As we are getting closer and closer to the iOS 12 and Mojave release, more information is being released and discovered.
Mojave will disable Find-My-Mac, so the application Screens from Edovia has been “reverse Sherlocked!”
Scripting will become much harder for MacAdmins with the new privacy controls in Mojave.
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News and Opinion
macOS Mojave
- Goodbye, Back to My Mac – Edovia Blog
- Mojave’s privacy protection and command tools: a collision in which the user is the loser – Howard Oakley
- Apple Events Usage Description – Indie Stack
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Thomas Reed: “There appears to be an issue in macOS where removing the ‘restricted’ flag from /Library/StagedExtensions/ causes installation of kernel extensions to always fail.”
- Guillaume: “If you’re part of a IT or security team managing Mac, make sure you watch at least one of these talks before every Mac out there has a T2 Chip! https://t.co/1MGo5zqPk1 by @gregneagle And https://t.co/kIdpnP5xwh by @grahamgilbert”
- Laurent Guigo:
“after .local now .dev extension not enable for localhost develop built in server (no ssl)”
Bugs and Security
- Google data collection research – Digital Content Next (via John Gruber)
- CVE–2018–8412: MS Office 2016 for Mac Privilege Escalation via a Legacy Package
Support and HowTos
- Redacting a PDF using Adobe Acrobat – Howard Oakley
- Defaults Non-obvious Locations – Zachary Cutlip
- Raspberry Pi as a Web Server – Ed Tobias, Podfeet Podcasts
- Resolving INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Error after restoring Winclone image – Tim Perfitt, Twocanoes Software
- Disable SIP quickly – Tim Perfitt, Twocanoes Software
- Waiting for FileVault encryption to finish to install macOS updates – Alan Siu
- Deploying Boot Camp Using WinPE and MDT – Tim Perfitt, Twocanoes Software
- Apple changes SMC reset on T2 Macs, and updates NVRAM reset info – Howard Oakley
- looto: Look Up What’s Dependent On A Binary – Charles Edge
- Using directory membership to manage Apple Remote Desktop permissions – Rich Trouton
- Upgrade your macOS to access new Office 365 for Mac features – Office Support (via Erik Schwiebert)
- Booting the Mac: the kernel and extensions – Howard Oakley
Scripting and Automation
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- FastScripts 2.7: macOS Mojave 10.14 Compatibility
- wifi display – simple network awareness
- Jamf Pro 10.6.2
- 1dustindavis/gorilla: Munki-like Application Management for Windows
- Jamf Now adds custom iOS app and macOS package deployment in Jamf Now Plus plan – Jamf Blog
To Watch
Just for Fun
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