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Oct 4, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Jack Madden of BrianMadden.com joins Charles, Marcus and Tom to talk about EMM, what Apple’s doing right and where they could improve, and how we should all be thinking about mobility in the enterprise.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Jack Madden, Executive Editor of BrianMadden.com at TechTarget

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

BrianMadden.com

Apple’s iOS Management Protocol needs to get better for BYOD

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacDMV Moreland’s Tavern, Washington DC 17 October 2018, 6pm Free
Seattle Apple Admins The Giddens School, Seattle 18 October 2018, 6pm Free

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Sep 27, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Kelly Guimont gives us a detailed look inside App Camp for Girls, and talks about all the challenges of running a multi-city camp for app development and the IT adventures it leads to.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

GUESTS:

  • Kelly Guimont, IT Coordinator and Founding Volunteer, App Camp For Girls [@verso]

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

App Camp For Girls

Koala Pad (not full of drop bears)

Jean McDonald

Git Tower

App Camp Interest form

Donate to App Camp

Kelly on the Incomparable

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Houston Apple Admins FlightAware September 27, 6:00 p.m. Central Free
Brisbane Apple Wranglers Fishburners September 27, 7:00 p.m. AEST Free

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Sep 18, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

No feature is more controversial amongst Mac Admins than the new Privacy Preferences Policy Control, and who better to unpack it with than Rich Trouton, who needs no introduction. Learn about this new system feature with us!

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

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LINKS & NOTES

Der Flounder: Creating Privacy Preferences Policy Control Profiles for macOS

Carl Ashley: Privacy Preferences Policy Con trol

Reauthorizing Automation in Mojave

Privacy Preferences Policy Control Payload

Breaking macOS Mojave Beta

Opening New Vistas in Security for Mac Users

WWDC Session 702

Working with Mojave’s Privacy Protection

How Mojave Gives Access to Protected Data

An introduction to Usability

Profile Creator

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Univ of Utah MacAdmins University of Utah, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT September 19, 11:00 a.m. Mountain Free
Seattle Apple Admins Accolade, Downtown Seattle September 20, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Free
Dallas Apple Admins Bottlerocket Studios September 20, 6:30 p.m. Central Free
London Apple Admins Capital One September 21, 6:30pm BST Free
MacDeployment Meetup Market Mall Apple Store, Calgary AB Canada September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain Free
Houston Apple Admins FlightAware September 27, 6:00 p.m. Central Free
Brisbane Apple Wranglers Fishburners September 27, 7:00 p.m. AEST Free

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Sep 13, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Kevin White joins the pod this week to talk about the state of Apple training, the state of Apple at large, and the best place to watch the sport of kings.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

GUESTS:

  • Kevin M. White, Author, Trainer and Consultant

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Kevin M. White Books at Amazon

Jamf Now Adds Packages and Custom Profiles

Addigy adds Authentication to DEP Enrollment

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups

| Event Name | Location | Dates | Cost |
|————|———-|——-|——|
| Toronto Apple Admins | Shopify Office, 80 Spadina Avenue Toronto, ON M5V 2J4 | September 13, 6:00 p.m. Eastern | Free |
| Seattle Apple Admins | Accolade, Downtown Seattle | September 20, 6:00 p.m. Eastern | Free |
London Apple Admins | Capital One | September 21, 6:30pm BST | Free |
| MacDeployment Meetup | Market Mall Apple Store, Calgary AB Canada | September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain | Free |
| Houston Apple Admins | FlightAware | September 27, 6:00 p.m. Central | Free |
| Brisbane Apple Wranglers | Fishburners | September 27, 7:00 p.m. AEST | Free |

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Sep 6, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

The inimitable Duncan McCracken joins the pod this week, talking about the bad old days before the Installer was well documented, and what it’s like to develop patch management in the age of 10.13. Charles admits he looks like a street fighter character.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Duncan McCracken, Apple Specialist / Developer / Solution Architect, Mondada

