Instructions in how to connect your devices to an Apple TV Updated: For iOS 16.x. and macOS 13.x. If you are on an older or newer OS version, the process may be different. Start Mirroring From Your iPad iPad 1. Swipe down from the top right corner of the screen to open the control center. 2. Tap the screen mirroring icon. 3. Select the Apple TV you want to use. You may need to enter a password. Stop Mirroring From Your iPhone or iPad Repeat steps 1 & 2 above. Tap "Stop Mirroring" Mirror Your Mac Display 1. Click the "control center" icon in the top right area of your menu bar, and then select "Screen Mirroring" 2. Click on the Apple TV you want to mirror to and enter a password if prompted. Stop Mirroring Your Mac Screen Repeat step 1 above. Click the Apple TV you selected in step 2 above to stop mirroring. The blue icon indicates this Apple TV is currently  mirroring. Clicking will de-select it and turn off mirroring.

On a Mac you can resize your image for posting on a website using Preview. Image size is important when working with a website. When using a Content Management System like Edline, you may have a size limit restriction. However, you should also consider your audience. Larger images take more time to download. If you want people to enjoy your site, it should work as fast as possible. This is especially important for people with slower Internet access like dial-up. Consider the image I used to prepare this article. It started out as 1.7 MB. Using Martindale's File Download Time Calculator, this translates to 3 minutes and 57 seconds to download the image on a 56K modem (i.e. dial-up). After resizing it, the image was 328 KB (five times smaller) which now has a download speed of 45 seconds on a 56K modem. In reality, 45 seconds is a long time to wait, but definitely better than four minutes. Resize the Image 1. Open the image in Preview. Control-click on the image and mouse over Open With, then select Preview. 2. In the File menu, select Duplicate to make a copy of the image. Resize this duplicate. 3. In the Tools menu, select Adjust Size... 4. In the dropdown next to Width and Height, change the size units from inches to pixels. 5. Make sure the lock next to Width and Height is locked, then change the largest value (either Width or Height) to 600 pixels. The other value will automatically change, since the Width and Height are locked together. If this image is only intended for your website, you can also change the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch. Anything higher will not provide value on a monitor, and the lower resolution will also decrease the size of the image. Click OK 6. In the File menu, select Save... 7. Change the name in Save As, so you don't overwrite your original image. Set the Quality to Best. Click Save. Upload this new, smaller image to your website.

Staff can use this procedure to enroll their MacBook Air and iMac manually into TTSD JAMF management system. 1. Go to JAMF Enrollment Portal using your preferred web browser. Link will open in new browser window/tab so you can refer back to this article.   2. Log in with your TTSD username (eg dengstrom) and password. 3. Click Enroll at the Assign to User screen   4. Click Continue when asks to install the CA certificate. 5. Please open the CA certificate that you just download AND approve it in System Preferences > Profiles 6. Go back to the enrollment website on your web browser and download the MDM profile this time. 7. Please open the MDM Profile that you just download AND approve it in System Preferences > Profiles If successful, you will see the Self Service application in your Applications folder.   9. You may also see a confirmation in the web browser. Close your web browser when done.

List of Apple's code names for all OS X (now "macOS") versions. OS Version Code Name Release Date Public Beta Kodiak September 13, 2000 10.0 Cheetah March 24, 2001 10.1 Puma September 25th, 2001 10.2 Jaguar August 23, 2002 10.3 Panther October 24, 2003 10.4 Tiger April 29, 2005 10.5 Leopard October 26, 2007 10.6 Snow Leopard August 28, 2009 10.7 Lion July 20, 2011 10.8 Mountain Lion July 25, 2012 10.9 Mavericks October 22, 2013 10.10 Yosemite October 16, 2014 10.11 El Capitan September 30, 2015 10.12 Sierra (1) September 20, 2016 10.13 High Sierra September 25, 2017 10.14 Mojave September 24, 2018 10.15 Catalina October 7, 2019 11 Big Sur November 17, 2020 12 Monterey October 25, 2021 13 Ventura October 24, 2022 14 Sonoma September 26, 2023 15 Sequoia September 16, 2024 1. First release to move from "OS X" name to "macOS," most likely to bring it in line with the iOS and tvOS naming convention.

Teacher's MacBook's that have the Big Sur OS have had trouble recognizing external DVD players. Here is a step by step guide to implementing this fix. Plug in the external DVD player and insert the DVD. Restart the MacBook with the external DVD player plugged in First you go to Disk Utility and run "First Aid" on the disk drive. Once that is completed download VLC player, be sure to click and drag the VLC icon onto the applications folder when the pop up box appears.  Once it is fully installed, do to system preferences, click the CD & DVD settings, check the box that puts a eject button at the top of the screen (This is a master eject button that will eject any disk no matter what.) Once that is completed click the "When you insert a DVD" pull down button and click "Open other application" and search for VLC in the pop up that appears. That will make VLC the default player. At this time the DVD symbol should appear on the desktop. Once it does open VLC player, click open disk and there should be a description of the DVD in the player, click that and the movie should start playing. This is far from a perfect or long term solution but it should work for now

We are deploying FileVault 2 data encryption to all staff Mac laptop computers.  What is the benefit of data encryption on staff computers? In a normal day, staff may download identifiable data on your Mac laptop. If that laptop get stolen, the downloaded data is available and accessible for whoever that has the computer. Data encryption will encode the information stored on your Mac, so that it can’t be read unless the login password is entered. Will this slow down my computer? The initial encryption process will take a couple of minutes.  The login process will be a little slower, maybe a 10-60 seconds slower for the data get decrypted. What does it look like during the first time that FileVault encryption run? Open Self Service > Search FileVault > Click Encrypt button  Staff will see a Management Action window pop up at the bottom right corner. If staff select Submit with the Start now option, the encryption is scheduled to run at logout/restart/shutdown. It will NOT restart staff computers automatically. Enter the password to add the user account so this user can unlock the FileVault encryption. If staff selects Cancel, this action will run again at the next logout/restart/shutdown. The next window will inform the user that FileVault is enabling on the system. Click OK or leave it.  That's it! At the next login to the account, the user will see a progress bar for about 10-60 seconds before the user account is logged in.

Starting April 2024, staff on macOS will receive reminder to update/upgrade their computers.  Why does this "Your device requires an update" window pop-up? Your macOS computer doesn't have the required macOS update. Can the staff close/quit the utility? The utility does NOT offer the quit/close option like a normal app. Staff has the option to change the Defer to an appropriate deadline in the future.  Defer options Staff will the the defer drop down after click the I understand button Later: the utility will run again at the next 0 or 30 min mark One Hour: delay the launch for 60 min.  One Day: delay the launch for 24 hours NOTE: When the Days Remaining to Update is 0, staff must run the update immediately. The "Your device requires an update" window take over the entire screen without option to quit The Hours Remaining to Update runs out. Staff must run the update immediately.  What does it look like when staff click Update Device? Staff will see this screen most of the time. Click Update Now and type in your password. If staff see the Upgrade Now, this means you are upgrade to a new version of the operating system. Run the AdminByRequest and then click Upgrade Now. Type in your password (twice). You are NOT done yet! Click Continue and follow the prompt to start installing the macOS Sonoma! AdminByRequest grants 10 min window but the upgrade will take longer than that! The admin privilege is needed once (or twice) at the beginning of the macOS upgrade only. After that, the user won't be prompted for additional login.