For now this has been a quiet week. Since Apple announced another event next week, possibly a calm before the storm. After Apple announced iOS 14 with 24 hours notice, MacAdmins are understandably a bit nervous. Also, no new betas this week (so far).
On the other hand, after JNUC last week, we had MacSysAdmin this week. I have not been able to watch all presentations yet, but those that I have seen have been worth it and I am looking forward to the rest.
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News and Opinion
- Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon – Samuel Axon, Ars Technica
- Last Week on My Mac: Pretend it never happened – Howard Oakley
- MacSysAdmin 2020 – Ed Marczak
macOS 11 Big Sur and iOS 14
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Eliz: “Please don’t say just “Hello” in a chat #NoHello” (Read thread and links for background. I find myself doing that a lot, too, and have resvoled to do better.)
Bugs and Security
Support and HowTos
- How To Downgrade Safari 14 to 13 – Supported & Unsupported Options – Mr. Macintosh
- A sneaky peak at the new Jamf Self Service – Mod Titan
- MacSysAdmin 2020 update: This One Goes to 11 – Greg Neagle
- This One Goes to 11: macOS version comparisons and Munki – Greg Neagle
- VMware Fusion Player 12 is FREE! Test macOS, Linux or Windows 10 – Mr Macintosh
- Inside the file system: 3 APFS containers and volumes – Howard Oakley
- Managing and reporting unauthorized (admin) account creation – Frederick Abeloos
Scripting and Automation
- Environment Variables – Julia Evans
- Brackets Cheatsheet – Julia Evans
- Working with Swifty NSNotification – Alexis Bridoux
Updates and Releases
To Watch
To Listen
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