April 2005 Archive
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2005 Year 6 CSA Shelved (No link yet!)- (Thursday 28th April 2005)
At last some common sense has prevailed! The DET has announced that the 2005 Computer Skills Assessment test for Year 6 students will not happen. The future of the CSA is under a cloud after the announcement that the CSA would become a measurement tool that schools would be able to use voluntarily. No announcement has been made about the future of the Year 10 CSA - this is developed by the NSW Board of Studies.
NetRestore Problems with Mac OSX 10.3.9- (Wednesday 27th April 2005)
If you are using a FireWire HD to make disk images (or to restore stand-alone Macs), don't update the Boot partition to 10.3.9 until a NetRestore update is available.
Joh Quotes- (Tuesday 26th April 2005)
He may be gone, but his quotes live on....... "The greatest thing that could happen to the state and nation is when we get rid of all the media ... then we could live in peace and tranquillity and no one would know anything."
Australian War Memorial - Anzac Site- (Friday 22nd April 2005)
A useful reference site for many aspects of the ANZAC tradition. Discover how we observe ANZAC Day, and learn something of its history, tradition and its importance in the life of the nation. Includes related activites for school students.
Mac OS X 10.3.9 Server Update - LDAP temporarily unavailable- (Friday 22nd April 2005)
If you are upgrading your Mac OS X Server to 10.3.9, these Apple notes are worth a read! Also check these notes about other 10.3.9 update "fixes"....
* Updating Replica servers.
* Java client update.
Keychain Minder (Mac)- (Wednesday 20th April 2005)
If a network user's password is changed, without using their own Accounts pane, you will find that their Keychain password is not updated, and applications like Safari keep asking for their old password. Solve this by creating a new Keychain with Keychain Minder.
Mac OS X Software Updates- (Monday 18th April 2005)
A whole raft of updates, including OSX 10.3.9 ("improved reliability of user logins, mounting of home directories in a networked environment"), iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, and OS X Server ("improved AFP Service reliability and stability when multiple users connect .... and reliability during heavy load"). Use Apple's Software Update service for a quick and easy update of everything!
Broadband Survey Results- (Monday 11th April 2005)
The Whirlpool website surveyed over 13,000 broadband users about their ISP's performance. Telstra has criticised the results of the survey in which most of their respondents rated its BigPond service as 'awful' or 'poor'.
See also:
- Wazza's entry-level broadband comparison chart for March 2005;
- the Whirlpool Plan Search page;
- the ZDNet report on Telstra's comments about the survey.
Speed up FireFox- (Monday 11th April 2005)
The FireFox web browser is already very fast to load pages. But this little bit of configuration tweaking may make it even faster!
LoginWindow Manager (Mac)- (Friday 8th April 2005)
From the makers of NetRestore - manage your Login window, including the option to edit a message or disclaimer on the Login screen.
DET-Apple Rollout Tips- (Monday 4th April 2005)
Reports from schools deploying DET-imaged Apple rollouts in the Illawarra and South Coast Region have highlighted some configuration settings which may need adjusting to suit your school.
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