Technical professionals. Trusted advisors. Certified expertise.

HCS Blog

Problem-solving by Apple Certified Professionals
Apr
27

How to remove hard coded DNS and Search Domain Servers from the command line

The commands below will remove the settings from the Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces.  You can lookup more features using the man command for networksetup.  IE.. man networksetup

networksetup -setsearchdomains "Wi-Fi" "Empty"

Continue reading
Mar
18

Checking Unicast and Multicast DNS Cache Details in OS X Yosemite

Get UDNS cache stats:

sudo discoveryutil udnscachestats


Get multicast DNS cache:

sudo discoveryutil mdnscachestats

Mar
16

How to clear the local DNS cache OS X 10.5 - 10.10

OS X Yosemite 10.10

Clear MDNS (Multicast DNS) and UDNS (Unicast DNS)

sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches

Continue reading
Mar
09

Apple Configurator is DEP aware

Since version 1.6, Apple Configurator has been DEP aware. Prior to this version, if you used Apple Configurator to update he iOS en-masse on a group of iOS devices, it would activate the devices irregardless of their DEP status. With version 1.6 and newer, if your device is in Apple's Device Enrollment Program and associated with a MDM server in your DEP portal, Apple Configurator will update the iOS but will not activate the device.

As you can see, upon initial inspection, it appears something went wrong. However, if you dig a bit deper:

Continue reading
Dec
04

How to send Ctrl-Alt-Del to a Windows 2012 server from a Mac Keyboard

How-to-send-Ctrl-Alt-Del-from-a-Mac-Keyboard_20141204-173712_1.pdf

Locations


New York

Connecticut
Florida
Louisiana
Chicago

Corporate Headquarters
New York

80 Orville Drive Suite 100
Bohemia, NY 11716
Tel: (866) 518-9672
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Connecticut

65 High Ridge Road #510
Stamford, CT 06905
Tel: (866) 518-9672
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Florida

3321 SW 194th Terrace
Miramar, FL 33029
Tel: (866) 518-9672
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Louisiana

218 Barksdale Drive
Broussard LA 70518
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Chicago

4 Knollwood Place
Joliet, IL 60433
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

London

10 Grosvenor Court
Rayners Road
London SW15 2AX UK

Stay Connected

© Copyright 2023, HCS Technology Group. All Rights Reserved.