Another busy week with lots of security related news, including an update to last week’s FaceTime problem. Also, Jamf acquires Zuludesk.
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Headlines
News and Opinion
- Last Week on My Mac: The secrecy of privacy – Howard Oakley
- ABI Stability and More – Jordan Rose, Swift.org
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Tim Perfitt: “Setting up a room full of dual boot macs with MacDeployStick fast at IETA. Arrived in room after 7:30 am and by 8 am this was the scene. macOS with windows 10, office, boot runner and more.”
- Paul Hudson: “A few people have asked if it’s too late for them to start my #100DaysOfSwift challenge. Definitely not! You can start whenever you want, as long as you’re able to stick at it consistently. Make today your day.”
- Kitzy: “Hard to believe it’s been over 3 years since we started MacAdmins.org, and how much the community has grown since then.”
- Tim Perfitt: “I finally got a call from the app review team about my macOS app.” (Thread)
Bugs and Security
- KeySteal – Stealing your keychain passwords on macOS Mojave – Linus Henze
- Researcher demos new macOS Keychain exploit, holds data from Apple in protest – Roger Fingas, AppleInsider
- Apple has pushed an update to MRT – Howard Oakley
- Some Popular iPhone Apps Secretly Record Your Screen for Analytics Purposes – Juli Clover, MacRumors
- Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code – Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch
- Google Warns Hackers Abused Apple iOS Bugs – Thomas Brewster, Forbes (via Patrick Wardle)
Support and HowTos
- Solving problems with Mojave’s privacy protection – Howard Oakley
- Not How, but Why: Microsoft Office 365 for Mac – Adam Codega
- Spurious “you don’t have permission to use the application” errors – Steve Yuroff
- Everything I Know (Now) About The 13-inch MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) Solid-State Drive Service Program – Tom Bridge
- Word 2016 in Windows printing embedded images zoomed in and cropped – Alan Siu
- Integrate Azure LDAP in Jamf Pro – Frederick Abeloos
- How big is that folder: what happened to APFS Fast Directory Sizing? – Howard Oakley
- How to manage Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac – Q&A – Bill Smith, Jamf Blog
- Munki: Help wanted!
- Taming Your Wi-Fi Gremlins – EdTechChris
- ScheduleOSUpdate: Hitting a Moving Target – Frank Yang, Fleetsmith
Scripting and Automation
- Scripting in Swift: Process deprecations – Howard Oakley
- Convert a SQL Dump to Excel – Charles Edge
- Going back to the Mac to finish the Six Colors Report Card – Jason Snell
- Obtain A List Of Devices or Apps In ZuluDesk Using Bash – Charles Edge
- Providing access to macOS software updates via Jamf Pro’s Self Service – Rich Trouton
- iPad Diaries: Using a Mac from iOS, Part 1 – Finder Folders, Siri Shortcuts, and App Windows with Keyboard Maestro – Federico Viticci, MacStories
- Quick Actions Series by Howard Oakley
Apple Support
- About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update
- Download macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update
- Use FaceTime on your Mac states “macOS Mojave 10.14.3 and the macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update” as the requirement for group FaceTime, with an interesting footnote: “macOS Mojave 10.14.3 build 18D109 includes the contents of the macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update”
- About the security content of iOS 12.1.4
- About the security content of Shortcuts 2.1.3 for iOS
Updates and Releases
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