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News and Opinion
- The Mac Admins Foundation – Emily, Jamf Tech Thoughts
- Why I’m thankful for Universal Control on my Mac and iPad – Jason Snell, Macworld (Universal Control is one of my favorite features in macOS/iPadOS, too)
macOS Ventura and iOS 16
Social Media
- L0Psec on Twitter: “When querying macOS unified logs via the log command, I was looking for a location of known subsystems I could use. Found them within:
/System/Library/Preferences/Logging/Subsystems/On 12.6.1, this directory contains 292 plists. Example in screenshot.” - Mr. Macintosh on Twitter: “Almost a month after the release of Ventura, Monterey has taken the lead. Monterey took the lead from Ventura on November 10th and has not given it up since then.”
- @Morpheus______ on Twitter: “macOS/iOS Entitlements Database now with Monterey and Ventura entitlements.”
Security and Privacy
- macOS Sandbox Escape vulnerability via Terminal – Wojciech Reguła
- Techniques for String Decryption in macOS Malware with Radare2 – Phil Stokes, SentinelOne
Support and HowTos
- macOS Upgrades and Updates Using a Mass Action Command – Jamf
- Changing preferences isn’t so simple – Howard Oakley
- Dealing with a dysfunctional Desktop – Howard Oakley
Scripting and Automation
- autopkg-conductor updated to support reporting to Slack and Microsoft Teams – Rich Trouton
- Setup Your Mac via swiftDialog (1.4.0) – Dan K. Snelson
- Swift UI Tutorial – Scripting OS X (Part 3 on the Jamf Blog, overview page)
- Swift, Shells In The 1960s, And Some Swift Scripting Examples For Admins – Charles Edge
Apple Support
- Create a bootable installer for macOS (Updated some layout and text)
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