Backed that this morning. I am excited.

What about Chromium OS?

@scottalanmiller said in Excessive white space on ML:

@momurda said in Excessive white space on ML:

Thats why I use the dark theme.

Darkly?

Well, the logo looks a little rough, but this Darkly theme is nice.... thanks for the suggestion.

Just an FYI at this point. You can select all notes in a Evernote Notebook, right click from the desktop client and it will dump all of the notes to an XML file. Looks like most note taking apps can read and import them. Makes switching easy.

@Veet said in Replacing Evernote?:

If you don't mind something browser-based (as a Chrome browser plugin/add-on) then try Google Keep (??)

I tried it, but I don't know what it is, it just isn't for me. I don't like the feel.

I just read that collaboration is coming in next version of iCould notes. With the fact that I am using a Macbook and iPhone for work, and where most of my note taking is happening, I think this may be my best bet. I like Turtl, but I don't think they are there yet, and it is kinda a killer with out having an iOS app. iCloud also has web access for my Chromebook. I think I am going to switch over to Apple, then all my junk will be in 1 place, and I can still say I am Microsoft free.

@BRRABill said in Replacing Evernote?:

What about OneNote?

Never used it, I am not a Microsoft fan, but it is looking like it may be a good alternative. I am also looking at Apple iCloud notes, but I wish I could share and collaborate with it. Does one note offer sharing?

@scottalanmiller said in Replacing Evernote?:

Turtl?

I like where they are going, but no iOS app is kind of a buzz kill at this point. I do more than half my note taking on my phone.

I have been using Evernote free for a few years now. I keep General notes, IT notes and how too's, recipes, etc on it. For the most part it is all text. Over the last couple years they have been getting more and more pushy about me switching to their paid version. I am fine living with the free version, then a month ago they cut me down to 2 devices. This kinda sucks, but I just cut down to my work laptop, and my phone. Last night, I logged in on my Chromebook, forgetting that I removed it. Evernote just converted my account to the most expensive plan, and offered the first month free. It is getting a little too pushy for my liking. So I am thinking about replacing it, but what is out there what do you guys use?

Here are my requirements:

• Preferably free
• Multi-Platform (Mac, iPhone, Web, Chromebook, Pebble would be nice)
• Secure and Trustworthy
• Can save mainly text notes and cross notebook search
• ability to share would be nice as well

Is it happening on every user, or just one user? Is it happening with Excel open on a blank sheet, or is there a specific sheet that is causing the crash? If it is a specific sheet, does it include VBA?

I can relate. I remember thinking @scottalanmiller was this untouchable IT rock star from the SW community. Then in 2011 when I went to my first Spiceworld, and Scott was there. I went up to him like a fan girl, and ended up hanging out and having a beer. It made me realize that the people I look up too on the online community for advice and guidance were just real people who were smart, but worked their tail off and focused on life long learning. It made me reevaluate myself and how I viewed my role in IT and start focusing on those same principals so I could be on that level. I am now triple the computer professional I was, and still learning. That being said, I still keep the old Niagara Business card as an IT collector's item.

I have used Mozy over the years and have been quite happy.

Cooksmarts.com

There have been a few posts around recently about what people are eating and cooking and recipes, so I wanted to share the service that our family uses. I used to work 8-5 while my wife worked afternoon/nights in television. I would come home from work and cook, and I got pretty good at it after 10 years or so. When we had our first child she became a stay at home, which meant she would be taking over cooking. She was an OK cook, but making a couple weekend meals isn't the same as cooking 6-7 nights a week for a family. Also, our biggest problem is we could never decide what we wanted, or what sounded good. We would also go buy groceries, and use less then half of each ingredient before it went bad.

Cooksmarts is a paid recipe service that is amazing. It is less than $10 bucks a month, and they put out 4 new recipes a week that are seasonal, with nutrition facts, from scratch cooking, and delicious. They also provide videos to learn how to prepare food. If you are busy, they have weekend prep that lets you prepare as much as you can before the week so on weeknights you throw everything together. Lastly they have ideas for how to use left overs and what can be frozen, etc.

The way it works is they send you 4 recipes a week, you select that week, or any archive week, and how many people will be eating each night. They show a groceries list and you check off what you already have in your kitchen. Then the site emails you a list by department what you need to get at the grocery store. The food is delicious, for example next week is International week so we are having Thai noodles with muscles, Mexican torta sandwiches, a French Nicoise salad, and Jamaican pork burgers with pineapple salsa.

I am not paid to endorse this company, I just absolutely love it. We have subscribed for about a year, eat better, lost a ton of weight, cut our grocery bill, my wife learned how to cook, and we no longer argue about what is for dinner, we just debate if we want the current week, or try something from the archives.

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said

What features are you looking for that Profile Manager can not do?

I haven't looked at Profile Manager.

I do not have access to an Apple products, and considering the small implementation I am currently looking at, just can't justify the cost.

Though, down the road, definitely a possibility.

Feature wise? I really wish there was some sort of "remote desktop" like product. So I could log in and take a look at stuff.

