Happy Equinox, everyone! ☀️
This was the big week for the iOS family of Apple OSes (iOS, watchOS and tvOS) and hardware. While macOS HighSierra will not ship until next Tuesday (Sep 25) we already got a lot of new relevant information from the iOS release.
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#! On Scripting OS X
📰News and Opinion
- Fascinating story on the importance of automation and documentation: The greatest Sysadmin I never met. He is bailing me out months after he left. I wish to ramble on with his praises.
- SuperDuper and APFS – Michael Tsai
- SuperDuper blog on High Sierra and APFS
- Firmware Updates Changed in 2015 – Anthony Reimer
🔨Support and HowTos
- Deploying Firmware Updates During Imaging – Darren Wallace
- Workflow for doing an in-place macOS upgrade in Jamf Self Service
- How to install Microsoft PowerShell 6.0 on macOS – TechRepublic
- Setting up Secure Munki – macvfx
- Scripting the macOS Keychain – Partition IDs – Most Like Lee
- Use Startup Profiles In macOS – Charles Edge
- Permanently Disabling Timemachine – Ross Derewianko
- Publishing information to the Jamf Pro server using API calls and Python – Todd McDaniel, Marriot Library
🍏Apple Support
- Preparing your Fusion Drive Mac for the macOS High Sierra install
- If you can’t send an email with iOS 11 and an Outlook.com or Exchange mail account
- Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11
- About the security content of iOS 11
♻️Updates and Releases
macOS
- Munki 3.1 Official Release
- iTerm2 3.1.1: fixes critical security issue
- Suspicious Package 3.3
- FSMonitor 1.0.7 (Changelog)
- Apple Configurator 2.5
iOS
- Things 3.2: New iOS 11 features
- WorkingCopy 3.1.0: iOS 11 Git client with Files provider and Drag and Drop support
- Textastic Code Editor 6
- Prompt 2
- 1Password 6.9
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