Just a brief summary this week as I am still travelling through beautiful NZ. Just as a warning: next week’s letter may also be short and late.
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News and Opinion
- Mojave’s App Store is disconcerting (and how to do dates in software) – Howard Oakley
- 9 Hidden iPhone Features That Make Your Life Easier – Jason Snell
- Canada’s Corel is acquiring virtualization specialist Parallels in an all-cash deal – Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch
- Apple Finally Lets Companies Self-B2B iOS Apps – Josh Wisenbaker
- “Alexa, play Bebe Rexha on Apple Music” – Amazon Blog
Bugs and Security
Support and HowTos
- In the beginning there was Sudo: macOS Terminal Skills – Neil Sperrings, Amsys
- Reset Printer Queue – DAM SAN
Scripting and Automation
- Backing up smart and static groups from Jamf Pro – Rich Trouton
- Set JAMF Pro Extension Attribute on Attachment – Sal Soghoian
- AppleScript and Keynote: Countdown Clock – Sal Soghoian
- Changing wallpaper on new users computer – Alex Usov
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- Munki 3.5 Release Candidate 2
- SubEthaEdit 5 now available free of charge in the App Store and as direct download. The complete source code with history going back 15 years is also available under the MIT License.
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