In this time where days and dates seem to lose all meaning and context: we made it to May…
New beta releases for macOS 10.15.5 and iOS 13.5 (changed from the initial and weird 13.4.5). Oh, and Microsoft is re-branding Office 365 as Microsoft 365.
The Houston Apple Admins group are hosting a virtual meetup next week, 5 May 2020 from 12–1p.m Central time (19:00–20:00 Central European time). I’ve been told everyone is welcome. I have the honor of being among their list of speakers for short 5–10 minute ‘lightning presentations.’ (It’s like speed dating, but with MacAdmin topics.) See you virtually there!
Stay Safe, everyone!
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News and Opinion
- Microsoft Rebrands Office 365 to “Microsoft 365” – Adam Engst, TidBITS
- New Microsoft 365 offerings for small and medium-sized businesses – Microsoft
macOS Catalina 10.15 and iOS 13 Updates
- Mr. Macintosh: “Article Update! Apple has removed the “Restore from Snapshot” Feature from the macOS Catalina New Features Page. Having the ability to restore from a snapshot taken just before a macOS update was very useful. I hope this feature returns soon.”
Coronavirus and Remote Work
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Michael Starks: “You can resolve DNS over Twitter. Because, why not?”
- John C. Welch: “working on building a macOS version of Get-Computerinfo for powershell on the Mac. right now just working on building the script so I can get the data structures down. It’ll be a hashtable I think, that’s the simplest way to do key-value pairs.” (Thread, GitHub repo)
- Erik Gomez: “Nibbler (what powers UMAD and Nudge) now has a new home, and is python 2 and 3 compatible.”
Bugs and Security
- Analysis of Apple Unified Logs: Quarantine Edition (Entry 4) – It’s Login Week! — mac4n6.com
- Analysis of Apple Unified Logs: Quarantine Edition (Entry 5) – Login Inception!? Yes! – Local Logins! — mac4n6.com
- Analysis of Apple Unified Logs: Quarantine Edition (Entry 6) – Working From Home? Remote Logins — mac4n6.com
- Mac sandbox escape – Jeff Johnson
- Reflections on the Mac sandbox escape – Jeff Johnson
Support and HowTos
- All This Snappin’ is Making Me Twitch – Doin’ Mac Pkgs Rong
- Signing packages and configuration profiles with the built-in Jamf Pro Certificate Authority – Frederick Abeloos
- How to use iCloud Sharing for macOS and iOS – Richard Mallion, dataJAR
- Apple’s single sign-on extension for macOS – Richard Mallion, dataJAR
- Google has released an update to patch two critical security vulnerabilities in Chrome – Darren Wallace, dataJAR
- Have we all been charging our MacBooks wrong? – Daniel Piper, Creative Bloq
- Integrate and Configure Jamf Pro and Microsoft Intune for Conditional Access for macOS – HCS Technology Group
- Let’s Get Conditional: macOS, Intune, AAD and Jamf – MacBuddy
Scripting and Automation
- Managing Configuration Profiles between Jamf Pro instances using the Classic API – Graham R Pugh
- FixTetheredCaching – HCS Technology Group
- Google Chrome for Kiosks Posted to GitHub – Marriott Library, Apple ITS
- Impedimenta/Suitcase: “A flexible command line tool for instantly deploying user interfaces for simple commands and scripts.”
Apple Support
- Disconnect federation from a domain in Apple Business Manager (via Arek Dryer, as well as the next five links)
- Service access with Managed Apple IDs in Apple Business Manager
- View purchase history in Apple Business Manager
- Disconnect federation from a domain in Apple School Manager
- Service access with Managed Apple IDs in Apple School Manager
- View purchase history in Apple School Manager
Updates and Releases
- a-Shell: “A text-based user interface for a screen-based platform” (iOS)
- BlockBlock 1.0.2 (kextless, using Apple’s Endpoint Security framework)
- Jamf Pro 10.21.0
To Listen
- Corona Downtime — Command-Control-Power
- Dogcow or GTFO with Allister Banks – Mac Admins Podcast
- How do you secure cloud applications? – Apple @ Work Podcast, 9to5Mac
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