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Since upgrading my iMac to SL a few months ago, and the deletion of the Directory app, Address Book will not search our Active Directory server for names. On other Macs that I've upgraded Address Book works normally with no extra configuration but I can't get it to work on mine no matter what I...

I have an alias to a retired server in /automount/Servers that I'd like to delete, however, when I try 'rm /automount/Servers/server_alias' I get a message stating it's read-only filesystem. Permissons on the Servers directory are dr-xr-xr-x. If I try 'ls -l /automount/Servers/' there is a...

I am in need of a method to contact a specific Mac, either by ping or an ssh session or some other means, and notify me if the computer is offline. I know I can simply ping it forever but that seem messy and doesn't give a decent notification. I would like either email or a pop-up with the...

How do I delete Group Folders in Workgroup Manager? We have some obsolete shares that I want to delete. When I select the folder I want to delete the delete option is greyed-out. Thanks, Kent

I have our Xserve's Software Update Server and Apple Remote Desktop configured to install updates on the Macs on our network. Is it possible to use the update server for non-Apple software like Firefox or for Adobe apps?

I have about four years experience with Linux but recently started Mac OS support and I'm still trying to work around some of the crippled parts of OS X. I have some users who need Adobe updates that have to be run as the local admin. Is it possible to run the updater as admin without logging...