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Now displaying: April, 2018
Apr 30, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Tom and Adam talk with Rajhans Samdani of Spoke, and learn how machine learning can be applied to your helpdesk and other support teams!

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace at Jamf, [@cedge318]
  • Adam Codega, IT Consultant [@adamcodega]

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LINKS & NOTES

Spoke

Machine Learning at AWS

Machine Learning at GCS

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Machine Learning in Python

ITKit

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, Christopher Collins, Martin Neumann, Patrick Gallagher, Reid Blondell, Bart Reardon, Damien Barrett, Rick Heil, and our first even patron, Joe Mielke. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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Apr 17, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Pepijn and Tom talk some more about macOS 10.13.4, iOS 11.3 and follow-up to last week, then some discussion about dealing with difficult people.

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LINKS & NOTES

UAMDM seems to not “take” if any assistive services are enabled:
Applescript around this feature

Devices falling out of management
Forbes
9to5Mac

Swagger docs

iPhone 8 Red

Mac Pro delayed to 2019

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet on April 18th at 11am Mountain time at the Marriott Library on the campus of the University of Utah.

Greater Philadelphia Apple Admins will meet at the Apple Store on Walnut Street on Thursday April 19th at 6pm.

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on the 19th at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union

Austin Apple Admins will meet on April 25, at 6:30pm at TruSource Labs in Tech Ridge in Austin.

MacDeployment Meetup will meet on April 25th at Calgary Public Building at 5th Floor, 205 8 Ave SE (Calgary Public Building)

MacAdmins PDX will meet at Adidas on Thursday April 26th at 6pm.

The Chicago Jamf Nation User Meetup will happen at 5pm on Thursday April 26th at Hireology on East Upper Wacker Drive. Friend of the Pod Joel Rennich is speaking.

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Apr 10, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Pepijn, Charles and Tom are here with a roundup of 10.13.4 and iOS 11.3, as well as some conversation about the state of some of the bugs, as well as the latest release of Server which isn’t as threadbare as we once thought.

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LINKS & NOTES

iOS 11.3 release notes

Bad Bug in iOS 11.3 #1

Bad Bug in iOS 11.3 #2

iOS Apps misinstalling agains

macOS 10.13.4 release notes

Preparation Guide

Security Guide: About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 (build 17E199), Security Update 2018-002 Sierra (build 16G1314), and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan (build 15G20015)

Der Flounder automated restart whatnot: New automated restart option added to macOS 10.13.4’s softwareupdate command line tool

User-initiated Computer Enrollment in Jamf Pro 10.3

Detect UAMDM Profiles

ServerServices appear gone at first. But you can do serveradmin start $service
Updated Server released, and updated technote

Apple Releases Service Migration Guide
Charles’ Migration guide

New iPad

Schoolwork app

News & Discussion:

Sarah Edwards found recurring issues with APFS passwords going into random(ish) system logs including os_log and install.log (?!)

 


https://www.mac4n6.com/blog/2018/4/1/ok-internet-lets-test-this-apfs-password-bug-properly

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

Austin Apple Admins will meet on April 25, at 6:30pm at TruSource Labs in Tech Ridge in Austin.

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