We got the expected new iPhones 12 this week, all four models, and a new HomePod mini. I am actually looking forward to a smaller iPhone 12 mini to replace my iPhone X.
In other (some would say good) news, macOS 11 Big Sur was not released this week, but we got beta 10 instead. There is an expectation for another Apple event introducing the first Apple Silicon based Macs in the upcoming weeks and that would be an obvious time to release Big Sur to everyone.
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News and Opinion
macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple Silicon, and iOS 14
- Mac Transition to Apple Silicon – Mr. Macintosh
- Apple on designing the A14 Bionic for the iPad Air and beyond – Chris Velazco, Engadget
- iOS and iPadOS 14: The MacStories Review – Federico Viticci, MacStories
- What’s New in macOS Big Sur 11 Beta 10 (20A5395g)? – Mr Macintosh
- Building a macOS Big Sur beta VM with VMware Fusion 12 – Mod Titan
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Taha Karim: “MacOS Ransomware in one tweet” (Thread, via Mat X)
- William Smith: “Tomorrow (October 13, 2020): Support for Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac — any version 16.16.x and lower— ends. No more software updates to fix: • Bugs • Compatibility problems • Security vulnerabilities – No macOS Big Sur support”
Bugs and Security
- Converting Unified Logs – A Great Disturbance In The Force – Sarah Edwards
- How does your Mac know when Apple revokes a developer certificate? – Howard Oakley
Support and HowTos
- Jamf Connect 2.0 and ADFS – Frederick Abeloos
- Jamf Connect with ADFS Federation and AllowCloudPasswordValidation – Frederick Abeloos
- Solving a Difficult Package – Tony Williams
- Faster way to download and install Xcode – Igor Kulman
- Managing Network Printers with Jamf Computer Policies and Self Service Policies – Caine Hörr, Jamf Nation
- How macOS schedules and dispatches background tasks using CTS 1 – Howard Oakley (Part 2, Part 3
Scripting and Automation
Updates and Releases
- LuLu 2.0 beta
- Jamf Pro 10.25
- BBEdit 13.5
- Announcing 9 New Profiles, Choose a Time for App & OS Updates, and More – Kandji Blog
To Watch
- Using a debugger with scripting languages on macOS – Tim Perfitt
- Jamf Nation User Conference 2020 – Session videos on YouTube
To Listen
- The MSP Toolchain with Ryan Grimes – Mac Admins Podcast
- Vote for DevOps – MacDevOpsYVR
- I love The Little Fish! – Command, Control, Power
- Ubiquiti Access, Protect, and more with Reilly Chase from HostiFi – Apple @ Work, 9to5Mac
- Journalism’s role in cybersecurity with Alfred Ng and Seth Rosenblatt – Lock and Code
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