It seems like the year has not even properly started yet, but Apple already released the macOS 12.2 and iOS 15.3 release candidate. So a likely release next week. Are you ready?
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News and Opinion
- ‘G Suite legacy free edition users’ have to pay for Workspace – Abner Li, 9to5Google
- Rebuttal: It’s Time to Get Rid of the IT Department – Pam Lefkowitz and Tom Bridge, JumpCloud
macOS and iOS Updates
MacAdmins on Twitter
- Mr. Macintosh: “1/23/22 will mark 90 days since Monterey was released. If you have an 90 day MDM deferral profile deployed, Monterey will start showing up as an available upgrade On 1/14/22 Apple added “macOS Installer Notification” to the software update catalog.” (Thread)
Support and HowTos
- Snowflake Osquery Fleet Magic – t-lark
- Jamf Pro server installer for macOS retirement planned for March 2022 – Rich Trouton
- Guide for Apple IT: Managing FileVault – Kandji Blog
- Did someone forget their password? Getting access to a locked Mac – Howard Oakley
- Erase all Content and Settings: Control the menu item when you need it – Mat Griffin
- Becoming a Better Writer in Tech – Gergely Orosz, The Pragmatic Engineer (via John C. Welch: Thread)
- Why doesn’t Apple formally support old macOS? – Howard Oakley
- Memory Lane: Grokking memory problems in Activity Monitor – Howard Oakley
- Guide for Apple IT: Managed Apple IDs – Kandji Blog
Scripting and Automation
- zsh Shell History – CLI Notes
- zsh Tip: run-help is extremely helpful – CLI Notes
- Things AppleScript does better – John C. Welch
- Portable PowerShell In an Application Bundle – John C. Welch
- Temporary Mac Admin account Management, Jamf Connect Workflow – Sean Rabitt, Jamf Blog
Updates and Releases
To Watch
- Deploy iOS 15 in your organization – Tech Talks, Apple Developer
- Prepare your Organization for macOS Monterey
To Listen
- A Day In The Life Of A MacAdmin – Mac Admins Podcast
- Interview With Jason Dettbarn – Command-Control-Power
- Why we don’t patch, with Jess Dodson: Lock and Code, Malwarebytes Labs
- One service level at a time – SRE Book Club Part 2 – MacDevOpsYVR
Just for Fun
- Making Waves — Basic Apple Guy
- What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified? – Terry Lambert, Quora
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