Apple has announced an event for next week. Of course, we don’t know what Apple is going to introduce then, but the fifth beta for macOS 12.3 that we got this week, may be the last. How is your testing going? Have youound all the uses of the Python 2 yet?
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News and Opinion
- Apple Event: March 8, 10am PST
- Happy Birthday to us – Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi
- How Apple should help Ukraine by fulfilling its promises – Howard Oakley
MacAdmins on Twitter
- cdros: “A pattern I’ve seen in many places. Companies hire adults, thrust technology at them, provide little training, and distrust the actions of employees.” (Thread)
- Asia Orangio: “I’m seeing a lot of people who are surprised to learn their favorite software has been built and/or marketed by a Ukrainian team. Here’s a running list of them (plus how you can help Ukraine fight back)” (Thread)
Security and Privacy
- Is Grammarly a Keylogger? What Can You Do About It? – Jason Meller, Kolide
- Find You: Building a stealth AirTag clone – Fabian Bräunlein, Positive Security
- Give Me Some (macOS) Context…. – Cedric Owens
- The Conti ransomware leaks – Malwarebytes Labs
- macOS Red Teaming: Get Active Directory credentials from NoMAD – Wojciech Reguła
- Keeping your Apple devices safe from phishing threats – Jamf Blog
Support and HowTos
- Apple Removing Python 2.7: What Admins Need to Know and Do – Kandji Blog
- ProfileCreator Manifests Now Available for Jamf – Elliot Jordan, Jamf Blog
- Fully Automated Lab iMac Deployment with Jamf Pro & ADE, Part 5: User Ready – Gray
- Use Jamf Self Service to Enable TouchID for sudo – Mostly Mac
- iCloud Private Relay: information for Cloudflare customers – Rustam Lalkaka, Cloudflare Blog
- How Monterey checks apps and executable code – Howard Oakley
- Top (Mostly) Free and Awesome Tools for IT Admins – Pam Lefkowitz, JumpCloud
Scripting and Automation
- Output the Date and Time in AutoPkg Recipes – Matthew Warren
- How to reinstall the Jamf Framework through the API – Thijs Xhaflaire, Jamf Blog
Updates and Releases
- osquery 5.2.2 (Apple silicon native)
- Nudge 1.1.6.81324 (Pre-release) (testers needed)
- dockutil 3.0.0
- Carbon Copy Cloner 6.1
To Listen
- John Hutchison on Octory – Mac Admins Podcast
- The Case Of The Weeping Wall Wart – Command-Control-Power
- How is Apple Silicon being perceived in the enterprise? – Apple@Work, 9to5Mac
- All About Scripting with Armin Briegel – Jamf After Dark
- How Crisis Text Line crossed the line in the public’s mind: Lock and Code S03E05 | Malwarebytes Labs
- Hackindockertosh – MacDevOpsYVR
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