cmcnally

Hi Guys, Our Mac Pro server recently failed because of a security update (No back-up, lesson well and truly learned). Before I had our network set-up with 23 client macs binded to OD and was using Deploy Studio to set them up from a Monolithic image. The users had been set up with local home folders. I rebuilt the server but now its causing issues with the local profiles. I'm still relatively new to Mac Administraion and I want to take the time now to rebuild the network completely. This time I'm going to try using thin imaging and have some questions. Local profiles - Before I had used local profiles because I had read iMovie doesn't play nice with Network folders. Is this still the case? I only have 4tb of network space to accommodate 100ish users. Would it be feasible for me to even set up Network profiles? iMovie/Garageband - When I set up the clients I need to install iM/GB + the loops etc.. Can I download this to the server and send it out to the clients instead of downloading on each machine individually? TimeMachine/Backup - What is the best way to back-up the pupils work? TimeMachine or something like CCCloner? Shared Folders - How do I mount sharepoints to the dock depending on the user group? Anyone got any good guides for Profile Manager? Anti-Virus/Malware - What solutions do you use? Any free ones? Homepage - How do I get Safari to open on login to a specific webpage? Thanks guys, any brief overview on how you do those things would help me immensely. C

Thanks very much Simon, having a look at the tutorials now.

WOW, this is great. Thank you. Would google sheets be able to manage large volumes of data?

Hello My school has recently asked me to set up a system to track when students enter and exit our school study halls with QR/Barcode. Can anyone please recommend the best way to do this? We have 4 different study rooms that need to be tracked so the associated database would need to be centralised. We already have a visitor management system is the school. We could possibly extend that system but I could imagine it would be expensive. Any cheap/quick solutions would be appreciated. Would it be possible to do this with an ipad in each of the rooms? Thanks