Happy Solstice, everyone!
Things are calming down after the WWDC storm. This week we got some more WWDC reactions, a major Firefox exploit with fix, and some more information on Catalina notarization.
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News and Opinion
- Less travel, yet more tech! – Frederick Abeloos
- Apple WWDC19 Recap: Enterprise-a-palooza – Aaron Freimark
- Last Week on My Mac: Making notarization as hard as possible – Howard Oakley (Follow-up)
- Swift & Objective-C 2019 – The state of Developer Ecosystem in 2019 Infographic – JetBrains
- Apple’s Product Strategy Is Changing – Neil Cybart
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Victor (groob): “Working on the next release of MicroMDM and added an important documentation section I felt was missing for too long. MicroMDM is not a product! Link”
Bugs and Security
- How Malware Persists on macOS – Phil Stokes
- Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1 — Mozilla
- Update your Firefox browser now – Sean Hollister, The Verge (via DrLogic)
- Rootpipe Reborn (Part 1) – Objective-See’s Blog (Part 2)
Support and HowTos
- Will my app/tool/extension run on Catalina? – Howard Oakley
- Jamf Pro and MS Azure Intune for macOS – Frederick Abeloos
- Mac Admin Resources Suggested at the 2019 MacDeployment Conference
- The fickle macOS Accessibility Permissions – Brett Terpstra
- What is SIP and when is it safe to turn it off? – Howard Oakley
- Application Compatibility Table — RoaringApps (updating with Catalina data)
- Template for macOS core application technical readiness – Mod Titan
- Using the personal recovery key to unlock/reset a user password on a FileVault-encrypted Mac – Alan Siu
- iOS 13: How to use a mouse with your iPad – Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac
Scripting and Automation
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- Microsoft To-Do (Mac App Store, iOS App Store)
- Jamf Pro 10.13.0
- Adobe Lightroom now available through Apple’s Mac App Store – Roman Loyola, Macworld
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