Just a quick roundup this week. Because of the US Thanksgiving week it is pretty quiet, and I am travelling. I will try writing up a newsletter over the next two weeks, but no promises.
I have put together a few deals. My own books are also on sale through Monday, Nov 27 (Cyber Monday)
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Black Friday Deals for Admins
- Twocanoes Software (WinClone, SD Clone, BootRunner
- VMware Fusion
- Ray Wenderlich: Hacking with Swift, Hacking with macOS Books
- Books Sale on Scripting OS X
On Scripting OS X
News and Opinion
- Redux: MacTech 2018 – Chad Calease
- Last Week on My Mac: Notarization, security and older macOS – Howard Oakley
- Apple’s Newest Macs Include Better Built-In Audio Devices – Paul Kafasis, Rogue Amoeba
- APFS in 2018 – Michael Tsai
MacAdmins on Twitter
- mikeymikey: “Sounds like some Quicktime codec support changes coming again.… ”
- Tim Hardwick: “I’ve been testing Folder Actions in macOS Mojave 10.14.1, and the results aren’t good. Apple needs to look at how new security approvals are implemented for workflows containing Apple Event scripts, because the reliability of automated actions has taken a dive.”
- William Smith: “Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac 10.2.4 beta introduces… SCRIPTING SUPPORT! See today’s announcement in #microsoft-rdc channel on #MacAdmins Slack for details and usage. Run ”Microsoft Remote http://Desktop.app/Content/macOS/Microsoft … Remote Desktop” –script help
- Greg Neagle: “Ralph Breaks the Internet opens today in the US and some other markets! Be sure to stay through the credits for mid-credits and post-credits scenes!”
Support and HowTos
- Build custom osquery tables using ATC – Fritz Ifert-Miller, Kolide
- Hardened Runtime and Sandboxing – Jeff Johnson
- What does the TCC Compatibility database do? – Howard Oakley
Scripting and Automation
- Create an iOS Shortcut to create a VM in ESXI – Travelling Tech Guy
- Generic App-Packaging Recipes for AutoPkg – Anthony Reimer
- Reverse sort lines in Vim – Today I Learned (via Tim Perfitt)
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
To Listen
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