Things are heating up for September release season. We got new betas for iOS and iPadOS 13.0 and macOS Catalina beta7. Surprisingly, there also is a beta for iOS 13.1, which includes some features shown at WWDC, which were removed from the 13.0 beta. While I generally approve of this flexibility, it makes testing confusing and more complex.
We also got a second supplemental update for 10.14.6, fixing some more bugs and security holes. The newest 10.14.6 has the build number 18G95. The silver lining in all this version chaos is, that we will likely not end Mojave on a forked hardware build.
Apple sent out the invitations to the iPhone event on September 10, 10am PDT (19:00 CEST). If previous years can be used as a guide, this could mean the iOS 13.0 release will be on September 13 or 20 and the macOS 10.15.0 Catalina release on September 20 or 27.
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On Scripting OS X
The “Moving to zsh” class on September 6 is now full. Looking forward to seeing you all there! If you missed to sign up for this class, the next “Scripting macOS” beginners’ class on October 30–31 will be updated for Catalina and contain plenty of zsh, as well.
News and Opinion
- Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection – Arvind Narayanan, Freedom to Tinker
- Backblaze Opens Its First European Data Center for Cloud Storage – Backblaze
- Improving Siri’s privacy protections – Apple
macOS 10.13 Catalina and iOS 13
- iOS & iPadOS 13.1 Beta Release Notes
- iOS & iPadOS 13 Beta 8 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
- macOS Catalina 10.15 Beta 7 Release Notes
- What’s New in macOS Catalina 10.15 Beta 7 (19A546d)
- MobileConfigs/Set-Office-Notifications.mobileconfig
- Preference Panes and Catalina – Paul Kim (via Michael Tsai)
- What’s New in Xcode 11 Beta 7 (11M392r) – Mr. Macintosh
Bugs and Security
- iOS Location Mapping with APOLLO – Part 2: Cellular and Wi-Fi Data (locationd) — Sarah Edwards
- The story behind CVE–2019–13013 – Objective Development
- Project Zero: A very deep dive into iOS Exploit chains found in the wild – Ian Beer, Project Zero
Support and HowTos
- System Extension internals – Scott Knight
- Caring for SSDs: TRIM, wear levelling and APFS – Howard Oakley
- Creating MunkiReport Modules Part 6 – Jon Crain
- macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update take 2 is now available (updated) – Howard Oakley
- macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update #2 (18G95) Released – Mr Macintosh
- Kickstarting and tearing down with launchctl – Howard Oakley (Note sure I would recommend using these, but it is good to know…)
- What is SAML? – Zach DeMeyer, JumpCloud
- Are you running macOS before Mojave 10.14.4? Do you use command tools? – Howard Oakley
- Preference settings: where to find them in Mojave – Howard Oakley
- Installing Old Versions of macOS – Michael Tsai
- Downloading an older version of macOS isn’t simple – Howard Oakley
- macOS System Status & Version Info – Mr. Macintosh (Updated)
- macOS Mojave Boot Volume Layout – Howard Oakley
- Installing the Jamf Software Server (JSS) onto Windows Server – Crib Sheet – Darren Wallace
Scripting and Automation
- Rename Computer using Scripting and Google Sheets – Adam M. Anklewicz
- Automating QGIS Deployment, Part II – Location Leverage – Rob Smithers
- Complete the Zero-Touch Puzzle: Prestage User Enrollments – Scott Reed, JumpCloud (PSUMac Video)
Apple Support
- About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update
- Download macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update
Updates and Releases
- GitUp 1.1
- What’s Coming in Winclone 8 – Twocanoes
- NetNewsWire 5.0
- VMworld 2019: Fusion and Workstation Announcements
To Listen
- Episode 135: Secure Every Thing with Dan Griggs – Mac Admins Podcast
- Jamf After Dark – The Jamf Solution Partner Program For ISVs
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