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Set the Computer Name

  • Slides (Keynote)
  • Video recording (YouTube)

  • TaskMaster: WebSite, YouTube
  • Taskmaster’s Best Tasks Ranked from Very Funny to Life-Changing

  • Change your computer’s name or local hostname on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
  • Restrictions – Apple Developer Documentation
  • Automatically Renaming Computers from a Google Sheet with Jamf Pro – MacBlog
  • Renaming Computers via Snipe-IT using Jamf Pro – MacBlog
  • Re: Rename Computer Using GSheet – Jamf Nation Community

  • Zero Configuration Networking (Zeroconf)
  • DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
  • Discovery – DNS-SD Browser (Mac App Store)

  • Automated MDM Enrolment and VMWare Fusion. – Travelling Tech Guy
  • Building a macOS Big Sur beta VM with VMware Fusion 12
  • A follow up on Big Sur VM building, and a tip for automated enrollment success

  • Check your device’s coverage
  • Apple Begins Transition to Randomized Serial Numbers With Purple iPhone 12 – MacRumors
  • Decode The Meaning Behind Your Apple Serial Number

  • Advanced Quoting in Shell Scripts – Scripting OS X
  • Launching Scripts #4: AppleScript from Shell Script – Scripting OS X

  • setComputerName.sh (GitHub gist)
  • swiftDialog

  • How Jamf Routines automates workflows – Jamf Blog
  • Jamf Routines Documentation

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