Tools and scripts for corporate Mac fleets

A Google administrator, Clay Caviness, who works with the search giant's internal "Macintosh Operations" team, has announced that the company will be releasing a range of tools that it uses to manage its Mac machines. The company has added a "macops" page on its project hosting site, where the utilities and scripts will be posted in the future.

Current tools include an application usage module for the Python utility crankd, along with a facter script for database management.

Google staff early last year reported that the company was moving away from using Windows machines, due to security threats. Most of the staff are said to be required to use Macs or, to a lesser extent, Linux-based computers.

"Over time we'll be releasing other items," Caviness said in a Google+ post. "We hope this helps other Macintosh administrators!"

By Electronista Staff