I am traveling with just my iPad this week, so this is the first time that I am assembling the newsletter entirely on iOS. It has been an interesting challenge. I built a shortcut which copies a page from Safari in Markdown format, something that Byword on Mac does automatically on drag’n drop, but Byword on iOS does not.
If there are any errors or differences in this week’s newsletter because of that, please be tolerant. Since I am traveling and somewhat distracted, there may have been a post or news that I missed. Please tell me and I will add it next week! (Contact info at the end of the letter.)
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News and Opinion
- Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, and other iOS features coming to the Mac with 10.15
- What’s next? – Dr Drang
- Making the Grade: A look back at the LAUSD iPad hacking scandal – Bradley Chambers, 9to5Mac
- Red Hat replaces Oracle as OpenJDK 8, OpenJDK 11 steward – Darryl K. Taft, The Server Side
- MDM, MDS, OSS, and DEV at MDC in YYC – Anthony Reimer
- The end of Scientific Linux – Pat Riehecky, LWN.net (via Jason Broccardo
- There’s more to notarization than that – Howard Oakley
- The Mac is becoming more like iOS—and I think I like it – Jason Snell, Macworld
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Bertrand Pourcel: “Command-IT : la conférence pour les pros du monde Apple”
- William Lam: “Been getting asked about our progress with ESXi on new 2018 Apple Mac Mini Here’s quick summary …”
- Ben Toms: “Kernel extensions signed after April 7th, 2019 must be notarized in order to load on macOS 10.14.5.”
- Kitzy: “So @SlackHQ, an app specifically aimed for enterprise use, doesn’t support enterprise deployment.”
- Eric Holtam: “TIL about
wdutilandsudo wdutil infofor showing wireless info.”
Bugs and Security
- More Security Endpoint Tech Isn’t Always Better – Fahmida Y. Rashid, Decipher (via Pepijn Bruienne)
- Mac Adware, à la Python, Objective-See
Support and HowTos
- Java SE licensing, macOS, and AutoPkg – what now? – Graham R Pugh
- macOS Mojave App Notarization: A Quick Primer – Frank Yang, Aidan Mulrooney, and Rey Sparby, Fleetsmith Blog
- Controlling Multiple launchagents and launchdaemons concurrently – Charles Edge
- 10.14.4 will now sync your AD password to FileVault if forgotten – Mr Macintosh
- Updated List of macOS 10.14.5 – 10.15 Notarization Links – Mr Macintosh
- Google Forms preview gives “resource unavailable” error message – Alan Siu
Scripting and Automation
- Obtain a bearer token using curl – Charles Edge
- Transfer Text In And Out Of The iOS Simulator Using xcrun – Charles Edge
- Nick McSpadden: “There are now fully functioning Xcode autopkg recipes”
Apple Support
- Mobile Device Management Settings
- Apple Three-Prong AC Wall Plug Adapter Recall Program (via Howard Oakley)
Updates and Releases
- Twocanoes Repackage (via Tim Perfitt)
- Munki 3.6.2 Official Release
- New Features in MDS 1.7
- Reeder 4: Mac, iOS
Just for Fun
- Wifi Porter – Ten1Design (did not really know where to put this, but I love the idea)
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