what I saw, conversations I had, etc … but over a longer period … and it also means that I have the benefit of looking at blog posts from others too … and this year there are a plethora of posts!

I am pretty sure I

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How do you plan at your school?

by GrumbleDook on 8th August 2011 at 01:28 PM
Lifecycle Management

Developing a process

Whether you are using ITIL, FITS or other ideology / tools to help you develop a support service, you will find that you will borrow, adapt, use, tweak, refine and make wholesale use of a plethora of pre-existing examples of procedures. It is a simple fact of life that sharing and comparing procedures is more efficient than re-inventing the wheel in isolation.

However, you will find that there will be occasions

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Can you ever have too much of a good thing?

by GrumbleDook on 20th June 2011 at 03:44 PM
I’ve recently been tracking down a number of web 2.0 tools to ensure I register / protect my online identity. I am known as Tony Sheppard and as GrumbleDook with such equality online that it is hard to separate the two. However, since there is a rather good Jazz musician called Tony Sheppard I have opted to protect my identity as GrumbleDook.

Most people recognise my avatar or variations of it and I am always looking for ways to tweak it a little, make

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The Perils & Pitfalls of Mobile Tech in Schools

by GrumbleDook on 23rd May 2011 at 06:10 PM
I do have the occasional rant about things. Most of the time it is down to having passion about things I believe in or it is intend to grab the attention of others to make them think. At TeachMeet Midlands 2011 it was a bit of both.

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