Somewhat quiet week on the Apple Admin side. I think 10.15.3 is now the point where many MacAdmins are busy rolling out Catalina, or at least seriously preparing for it.
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On Scripting OS X
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Erik Gomez: “5 hours later it’s dominating 9,000+ upgrades in a week, 3,000+ today alone (we deployed to 100% of the company today) ” (Follow link for diagrams)
Bugs and Security
- Guide for Apple IT: Threat Detection and Apple’s New EndpointSecurity Framework – Kandji Team
- Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report – Malwarebytes Labs
- Sleazy adware targets Mac users–and Apple steps up its game – Jason Snell, Six Colors
Support and HowTos
- How to exclude VCSA UI/CLI Installer from MacOS Catalina Security Gatekeeper? – William Lam, Virtually Ghetto
- Private Data in Unified Logging 10.15 – Bob Gendler
- Deploying Photo Mechanic 6 with Munki – Kevin M. Cox
- 10.15.3 Combo & Security Updates are not Creating Backup Snapshots – Mr Macintosh
- Bootstrap and ‘Lock primary account info’ – Frederick Abeloos
- 10.15.3 Update Erases /var/log Files – System, Custom & Vendor Logs – Mr Macintosh
Scripting and Automation
Updates and Releases
- appleloops 3.1.4
- Swift Playgrounds Now Available on Mac – Apple Developer
- Jamf Pro 10.19
- GitHub CLI is now in beta – The GitHub Blog
- Munki 4.1.0
To Listen
- It’s Always DNS – MacAdmins Podcast
- Dream On – Command Control Power
- Going Technical on Identity – Jamf After Dark
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