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Kinobi

Mondada

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups

| Event Name | Location | Dates | Cost |
|————|———-|——-|——|
| Toronto Apple Admins | Shopify Office, 80 Spadina Avenue Toronto, ON M5V 2J4 | September 13, 6:00 p.m. Eastern | Free |
London Apple Admins | Capital One | September 21, 6:30pm BST | Free |
| MacDeployment Meetup | Market Mall Apple Store, Calgary AB Canada | September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain | Free |
| Houston Apple Admins | FlightAware | September 27, 6:00 p.m. Central | Free |
| Brisbane Apple Wranglers | Fishburners | September 27, 7:00 p.m. AEST | Free |

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Aug 24, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Amanda Wuest and Chris Miller join us for a back-to-school focused episode, talking about the unique challenges of education IT and planning around the school calendar.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Amanda Wuest, Client Systems Administrator, Lower Merion School District
  • Chris Miller, Assistant Director of Technology Services, Eanes Innovative School District

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

All your InstallApplication are belong to us

Jesse Endahl at Black Hat

Apple releases archived developer documentation

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Melbourne Apple Admins Slack APAC HQ, Carlton August 29, 6:30pm Free
Austin Apple Admins The Home Depot Austin Technology Center August 29, 7pm CT Free
Atlanta Apple Admins Good Word Brewing & Public House in Duluth, GA August 30, 6:30 p.m. Eastern Free
MacDeployment Meetup Market Mall Apple Store, Calgary AB Canada September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain Free

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Aug 14, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Shea Craig joins Charles and Tom to talk about contributing to open source, building, then leaving, the JSS Importer project, and olympic weightlifting.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

GUESTS:

  • Shea Craig, Senior IT Systems Engineer at SAS [@shea_craig]

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

JSS Importer
JSS Helper
Yo
Spruce

macOS Command Line
bc command
Bash’s Birthday!

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
Objective by the Sea Wailea, HI November 3-4 Patreon-Backer
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Utah Apple Admins Marriott Library, University of Utah August 15th, 11am Mountain Free
Apple Admins of Seattle & The Great Northwest Nordstrom Studio N August 16th, 6pm Pacific Free
Greater Philadelphia Mac Admins Apple Store, Walnut Street August 23, 6 PM Eastern Free
Austin Apple Admins The Home Depot Austin Technology Center August 29, 7pm CT Free
Atlanta Apple Admins Good Word Brewing & Public House in Duluth, GA August 30, 6:30 p.m. Eastern Free
MacDeployment Meetup Market Mall Apple Store, Calgary AB Canada September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain Free

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Aug 6, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Marcus and Tom talk at length about the new MacBook Pro, the T2 chip, and special guest Michael Lynn tells us what it all means for the future for Apple Admins.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Michael Lynn, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@mikeymikey]

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Benchmarks after Performance Fix

Just how much is downloaded by the os when upgrading?

Performance fix for MacBook Pro 2018 (iMore)

GitHub topics

Secure Boot

I for one welcome our new Configurator overlords

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

Click through for a free 30-day trial of Spoke!

Click through for 10 users for free at Jumpcloud!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
       
       
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Macbrained SF Twitter HQ August 8th, 6pm Pacific Free
Utah Apple Admins Marriott Library, University of Utah August 15th, 11am Mountain Free
MacDeployment Meetup Market Mall Apple Store (To Be Confirmed), Calgary AB Canada September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain Free

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Aug 1, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Naveen Pitchandi and John Richard from VMware join the pod to talk about Workspace One, Munki, and what it’s like working with Open Source in the Commercial Realm.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

GUESTS:

  • Naveen Pitchandi, VMware Product Line Manager
  • John Richards, VMware Technical Product Manager

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

OKTA/VMware Partnership

Erik Gomez on Using Airwatch to Deploy Munki

VMware at MacDevopsYVR 2018

What All Mac Admins Need to Know About Modern Management & the Digital Workspace

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

Click through for a free 30-day trial of Spoke!

