Another Update week. Apple rushed iOS 11.2 to pre-empt a(nother) weird date releated bug. Then later that week we got the other related updates for watchOS, tvOS and macOS (10.13.2).
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📰News and Opinion
- iOS 11 security isn’t a ‘horror story’, it’s a balancing act for your protection – Rene Ritchie, iMore
- Fleet Management at Scale – Google White Paper
- Rushed iOS 11.2 Update to Fix Date Crasher – Michael Tsai
- Twitter Thread on Apple Software Quality – Tom Bridge
- Android Oreo Review: An iOS User’s Review (Introduction) – BirchTree
- Month 13 is out of bounds – The Robservatory
- Guidance on Public Speaking – Ed Marczak
- The Best Thunderbolt 3 and 2 Docks – Wirecutter Reviews
🔨Support and HowTos
- Patrick McCarron on Twitter: “Xcode 9.2 has a experimental Swift concurrent build feature. Saved me 50% on build time. defaults write http://com.apple .dt.Xcode BuildSystemScheduleInherentlyParallelCommandsExclusively -bool YES”
- macOS High Sierra vs Server.app – DAM SAN
- Using sysadminctl on macOS – Charles Edge, Krypted
- When certificates don’t certify – Robin Laurén
- NetBoot and APFS – NFS all the things! – Sound Mac Guy
🍏Apple Support
- About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Update
- Download macOS High Sierra 10.13.2
- Download Security Update 2017–002 macOS Sierra
- Download Security Update 2017–005 (El Capitan)
- macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Combo Update
- About iOS 11 Updates (updated for 11.2)
- About watchOS 4 Updates (updated for 4.2)
- About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017–002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017–005 El Capitan
- About the security content of iOS 11.2
- About the security content of watchOS 4.2
- About the security content of tvOS 11.2
♻️Updates and Releases
- Transmit 5
- JSSImporter 1.0.0 (Hammer Pants)
- Amazon Prime Video for Apple TV
- macOS Support Essentials 10.13 by Arek Dryer, ships Feb 2018 – Amazon US UK DE
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