Tag Archives: AppleID

Disabling “Find My Mac” on retired equipment.

Posted on 01/31/2016 by William Stites

When hiring you always want to surround yourself with people smarter than you are and I have the pleasure of working with some incredibly talented people. We come up against problems everyday and even try to think of the things that might … Continue reading →

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Finally! An Apple ID for Students under 13.

Posted on 03/03/2014 by William Stites

After much debate, discussion and begging by schools Apple has created a program that will allow student under the age of 13 to create Apple IDs. This announcement was made along with a number of other improvements to the MDM … Continue reading →

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iPad Layered Model more manageable with iOS 6

Posted on 11/18/2012 by William Stites

With the release of  iOS 6 Apple no longer required the use of a password for the purchase of free apps from the App Store and more importantly for your institution, for the updating of apps. Why is this so important? In … Continue reading →

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COPPA and Verifiable Parental Consent

Posted on 05/22/2012 by William Stites

If you’ve spent anytime talking about an iPad deployment, AppleIDs, social media – particularly Facebook, how you can use Evernote (or many other web-based services) with students under the age of 13 you’ve more than likely been confused by COPPA. … Continue reading →

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Geeking out at the PSU MacAdmins Conference.

Posted on 05/06/2012 by William Stites

If you’re not pushing yourself you not growing.  Finding good opportunities and ways to push yourself professionally are often hard to come by, so when my colleague came back from the PSU MacAdmins conference last year and said “WOW” I … Continue reading →

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Considerations for deploying the AppleTV in your school or enterprise.

Posted on 04/12/2012 by William Stites

AppleTV is awesome! I’ve had one in my home for years and I am really excited about what you can do with these devices and particularly AirPlay. We are beginning to look at using the AppleTV in our school as … Continue reading →

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The AppleID in your 1:1 Program – COPPA

Posted on 12/12/2011 by William Stites

We have a great 1:1 program at my school. In grades 4-12 every student (and all faculty) have a 13″ Macbook Pro with a 500GB backup drive along with a suite of software we’ve installed for productivity, content creation and … Continue reading →

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