Another update week! macOS 10.13.3 and iOS 11.2.5 dropped along with the usual other updates. Security Updates for Sierra and El Capitan bring Meltdown fixes and (maybe) APFS support for Sierra.
The end of one beta cycle is the begin of the next. macOS 10.13.4 and iOS 11.3 started in beta. Apple seems so proud of this update that they put up an iOS 11.3 preview. Also an announcement that the macOS Server application will be severely reduced in functionality in a future release.
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📰News and Opinion
- Apple previews iOS 11.3
- A Week With The iMac Pro – Ben Goodstein, Amsys
- The End of Munki-in-a-Box – Tom Bridge, Cannonball
- iOS 11.3 Books app confirms Apple Books Store overhaul – Guilherme Rambo, 9to5Mac
- New MDM Features for iOS 11.3 & macOS 10.13.4 – SimpleMDM Blog
- macOS Server Changes Coming Soon To A Server Near You – Charles Edge, Krypted
🔨Support and HowTos
- Jamf Pro uninstaller policies with a little help from Munki – Graham Pugh
- Secure Token and FileVault on Apple File System – Rich Trouton
- The Right OS For The Right Mac – The Mac Admin
- Extension Attribute To Check For OSX/MaMi – Charles Edge
- Jamf Pro EA: Member of AD Group – The Mac Admin
- File types, the UTI, and even more metadata – The Eclectic Light Company
- Which EFI firmware should your Mac be using? – The Eclectic Light Company
- Spectre & Meltdown Vulnerabilities Summary – Jason Broccardo Updated for 10.13.3 release
- Automated CloudFront invalidation rules – Erik Gomez
- Early notes on deploying images to iMac Pro – Greg Neagle, Managing OS X
- What is in the Sierra Security Update 2018–001? – The Eclectic Light Company
🍏Apple Support
- macOS build numbers: (thanks to Elliot Jordan)
- 10.13.3: 17D47 (iMac Pro: 17D2047)
- 10.12.6: 16G1212
- 10.11.6: 15G19009
- Prepare for changes to macOS Server
- About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update
- About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, Security Update 2018–001 Sierra, and Security Update 2018–001 El Capitan
- macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update
- macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update for iMac Pro
- macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Combo Update
- Security Update 2018–001 (El Capitan)
- Security Update 2018–001 (Sierra)
- About macOS Server 5.5
- About iOS 11 Updates
- About the security content of iOS 11.2.5
- About watchOS 4 Updates
- About the security content of watchOS 4.2.2
- About the security content of tvOS 11.2.5
- About the security content of Safari 11.0.3
♻️Updates and Releases
- Louis D’hauwe: “After getting removed by Apple, my Terminal app for iOS is back in the App Store with a new name: OpenTerm 🚀”
- Ken Case: “yes, we’ll be open-sourcing our iOS & Mac JavaScript-based automation framework, OmniJS.”
- jlutil – an alternate, cross-platform format for representing property lists
- Munki 3.2 Release Candidate 2
- MacQuisition 2018 R1
🎧To Listen
- The Annual Tome of Goodness, with Arek Dreyer – Mac Admins Podcast
- The Mac App Store’s Problems – AppStories
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