Click through for 10 users for free at Jumpcloud!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
       
       
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
       

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Jul 25, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Greg Keller, Chief Product Officer for JumpCloud joins Tom and Charles to talk about secureToken, JumpCloud and the search for the right solution to a difficult problem involving users.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

GUESTS:

  • Greg Keller, Chief Product Officer, JumpCloud

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Managing macOS Users with FileVault

MacDevOps YVR: Ruminations on tokens, both secure and otherwise

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Jumpcloud

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites
Event Name Location Dates Cost
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
       
       
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Toronto Ad Hoc Mac Admins The Oxley July 24th, 6pm Free
MacDevOps:YVR Meetup Steamworks Brewing July 25th at 4:30-6PM Free
MacDeployment Meetup 1013 17th Ave SW in Calgary July 25th at 6:30pm Free
Sydney Mac Admins Jamf — Sydney July 26th at 6pm Free
London Apple Admins Go Cardless July 26th at 6:30pm Free
Mac DMV Moreland’s Tavern, DC July 31st at 6pm Free

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Jul 19, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Ross Derewianko from Ping Identity joins the podcast to talk about identity management, being a Mac admin for developers, and how best to “pony” your coworkers.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

GUESTS:

  • Ross Derewianko, Systems Configuration Engineer, Ping Identity [@pingrd]

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

New Mac Malware Targets Cryptomining Users

Office Support for macOS Mojave

The App Store Turns 10

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
       
       
Meetups
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Greater Philly MacAdmins Saint Joseph’s University July 18th at 6pm Free
Utah Mac Admins Marriott Library at Univ of Utah July 18th at 11am MDT Free
Austin Apple Admins Pinballz July 19th at 7pm Free
Dallas Apple Admins Bottle Rocket Studios July 19th at 6:30pm Free
MacDeployment Meetup 1013 17th Ave SW in Calgary July 25th at 6:30pm Free
Sydney Mac Admins Jamf — Sydney July 26th at 6pm Free
London Apple Admins Go Cardless July 26th at 6:30pm Free

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Jul 9, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Peter Wells of the Sydney Morning Herald and Swinburne University joins the pod to talk about what it’s like to cover Apple and WWDC as a technical columnist as well as

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@ marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Peter Wells, Mac Sys Admin at Swinburne University and technology columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald [@peterwells]

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LINKS & NOTES

Peter’s Byline

2018 APNS Changes

Apple Session 302

Public Betas for Mojave and iOS12

Apple Keyboard service

We don’t need no HTML (MDM notes are now a PDF)

Schoolwork/Classwork app goes into production

VMware Fusion Tech Preview 2018

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Penn State University Mac Admins State College, PA July 10th-13th US$849
MacSysdamin Göteborg, Sweden October 2-5 US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, Minnesota October 23-25 US$799
MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA November 6-9 US$899
Meetups
Event Name Location Dates Cost
Dallas Apple Admins Bottle Rocket Studios July 19th at 6:30pm Free
MacDeployment Meetup 1013 17th Ave SW in Calgary July 25th at 6:30pm Free
London Apple Admins Go Cardless July 26th at 6:30pm Free

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Jun 29, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Bryson Tyrrell of Jamf joins us to talk about ODST, Amazon S3 and Lambda, the practices of good documentation, and what exactly a good birthday gift is!

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

GUESTS:

  • Bryson Tyrrell, Jamf Software

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LINKS & NOTES

ODST at Github
PatchServer at Github
Patch Starter Script
Boto3 Docs

Bryson’s Talk at MacADUK

Sphinx

Flask

MDM Features in macOS 10.14 and iOS 12

ABM is now a released product

 

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Conference Sites


Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th
MacSysdamin in Göteborg, Sweden, October 2-5, 2018
Jamf Nation User Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23-25, 2018
MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 6-9, 2018

Meetups

Houston Apple Admins will meet at Conservatory in Downtown Houston on June 27th at 6pm

MacDeployment Meetup will meet at 1013 17th Ave SW in Calgary on July 25th at 6:30pm

London Apple Admins will meet at Go Cardless on July 26th at 1830

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Jun 19, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Per Olofsson joins the pod to talk how he became a Mac admin at University Gothenburg, what exactly computational linguistics is, testing Mojave against the backdrop of labs, and DEP and Lab computing as a whole. Plus: video games, and that one time Per wrote an assembler.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

