As part of the prep for the new MacBook Air (M2), we have been testing a few of the new laptops. Our “standard” device is a MacBook Air M1 with 16GB/512GB. This works for a vast majority of our Marketing, Sales, and Operations people. I received a MacBook Air M2…

Following completing the JAMF 200 and 300 courses, I have been focusing on building a solution that allows a laptop to come out of a box and begin the enrollment process (if purchased through Apple and School Manager). This JAMF PreStage process has been in place for a long time…

Nobody is perfect. No company is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. All true, but how can people (even the person not “in charge”) make things better? Over the years I have been fortunate to work for a number of companies that have given me opportunities to explore who I was, learn…

The 14" MacBook Pro is a beauty! I got one about a week ago due to Apple’s current return policy. I have been using a 13" M1 MacBook Pro for a while now and it is working really well BUT there are a few short-comings that have led me to…

I have been supporting clients for a number of years. When I say “clients”, I generally mean end-users within an organization. Often the organization is education — I think frequently that clients are staff, faculty, students, and as of late more families and parents. Years ago I was able to…

Over the last couple of years, I have been thinking about ways to develop more coding skills and put them to practical use. If I can build something, I know I’m understanding it. A couple of years ago I started looking at documents or data that I was putting together…

This summer we did something I did not expect to have to do. We BOUGHT another car. After having two cars (one has been a hybrid for the last couple of years — Prius, BMW i3 and then finally breaking fully into the EV space with the Tesla Y), I…

I started a new role in the spring of this year. I have been working in education for more than a decade and love the environment. I have been trying to learn the role and look for ways I can improve my understanding and various processes. One task I was…

As we enter into the fall of 2021 and look forward to the 2021–22 school year, I have been looking at ways to prepare devices and deploy them to our students. Due to the fact we are hoping beyond hope this school year will allow in-person teaching and learning, we…