If you’re responsible for the configuration of tens, if not hundreds, of brand-new Macs then you’ll probably know how time consuming it can be to get them all set up. The process of setting up a user account, installing any required software and applying all of the available updates on each and every Mac before handing them to users can be both laborious and horribly inefficient.

Mac Administration Basics brings together six of our previously published guides for easy reference, incredibly useful when wanting to deploy, troubleshoot or configure Macs at home or in the workplace.

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Contents

A Closer Look at System Information
Reset a User Account's Password with an Apple ID
High-Speed Data Transfers with Thunderbolt
Build & Deploy OS X Images with AutoDMG
How to Re-Run the OS X Setup Assistant
Encrypt an External Disk or USB Stick with a Password