Lot’s of helpful posts by many admins to help with the 10.13.4 update. Thanks to all who share their experiences and knowledge.
There were two big Apple related news items. First Bloomberg had an article which states that Apple is planning to use the their own chips in Macs starting in 2020 (only two years from now). In an odd juxtapostition we also got an update on the progress of the new Mac Prowhich Apple now says will ship in 2019. (I can think of a few ways how this could work out. Some are good and some are… worrying… I may post on this at a later time.)
James Thomson (developer of PCalc (iOS, Mac and AppleTV!) illustrates this wonderfully in this tweet.
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📰News and Opinion
- Apple teases ‘late spring’ launch of new Business Manager platform for enterprise users – Chance Miller, 9to5Mac
- Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service – Matthew Prince, Cloudflare Blog
- macOS 10.13.4: DisplayLink, Duet Display, and other Virtual Graphics Products Not Working – Bob Boerner, Plugable (was not sure whether to put this under ‘Bugs’)
2020 Macs
- Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel – Ian King, Mark Gurman, Bloomberg
- James Thomson: “Is it time to bring back this snail?… ”
- The Fifth Age Of Macintosh: What Happens If Apple Dumps Intel? – Andy Ihnatko
- Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel – Michael Tsai
Mac Pro
- Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows – Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch
- New Mac Pro Won’t Arrive Until 2019 – Michael Tsai
- Me on Twitter: “Apple hired a team of video professionals to understands their needs and workflows for a future product… …I wish Apple hired a team of Mac System Administrators…”
🔐Security
- Have I Been Pwned is Now Partnering With 1Password – Troy Hunt,
- Python Mac users on 10.12, upgrade to pip 9.0.3 (due to TLS deprecation)
- Ask The Expert: APFS Encryption – Julie Urban, BlackBag Technologies
🐞Bugs
- 11.3 GA Volume Purchased apps return the wrong bundle ID when install command is pushed
- 10.13.4 Installer can not be used to upgrade a 10.12.6 Virtual Machine
- Existing Kernel Extension policy not respected on update to 10.13
🔨Support and HowTos
- Lecture Your Sudoers – Charles Edge
- Inside iCloud Drive: Pushed updates, that syncing feeling – Howard Oakley
- Building Better Backups with Carbon Copy Cloner – Mike Bombich
- Jamf Freshdesk Plugin – Charles Edge
- Mixing Terminal with GUI apps – Howard Oakley
- Managing macOS Software Updates with the AirWatch Agent and Chef – Jeremy Baker
- Dabbling With Docker – Robin Laurén
- Modifying Safari’s Auto-Play Preferences – Zack McCauley
- Suppressing the Data & Privacy pop-up window on macOS High Sierra – Rich Trouton
macOS 10.13.4 posts:
- Erase All Contents And Settings – erase and reinstall macOS in situ – Graham Pugh (updated)
- Steve Troughton-Smith“Don’t forget that macOS 10.13.4 has a 64-bit-only mode”
- User-initiated computer enrollment now using MDM profile enrollment in Jamf Pro 10.3 – Rich Trouton
- Using QuickAdd-based user-initiated enrollment on macOS High Sierra with Jamf Pro 10.3 – Rich Trouton
- Updated notes on deploying images to iMac Pro – Greg Neagle
Charles Edge has continued his series of posts on how to replace macOS Server services:
- Export data from Open Directory for migrating users and groups
- Install the RADIUS Server on a Synology
- Export DNS Records from macOS Server
- Install Directory Services on a Synology
- Securing Squirrel with Let’s Encrypt on Synology DSM – Mike solin
🤖Scripting and Automation
- Making the Touch Bar finally useful – By abandoning crappy Apple guidelines – vas3k
- Erik Gomez: Script to package Xcode Simulators
- Script For User Self Enrolling In Jamf Pro Testing Group – Chris Collins
🍏Apple Support
♻️Updates and Releases
- Jamf Pro 10.4 Beta
- macOS Server 5.6 this update hides all services but Open Directory, Profile Manager and Xsan from the UI. When you upgrade an existing installation, active services will remain visible. You can (for now) add the deprecated services from the ‘View’ menu.
- William Smith: “MacAdmins waiting for Microsoft AutoUpdate 4.0 to release this month… Look instead for v3.18. It contains the msupdate command line tool. Just doesn’t have the new icon and version number. In Insider Slow this week.”
🎧To Listen
- I have been hugely enjoying Brain McCullough’s ‘Techmeme Ride Home’ podcast which gives you a 15–20 minute summary of tech related news for the day for your, well, ride home, or to work, depending on your time zone
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