Even with… what ever it is that is happening at Twitter… serving as a constant distraction, there were a lot of other interesting posts and articles this week. Put together for you to catch up and ignore the impending doom of our favorite bird site for a while…
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News and Opinion
- Apple Device Management Second Edition book coming soon – Rich Trouton
- Emergency SOS via satellite available today on iPhone 14 lineup – Apple
- Mac Admins Foundation Update, November 2022 – MacAdmins.org
- GitHub Copilot Isn’t Worth the Risk – Elaine Atwell, Kolide
- ZecOps acquisition expands Jamf’s mobile security capabilities – Michael Devins, Jamf Blog
- Apple makes iCloud.com look like an iPad’s homescreen – Mitchell Clark, The Verge
- Apple’s 2022 Deadlines – Michael Tsai
- After Twitter – Brent Simmons
- How to Get Started on Mastodon – Justin Pot, Wired (Follow me: @scriptingosx@mastodon.social)
macOS Ventura and iOS 16
- On viewing man pages (Ventura update) – Armin Briegel
- Apple Releases Rapid Security Response Update for iOS 16.2 Beta Users – Eric Slivka, MacRumors
- Apple’s Rapid Security Response unveiled – Hannah Hamilton, Jamf Blog
macOS and iOS Updates
Social Media
- Harald Monihart on LnkedIn: macOS Ventura is still a certified UNIX operating system. It’s hardly mentioned in Apple‘s marketing these days, every macOS release still undergoes the UNIX certification process by The Open Group
- Aaron Zollo on Twitter: “After you install the new Security Response on iOS 16.2 Beta 3, you can see a separate build number and you have the option to uninstall it.”
- Justin Velgos on Mastodon.design: “Made an iOS Shortcut to let you follow someone from a different Mastodon instance without the copy/paste hoop-jumping.” (thread)
Security and Privacy
- Report: Almost 50% of macOS malware comes from this one source – Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac
- CVE-2022-32929 – Bypass iOS backup’s TCC protection – Csaba Fitzl
Support and HowTos
- Downloading macOS Monterey from the App Store – Rich Trouton
- How to Plan a Large-Scale Apple Deployment – Kandji Blog
- Downloading macOS IPSW files for use with Mac virtual machines on Apple Silicon Macs – Rich Trouton
- Repairing Home folder permissions: a mystery – Howard Oakley
- Scaling for a twenty times device increase in a month – Radim Hatlapatka, Jamf Engineering
- Guide: How to erase all content and settings on macOS – Bill Smith, Jamf Blog
- Get Telemetry on App and System Extensions in macOS – Charles Edge
Scripting and Automation
- Disk Usage with swiftDialog (0.0.3) – Dan K. Snelson
- macOS Notifications via swiftDialog (0.0.1) – Dan K. Snelson
- Setup Your Mac via swiftDialog (1.3.0) – Dan K. Snelson
- One Liner to Loop Through a Directory for Last Used Date of Apps on a Mac – Charles Edge
- veertuinc/anka-click-scripts: MacOS UI scripting documentation and examples for Veertu’s Anka Click
Updates and Releases
- MUT is getting adopted – mlev, Jamf Nation Community
- swiftDialog 2.0
- VMware Fusion 13 Pro and Player
- Installomator v10.0
- Mosyle Brings Apple Endpoint Security to iPhones and iPad Devices at Work – Business Wire
To Listen
- The Bicycle Thief — Command-Control-Power
- Getting Caught Up on Configurator with Subhi Hashwa – Mac Admins Podcast
- Hold it till December – Apple @ Work Podcast, 9to5Mac
Just for Fun
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