  • Per Olofsson, IT Infrastructure Specialist, University of Gothenburg [@magervalp]

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LINKS & NOTES

Per’s Github
AutoDMG
CreateUserPkg

Updated AD Account Migration Script from Rich

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Conference Sites


X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th
MacSysdamin in Göteborg, Sweden, October 2-5, 2018
Jamf Nation User Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23-25, 2018
MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 6-9, 2018

Meetups

Franken Macadmins will meet at Crazy Nate’s West Coast Mexican at Kirchenstrasse 38 in Nuremburg, Germany on June 20th at 630pm

Austin Apple Admins will meet at the Perry Castañeda Library on the campus of University of Texas on June 20th at 630pm

Greater Philadelphia Mac Admins will meet on June 21st at the Walnut Street Apple Store in Philadelphia.

Seattle Apple Admins will meet at Chef Software at 6pm on June 21st

Houston Apple Admins will meet at Conservatory in Downtown Houston on June 27th at 6pm

MacDeployment Meetup will meet at 1013 17th Ave SW in Calgary on July 25th at 6:30pm

London Apple Admins will meet at Go Cardless on July 26th at 1830

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Jun 9, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Live at Mac Dev Ops! Dana Campbell of Slack, Joel Rennich of Orchard & Grove, and Mat X of the Mac Dev Ops YVR conference join Tom Bridge and Diana Birsan to look at what we know so far about macOS Mojave.

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

  • Dana Campbell, Global IT Manager, Slack [@danajc]
  • Mat X, Mac Dev Ops YVR [@MacDevOpsYVR]
  • Joel Rennich, Chief Instigator at Orchard & Grove [@mactroll]

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LINKS & NOTES

WebKit’s new Tracking Prevention 2.0

Good running Google Doc here with Q&A onsite thanks to Sergio

WWDC Platform State of the Union

Your Apps and the Future of macOS Security

What’s new in Managing Apple Devices

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Conference Sites


X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th
MacSysdamin in Göteborg, Sweden, October 2-5, 2018
Jamf Nation User Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23-25, 2018
MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 6-9, 2018

Meetups

Austin Apple Admins will meet on June 20th at Perry–Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at 6:30pm

Look for a location announcement for the Apple Admins of Seattle meetup for Thursday, June 21. Ask in the #cascadia channel for more details.

MacDMV will meet next in July, Time and date TBD, ask @tbridge for more information.

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Jun 2, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

WWDC starts this week! Our roundtable is focused on Apple’s 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, and what Apple might be releasing for macOS, iOS and more.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
  • Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]

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LINKS & NOTES

WWDC 2018 Site

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Conference Sites


MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

#thenetherlands will meet at SAP office in Den Bosch (Netherlands) on June 8th, 2018 at 2pm

Austin Apple Admins will meet on June 20th at Perry–Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at 6:30pm

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May 30, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

It’s a roundtable episode of the Mac Admins Podcast, as Pepijn has some news to share, and the team talks about all manner of things. Join us for a very special episode of the Mac Admins Podcast

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LINKS & NOTES

Ephemeral Notifications remain in a DB that’s readable

And a new app to show you what’s there! New Utility: ‘AuRevoir’

IoT Systems can use insecure methods to receive your Wi-Fi

Armin Briegel has a new book on the Installer

25 years of BBEdit

10 million devices under Jamf Management

GDPR compliant version of Jamf Pro

DataJar Magentagate

Munki 3.3 release

Signing Munki for Greater Security

Chrome to change security visibility

Malware using MDM

The Greatest Line in Comedy

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Conference Sites


MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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May 23, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Mac Automation Pioneer & Powerhouse Sal Soghoian joins the pod to talk about everything from Otto the Automator Mascot, to how the Mac needs the command line to always exist.