But that seems to be a limitation/security feature on Apple's end, not a failing of any of these products.

Basically, I am looking to send an iPad to a site, and have it be turned on, have them connect it to wifi, and only have it run a survey.

I've gotten the setup taken care of. It's awesome I don't need to set up a bunch of AppleIDs on these things. I signed up for VPP and it's been working great.

I can also lock the device to 1-app, but I haven't figured out how to lock that app down yet. I know you can use guided access, but I'm not sure the two things work together.

I am way at the beginning of this, so I'll post more as I find it out.

If you have any thoughts or want to share what you are doing, I'd be happy to hear it.

Yup, I have 65 devices exactly like this, sent out all over the country. I know exactly what you are going through. Your best bet is to just figure it out. You really need to be familiar with it before you send them to remote offices. You are going down the right road, just keep going. If you get stuck, or have any specific questions tag me or shoot me a message.

As far as what I am doing we developed an internal ad-hoc application for our users to preform tasks, and sign off. They then upload the results back to a database. We had to fight the political battle between people wanting to use the iPads for more than just our app, and locking them down enough that they would still work in a shared device environment. We have a Mac Pro that I setup the devices using Apple Configurator. That gets me wifi, and I add a policy that joins them to Profile Manager. Once there it is like Active Directory. I can assign users, groups, devices. I can lock security settings, add applications, control app updates, etc. Once they go out to the world, they communicate back to my server here. This computer also hosts a website that acts like a internal app store to host the installers for our in house apps. Nothing we work on is available in the Apple app store.

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@scottalanmiller said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

I have about 65 in service. I use Apple Configurator and Apple Server Profile Manager to control mine. Works like a charm, and $19.99 for server is a pretty good deal if you already have an Apple computer laying around.

Yeah, having no Apple around kind of prices that solution out for me.

Though maybe it is time to request a MacBoook!

You don't want a Macbook for this. The server has to be for the iPads to check in with. Get a Mac Mini.

Definitely a Mini.

Never really looked at the Minis. Interesting.

Surprising they don't offer SSD. Though looks like you can DIY.

Not that you need it, but yeah they do. The highest tier starts at $999 and comes with a 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 , up to 1 TB SSD and 8GB RAM. That being said, it is overkill. You would be more than fine using the $499 model, and whatever monitor you have laying around.

I have an old Mac around the house (like 2011 old) and threw a SSD in it, and the thing is blazing.

We continue to look at Meraki and a few others. We only have a handful of devices, and if it swells past 100, then that will be a good problem and we'll deal with it then.

I am also looking at SimpleMDM, who has been very good with support so far, which (to me) is something it appears Meraki is lacking. But for free, you can't complain. (Simple MDM is $2 per device per month.)

What features are you looking for that Profile Manager can not do?

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@scottalanmiller said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

I have about 65 in service. I use Apple Configurator and Apple Server Profile Manager to control mine. Works like a charm, and $19.99 for server is a pretty good deal if you already have an Apple computer laying around.

Yeah, having no Apple around kind of prices that solution out for me.

Though maybe it is time to request a MacBoook!

You don't want a Macbook for this. The server has to be for the iPads to check in with. Get a Mac Mini.

Definitely a Mini.

Never really looked at the Minis. Interesting.

Surprising they don't offer SSD. Though looks like you can DIY.

Not that you need it, but yeah they do. The highest tier starts at $999 and comes with a 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 , up to 1 TB SSD and 8GB RAM. That being said, it is overkill. You would be more than fine using the $499 model, and whatever monitor you have laying around.

@BRRABill said in iPad Management Platforms:

@s.hackleman said in iPad Management Platforms:

I have about 65 in service. I use Apple Configurator and Apple Server Profile Manager to control mine. Works like a charm, and $19.99 for server is a pretty good deal if you already have an Apple computer laying around.

Yeah, having no Apple around kind of prices that solution out for me.

Though maybe it is time to request a MacBoook!

You don't want a Macbook for this. The server has to be for the iPads to check in with. Get a Mac Mini.

I have about 65 in service. I use Apple Configurator and Apple Server Profile Manager to control mine. Works like a charm, and $19.99 for server is a pretty good deal if you already have an Apple computer laying around.

I'm just hoping you guys keep talking until I get it...

@thanksajdotcom said in Hard Reset iPhone 5c without iCloud password:

@s.hackleman said in Hard Reset iPhone 5c without iCloud password:

Worth a shot Link

There are always ways around this. I used to work for a company that bought old iPhones to resell them. It is just about finding the right work arounds for the given OS.

One of the links above was the same as that article. They said it didn't help. I should add I'm not the one following these tutorials. The people doing the work are not technical...

I figured I was close to the same, I just noticed that the article I posted specifically mentioned your iOS version. I will guess the "In this method, you have to toggle the “Find My iPhone” off and tap on “Delete iCloud Account” at the same time." part is what is getting them. At this point they can spend an evening hacking away trying to get this to work, or just go get a new phone. If it is a iPhone 5c, it had a pretty good run, time to upgrade.