We got the third group beta releases for the next updates this week. Can I just gripe for a moment that macOS 10.15.2 was released along side iOS 13.3 and watchOS 6.1.1, while 10.15.3 will (probably) be released along side iOS 13.3.1 and watchOS 6.1.2? Apple versioning makes no sense at all, any more.
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News and Opinion
- Last Week on My Mac: Things don’t always ‘just work’ – Howard Oakley
- Software Maker for Apple Devices Jamf Is Said to File for IPO – Bloomberg
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Tim Perfitt: “Reboot to recovery on next reboot:
sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused"Subsequent reboots go back to macOS.” - Roben Kleene: “Some of the built-in scripting language binaries (only the interactive ones?) now print a warning message about not being included by default in a future version of macOS. Just in case you were wondering how serious they are about this: They’re serious.”
- Jeff Johnson: “I’ve learned that Apple engineers have internal tools which allow them to delete macl xattr as well as to bypass other Catalina privacy and sandbox protections without rebooting and disabling SIP. Inside Apple they don’t suffer the same problems as external users and developers.”
Support and HowTos
- Secure Tokens part 2: Bootstrap Tokens – Frederick Abeloos
- Creating root-level directories and symbolic links on macOS Catalina – Rich Trouton
- List of Mac BoardIDs, Model Identifiers & Machine Models – Mr. Macintosh
- Microsoft Edge for macOS Management with Configuration Profiles – A. Orlebeke
Scripting and Automation
Updates and Releases
To Listen
- Episode 151: 2020 Security with Bart Busschots – Mac Admins Podcast
- 344: No Worries — Command-Control-Power
Just for Fun
- Jenny on Twitter: “No one asked for this. But here it is: every macOS wallpaper from Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah to macOS 10.15 Catalina combined.” (Follow link for image)
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