This week we learned that JNUC is also going virtual (20 Sep–1 Oct), as well as the dates for the virtual WWDC (starts 22 June). The good thing about having virtual conferences is that we all can go!
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Headlines
- Jamf Nation User Conference 2020
- Apple to host virtual Worldwide Developers Conference beginning June 22
On Scripting OS X
My five-minute presentation from the Texas Apple Admin Virtual Meeting this week. Thanks again for having me!
News and Opinion
- Managing Macs in the enterprise – Peter Wells, Macworld
- Update on Jamf Training courses and Training Passes – Jamf Blog
- MacKeeper 4.3 is notarized – Howard Oakley
- When Every App Crashes – Anil Dash
- Zoom Acquires Keybase – Zoom Blog (via Jason Snell)
macOS Catalina 10.15 and iOS 13 Updates
- Can I Upgrade or Downgrade macOS? Every Mac From 2006–2020 – Mr Macintosh (Amazingly useful data, thank you!)s
- List of Mac BoardID, Model Identifiers & Machine Models – Mr Macintosh (Updated)
Coronavirus and Remote Work
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Stephane Sudre: “Since I periodically need to explain how to extract packages from a distribution, I wrote a script. ”
- Analysis of Apple Unified Logs: Quarantine Edition (Entry 7) – Exploring USBMSC devices with –style — mac4n6.com
- Mr. Macintosh: “ New 10.15.4 Forked Full Installer Build for the new 2020 13” MacBook Pro! Catalina 10.15.4 (19E2269) – 8.75GB BridgeOS (17.16.14538)”
- Anthony Reimer: “TFW even the smallest little Pull Request you submitted to a favourite Open Source project is accepted.”
- Adam Anklewicz: “Just read the man page for tccutil and learned something new. Gonna share it if others don’t know.
tccutil reset <service> <bundleID>
tccutil reset Camera us.zoom.xos
User will be prompted to approve the camera use for Zoom again.”
Bugs and Security
- psychicpaper: iOS <13.5 sandbox escape/entitlement 0day – Siguza
- New Mac variant of Lazarus Dacls RAT distributed via Trojanized 2FA app – Malwarebytes Labs – Malwarebytes Labs
Support and HowTos
- Jamf Enrollment Customization – kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork:303 – Ben Toms
- Configuring MunkiReport Dashboards – Kevin M. Cox
- Using okta LDAP with Jamf – Mark Lamont
- Extension of Adobe’s student access to Creative Cloud from home devices – Darren Wallace, dataJAR
- Creating Blueprints and Provisioning Workflows with Apple Configurator 2 – HCS Technology Group
- Audiovisual Tips for Better Videoconferencing – HCS Technology Group
- App Playpen – Python GUI App to Help Secure Crappy Apps Posted to GitHub – Marriott Library – Apple ITS
Scripting and Automation
- Shell Junkies – MOTD and SSH banners – Bart Reardon
- sheagcraig/MacSesh: Tools for letting the macOS Keychain verify certs for python requests
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- Munki 4.1.4
- GitHub Codespaces (limited public beta)
To Listen
- Catalina Adoption with Eric Holtam – Mac Admins Podcast
- There’s Billable Work Hiding In that Closet — Command-Control-Power
- Mythbusting and understanding VPNs with JP Taggart – Lock and Code, MalwareBytes
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