YOUR HOSTS:

  • Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
  • Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
  • Diana Birsan, Security Awareness Program Manager, Shopify
  • Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]

GUESTS:

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LINKS & NOTES

Automator Actions Library for Jamf Pro

Komand

Omni Automation
Omni Automation Tutorial

Mac OS X Automation
Config Automation
iWork Automation

MacScripter Dot Net
Command-D Conference
2012 WWDC • Session 206 • Secure Automation Techniques (automation & sandboxing)

Script Debugger 7

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Conference Sites


MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
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Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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May 16, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Josh Wisenbaker from Orchard & Grove (makers of NoMAD and NoMAD Login) joins the pod to talk about engineering at the Login Window level, modern security, and more!

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

  • Josh Wisenbaker, Head of Engineering, Orchard & Grove [@macshome]

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LINKS & NOTES

NoMAD Pro

NoMAD Login

NoMAD at Gitlab
NoMAD Login AD at Gitlab

WebAuthn

OURSA

Oktane

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Conference Sites


MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet at the Marriott Library at University of Utah on May 16th at 11am Mountain time.

Macbrained Twin Cities will meet at Mono on May 16th at 5pm.

Macbrained DC will meet at Tequila & Tacos on May 16th at 6:30pm

Dallas Apple Admins will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on May 17th at 6:30pm

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on May 17th at a location to be determined. Contact ctdawe on the Slack for more information

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May 10, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Tom, Pepijn and Marcus talk with Fraser Speirs about the state of iOS in Education, ChromeOS, G-Suite and more!

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

  • Fraser Speirs, Head Teacher, Cedars School of Excellence [@fraserspeirs]

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LINKS & NOTES

Accidental Education Podcast

iPad Still Excels

40% C300 failure rate:

Acer Chromebook Tab 10

Diffusion of Innovations

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Conference Sites


MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
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 at the Marriott Library at University of Utah on May 16th at 11am Mountain time.

Macbrained Twin Cities will meet at Mono on May 16th at 5pm.

Macbrained DC will meet at Tequila & Tacos on May 16th at 6:30pm

Dallas Apple Admins will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on May 17th at 6:30pm

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on May 17th at a location to be determined. Contact ctdawe on the Slack for more information

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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]

GUESTS:

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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

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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.

YOUR HOSTS:

LISTEN!

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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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.

YOUR HOSTS:

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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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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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Mar 24, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Thomas Reed from Malwarebytes comes back on the pod to talk about Graykey, a tool advertised to law enforcement to unlock any iOS Device. We talk about the ethics of a tool like this, how it might work, and what the future of iOS Security is around a device like the Graykey.

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

  • Thomas Reed, Director of Mac and Mobile, Malwarebytes [@thomasareed]

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LINKS & NOTES

GrayKey iPhone Unlocker Poses Serious Security Concerns – Malwarebytes Blog

AFCClient on Github

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Conference Sites


Brainstorm Wisconsin March 4-6, 2018
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

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

MacDMV will meet at 8281 Greensboro on March 28th at 6:30pm.

Macbrained SF will meet at March 28th at Spoke at 6pm.

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

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Mar 20, 2018

SYNOPSIS:

Gretchen, Joshua and Rusty from the Penn State University Mac Admins Conference join the pod to talk about the upcoming PSUMA 2018 Conference! The hosts talk about news and events afterward.

YOUR HOSTS:

GUESTS:

The Penn State MacAdmins Organizing Committee

  • Gretchen Kuwahara, Member of the conference team, [@osuterrycat]
  • Joshua Miller, Member of the conference team [@joshuadmiller_]
  • Rusty Myers, Member of the conference team [@thespider]

LISTEN!

LINKS & NOTES

Conference website
Proposal submissions
Youtube channel

#psumac-mentors on Slack

Calendar 2 cryptominer in the App Store

Fun story from Panic

Odd NTP Bug with 10.12

SAMBA is also sub-good:
CVE1
CVE2

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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 at University of Utah’s Marriott Library at 11am on March 21st.

Houston Apple Admins will also meet on the 21st at Conservatory in Downtown Houston at 6pm. Check the #houston channel in Slack for more information.

Dallas Apple Admin will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on March 22nd at 6:30pm

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

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

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