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2025

  • FilevaultLogin We wrote a app to unlock filevault at login so when you reboot it doesn’t stop at the FV …

  • We are attending JNUC 2025! If you are heading to the Jamf National Users Conference in Denver next week, we love to see you! We …

  • Some of our FAQs are about deploying license and settings configuration profiles in Jamf Pro. Here …

  • Learn more! twocanoes.com/products/…

  • Erase and Restore for Macs is our solution that is built for scale. This solution works for …

  • It is officially MacAdmins Conference Week! Don’t forget to stop by our table for a free …

  • DFU Blaster Pro 4.0 has just been released! Some new features include a history button, fixing the …

  • Join us at MacAdmins on Thursday, July 17th at 9am!! We will be presenting on how to Erase Macs at …

  • Only 3 weeks until MacAdmins 2025! Make sure to come watch our presentation on Erase and Restore …

  • DFU restores on Apple Silicon Macs provides a quick and easy way to restore the current or a prior …

  • Exciting things are coming!

  • Erasing and Installing Intel Mac Systems: Here are video steps and written instructions to install …

  • a new tool for iphone/ipad/apple silicon mac. put in the model id (like a3420) and find out if it is …

  • Introducing DFU Blaster Pro: DFU Blaster Pro makes it simple to put an Apple Silicon Mac into DFU …

  • Curious about owning your content? This is about my fight to keep ownership and control of what I …

  • Smart Card Utility for iPhone and iPad 4.4 update enables smart card authentication to supported …

  • In the macOS Recovery system, if the reinstall version is macOS 10.15 or earlier, installing macOS …

  • XCreds Launch Agent Information: Starting with XCreds version 5.3 the Launch Agent is included in …

  • What’s New In Automaton 2.2? Version 2.2 has the following new features and updates: Fixed …

  • Software Development is an Adventure… I released DFU Blaster Pro a few weeks ago, and many …

  • Winclone 10.4 Update: Winclone 10 is the complete solution for protecting your Boot Camp Windows …

  • Starting and Stopping Secure Remote Access: Secure Remote Access is a macOS application for …

  • Sequoia and iOS 18 Compatibility Status: macOS15 Sequoia Support (XCreds, Automaton, Smart Card …

  • Preload Applications on Apple Silicon Macs: Create an MDS Workflow to preload applications before …

  • Use an extension cable with the USB-C reader: Smart Card Utility USB-C readers can be used with most …

  • Capturing XCreds Logs: XCreds logs in 2 different locations & it’s often helpful to search …

  • Large-Scale Provisioning of Apple Silicon and Intel Macs: One of the challenges of updating a Mac …

  • MDS 6 Admin Guide MDS is a macOS application for running workflows to add required software and …

  • Smart Utility MacOS support for USB-C Readers: Starting with macOS 14 Sonoma there is an issue where …

  • 3rd Party Reader Quick Start twocanoes.com/knowledge…

  • Setting up ROPG for Password Verification in XCreds twocanoes.com/knowledge…

  • **XCreds Command Line Interface Guide ** XCreds provides a command line interface that can be used …

  • Processing Apple Silicon Mac To restore multiple Macs at one time, an Acroname Hub is used to connect to up to 5 systems at once. …

  • Mac Mini Setup The following instructions provide the initial setup for the admin computer that …

  • What’s New in MDS 6.0 twocanoes.com/knowledge…

  • Big news in Naperville, location of Twocanoes HQ: Naperville is now the 3rd largest city in …

  • Excited about PSU MacAdmins 2025! Twocanoes is once again going to ba a sponsor, provide wallet …

  • Secure Remote Access 2.0 Update twocanoes.com/knowledge…

  • DFU Blaster Pro Update 3.5 is now updated! …

  • Wiping and Restoring Intel Mac Systems To restore an Intel Mac system, follow the steps below. On the target Mac connect the device to …

  • Automaton 2's are back in stock! Automate your mac setup. #macadmins …

  • so many automaton circuit boards! https://twocanoes.com/products/mac/automaton/ #macadmins

  • automaton 2 back in production! circuit boards are in and cases are being printed! #macadmins

  • You can log in to your Mac with a tap of a card. Check out the support for RFID cards in XCreds 5.2. …

  • XCreds 5.2 is now released! See these amazing new features: Log in to your Mac with an RFID Card …

  • Deploying Twocanoes Licenses and Settings Configuration Profiles in Jamf Pro …

  • DFU Blaster 3.2 is now out! Fixed issue with DFU and AutoDFU for M3 and M4 Macs Added Automatically …

  • Configuring XCreds With Jamf Pro …

  • https://twocanoes.com/the-case-of-the-malformed-chain/

  • XCreds 5.2 is in beta! Top Features: 1. Command Line Interface 2. RFID Authentication 3. Local Admin …

  • The Case of the Malformed Chain Investigating an mTLS, Safari and Certificate Chain Issue on iOS and macOS Sometimes, a bug is …

  • Large-Scale Provisioning of Apple Silicon and Intel Macs …

  • Secure Remote Access has been released! Secure Remote Access proxies your smart card for smart card …

  • https://twocanoes.com/knowledge-base/setting-up-xcreds-with-auth0/

  • As it has been since the start, DFU Blaster is free for putting macos into DFU mode and for …

  • Adding a new feature to DFU Blaster to put an Apple Silicon Mac into recovery after DFU restore. So …

  • we are ramping up production on the automaton 2 and hope to have stock later this month! …

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2024

  • Owning It I started Twocanoes Software in 2012 to own the code I wrote so that I could build on what I created …

  • Setting up ROPG for Password Verification in XCreds By default, XCreds verifies that a user’s password has not changed by presenting the refresh …

  • Winclone 10.4 Update Version 10.4 build 50099 Winclone 10 is the complete solution for protecting your Boot Camp Windows …

  • Software Development is an Adventure I released DFU Blaster Pro a few weeks ago, and many key features were not planned upfront but …

  • Starting and Stopping Secure Remote Access Secure Remote Access is a macOS application for accessing remote Macs securely using PIV compatible …

  • Introducing DFU Blaster Pro Today, we are introducing a new product, DFU Blaster Pro. DFU Blaster Pro makes it simple to put an …

  • DFU Blaster Pro Getting ready to release DFU Blaster Pro tomorrow. First new product release in a while and excited …

  • PSSO Technical Deep Dive What is Platform Single Sign-On? Platform Single Sign-On (PSSO) is a component of macOS for …

  • New for PSSO in macOS Sequoia PSSO got some new things in Sequoia. New Policies FileVaultPolicy: How to cloud login at FileVault …

  • Resetting your Smart Card Reader Are you having issues with your Smart Card Utility app or the Wireless Mobile or Bluetooth Reader? …

  • How to Use Your RFID Tag: Set up your Twocanoes RFID tag The Twocanoes RFID has a unique identifier (UID) that is unique to …

  • Restore Apple Silicon Mac Using MDS Need to get back to factory default and completely wipe your machine (regardless of the state it is …

  • Shortcuts for MacAdmins Overview Video Setup On the Mac, go to System Settings General Sharing and change the hostname to …

  • Hot Tip: Tab Completion in Terminal Use tab completion and other tips to become a Terminal pro. You only have to know a few characters …

  • Smart Card Utility for Apple Vision Pro Overview To set up smart card authentication in visionOS with the Smart Card Utility Wireless Mobile …