[Casper] Keeping Macs in a clean state

[Jeff Johnson]

The Apple Stores use DF on their in-store Macs. They all restore to a
given state upon reboot. To make changes, you must unfreeze (thaw) the
computer, then refreeze it again. 

The Apple techs I worked with liked DF. It worked as advertised.

HTH,

Jeff Johnson
Technology Coordinator
Glendale-River Hills School District
Glendale, WI 53209
jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us

Tom Welch <tom.welch at venturethree.com> on September 2, 2008 at 10:36 AM
-0500 wrote:
>Hi Jim
>
>There is some software called Deep Freeze Mac you'll find it on  
>google. Sorry I don't have a url to hand on the iPhone. I've not used  
>it myself but know a friend who does. To the best of my knoledge it  
>restores the mac to a given state when a user logs out. And I think  
>that's what your after.
>
>Failing that you might be able to use self healing from Casper but I  
>would think the CPU usage and network throughput would be huge  
>checking the whole mac.
>
>Last resort, have your macs boot to your restore image / neetboot at  
>night and get them to rebuild.
>
>Just a few thoughts.
>
>t.
>
>On 2 Sep 2008, at 16:18, "Jim Oring, Jr." <Jim.OringJr at schawk.com>  
>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I manage somewhere between 50 to 75 Macs. Is there a way to keep my
>> machines in a clean state with a script or some other form of
>> management?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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