Things are settling down after WWDC and we are slowly cruising into the quieter summer weeks. (Northern hemisphere. Our southern hemisphere friends are in the deeps of winter. This week was solstice!)
We did get new betas for Xcode 13, iOS 15 and siblings yesterday. No Monterey beta 2 yet, but hopefully soon!
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News and Opinion
- Apple Tower Theatre opens Thursday in downtown Los Angeles – Apple (There are a handful of Apple Stores I want to visit. Apple has added two very recently. This one in Los Angeles and Via del Corso in Rome.)
macOS 12 Monterey and iOS 15
- Declarative MDM and Apple Configurator for iPhone set the foundation for the future of Apple device management – Apple @ Work, 9to5Mac
- The Return of the Firmware Password on M1 Macs in macOS Monterey – A.P. Orlebeke
- Shortcuts are coming to macOS – Howard Oakley
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Tim Perfitt: “I am far down the rabbit hole with USB-C, MFI,lighting and smart card readers. Let me explain.” (thread)
- William Smith: “Created a JSON Schema manifest for Microsoft OneDrive settings for Jamf Pro macOS Configuration Profiles.” (follow link to tweet for links)
- John C. Welch: “Starting to see a lot of talk about the AppleScript/JXA parts of shortcuts. People ask what I think, and I tell them: I think the parts of Shortcuts on macOS that are portable to i(Pad)OS will get a lot of attention and care. The AppleScript/JXA stuff?” (Thread)
Security and Privacy
- A specific network name can completely disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone – Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac
- How I Found A Vulnerability To Hack iCloud Accounts and How Apple Reacted To It – Laxman Muthiyah, The Zero Hack (Micheal Tsai has comments)
- M1 Macs GateKeeper bypass aka CVE-2021-30658 – WOJCIECH REGUŁA
- Complicated Active Directory setups are undermining security – Pieter Arntz, Malwarebytes Labs
Support and HowTos
- Raspberry Pi for Christmas – Mat X
- Backing up Self Service bookmarks for Jamf Pro 10.30.0 and later – Rich Trouton
- Jamf Unlock and Okta iDP – Frederick Abeloos
- Will changes to notarization make any difference? – Howard Oakley
Scripting and Automation
Updates and Releases
- Jamf Pro 10.30.1 Security Upgrade
- Unexpectedly 1.0 beta 2
- NetNewsWire 6.0 for iOS (Now with iCloud sync to the Mac!)
- macOSLAPS 2.0.0
- Kandji Liftoff
- Brave Search Now in Public Beta – Daring Fireball
- Download Full Installer – Scripting OS X
To Watch
To Listen
- Nerding Out With Some Tips And Tricks – Mac Admins Podcast
- 2021 Conference Post-Mortem – MacDevOpsYVR
- Interview With James Chiappetta, Security Expert From Better Appsec — Command-Control-Power
- VMware Workspace ONE streamlines macOS management in multi-platform organizations – Apple @ Work Podcast, 9to5Mac
Just for Fun
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