Scheduling my vacation right before WWDC resulted in a big summary. Lots of interesting links that should keep you distracted until the keynote on Monday.
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News and Opinion
- Apple introduces new professional training to support growing IT workforce
- Apple’s New Training & Exams (and, Announcing the Mac Admins Foundation) — MacAdmins.org
- Rediscovering the Mac: An iPad User’s Journey into macOS with the M1 Max MacBook Pro – Federico Viticci, MacStories
macOS and iOS Updates
Social Media
- Rosyna Keller: “When creating a zip file for submission to the notarization service, make sure to use the ditto command line tool, the Finder, or Archive Utility to create the zip file. The zip command line tool is unfriendly to macOS metadata (especially detached code signatures).”
Security and Privacy
- UpdateAgent malware adapts again – Jamf Threat Labs
- From The DPRK With Love – Patrick Wardle
- The case for human IT security – Robin Laurén, dataJAR
- WIGHT: Wired Ghost Touch Attack on Capacitive Touchscreens
Support and HowTos
- fdesetup – Adam Anklewicz
- APIs and Device Management: A Guide for Apple IT – Kandji Blog
- Downloading BeyondTrust Remote Support via API for Fun and Profit – Richard Purves
- Misadventures in BYOD – Stephen Short
- Testing “sideways” Jamf Pro enrollments with Tart – Dan K. Snelson
- The Choke of Invisibility – Brad Chapman
- On the topic of deploying a multitude of system agents – Bart Reardon
- Safari 15.5 embedded content slow to load – Rich Trouton
- On rebooting: the unreasonable effectiveness of turning computers off and on again – Keunwoo Lee
- Apple MDM vs. Android MDM: What’s the difference? – SimpleMDM
- How to Deploy Cisco AnyConnect with Jamf Pro – HCS Technology Group
- How to Auto Configure Microsoft 365 Mail Account with Jamf Pro – HCS Technology Group
- How to examine the network traffic of MDM enrollment during Setup Assistant – Matthew Warren
- Deploy Azure VPN Client to Mac – Nic Wendlowsky
- Intune registration: jamfAAD prompts – Travelling Tech Guy
- Certificates and Device Management: A Guide for Mac Admins – Kandji Blog
- ZTNA vs. VPN: What’s the Difference? – Ashley Gwilliam, JumpCloud
- What the Mac Has Learned About Security from iPhone and iPad – Caleb Basinger, Kandji Blog
- Using alternative Username Formats in Jamf Pro with Okta and Azure AD – macnotes
- Sir, I’m gonna need to see UUID – Brad Chapman
Scripting and Automation
- Installing the Xcode xip on end-user systems – Jams Smith
- Using AutoPkg to build a Cisco AnyConnect installer – Rich Trouton
- Using DEPNotify for Installer Progress – John Mahlman IV
- bz please – Dan K. Snelson
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- Nudge 1.1.6.81329
- zentralopensource/zentral v2022.1 ·
- Installomator v9.2
- Support 2.4 Beta
- Munki 5.7 Official Release
- Create Multiple Instances of Auto Apps, Managed OS – Kandji Updates
- Signing Manager 2 – Twocanoes Software
To Watch
- May 2022:MacAdmins Meeting Archived Presentations and Slides Online – Marriott Library
- Presentation Tips you Might Not Want To Use – Steve Hayman
To Listen
- MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series – Joel Rennich
- Interview With Jason Dettbarn — Command-Control-Power
- Veertu – Mac Admins Podcast
- MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series – Armin Briegel
- MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series – Bart Reardon
- The Mac Admins Foundation – Mac Admins Podcast
- Hunting down your data with Whitney Merrill: Lock and Code, Malwarebytes Labs
- Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole — Command-Control-Power
- What’s the benefit of technology in education? – Apple @ Work Podcast, 9to5Mac
- How Much Do You Want To Pay A Month? — Command-Control-Power
- Fraser Hess – Mac Admins Podcast
- MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series – Arek Dreyer
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