You can tell from the various articles and support posts that release day is definitely getting closer.
iOS 10.13.1 beta 2 was release and it is questionable if we will see another beta of either iOS, iPadOS or macOS before release. Apple has loosened notarization requirements for macOS Catalina temporarily (until Jan 2020) to help developer handle the transition.
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Headlines
- Rich Trouton’s and Charles Edge’s “Apple Device Management: A Unified Theory of Managing Macs, iPads, iPhones, and AppleTVs” book is available for pre-order on Amazon US, UK, DE (Affiliate Links)
On Scripting OS X
News and Opinion
- Designing Dark Mode – Jon Friedman, Microsoft Design
- The (not so) hidden cost of sharing code between iOS and Android – Eyal Guthmann, Dropbox Tech Blog
- Like the Return of an Old Friend: NetNewsWire 5.0 –Tom Bridge
- On My Funny Ideas About What Beta Means – Brent Simmons
macOS Catalina and iOS 13
- Should you upgrade to Catalina early? – Howard Oakley
- iCloud Clusterfuck – Craig Hockenberry
- iCloud Drive Features Removed/Postponed – Michael Tsai
- Apple Updates Notarization Requirements – Tom Bridge
- Manipulating the System Policy Database with Configuration Profiles – Tom Bridge
- Notarization Requirements Relaxed – Michael Tsai
- What’s new in iOS 13.1 Beta 2 (17A5831c) – Mr. Macintosh
- Known issues with macOS 10.15 Catalina and Parallels Desktop for Mac – Parallels
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Mike Boylan:
“This is true. Age != skill (in both directions). Am fortunate that most people have treated me with respect.” (Thread) - Jason Fried: “When Google puts 4 paid ads ahead of the first organic result for your own brand name, you’re forced to pay up if you want to be found. It’s a shakedown. It’s ransom. But at least we can have fun with it. Search for Basecamp and you may see this attached ad.” (Image)
- Benedict Evans: “Hell just froze over. beta.music.apple.com”
- TimPerfitt: ‘Catalina “Restore from snapshot”’ (Image)
Bugs and Security
Support and HowTos
- Multiple AutoPkg Recipes or Just Override? – Anthony Reimer
- Change LoginWindow Behavior in macOS – Charles Edge
- How to Restore BridgeOS on a T2 Mac. How to put a Mac into DFU Mode – Mr Macintosh
- APFS, safe saves, inodes and the volfs file system – Howard Oakley
- Adobe Shared Device Licensing – the 90 minute sign-in reminder is dead! – Neil Martin
- Disable screenshots and screen recordings on macOS Mojave – Rich Trouton
Apple Support
- Screen Replacement Program for Aluminum Models of Apple Watch Series 2 and Series 3 – Apple Support
- Get Ready for macOS Catalina (via Mischa van der Bent)
- Get Ready for iOS 13 and iPadOS (via Mischa van der Bent)
- Notarizing Your Mac Software for macOS Catalina
- Prepare for smart card changes in macOS Catalina
Updates and Releases
- Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Release 4.8
- DropDMG 3.5.7
- Firefox 69.0 “For Enterprise system administrators that manage macOS computers, we begin shipping a Mozilla signed PKG installer to simplify your deployments.” (Pkg download here.)
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