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News and Opinion
macOS and iOS Updates
- What happened to Open With > Suspicious Package in the Finder on macOS 13.3? – Suspicious Package, Frequently Asked Questions (update with a workaround)
- macOS Ventura 13.3 alters expected behavior for Finder’s Open With functionality for macOS installer packages – Rich Trouton
- Swift 5.8 Released! – Swift.org
- What’s new in Swift 5.8 – Paul Hudson, Hacking with Swift
Security and Privacy
- macOS Security Bugs Exposed Safari History and Device Location to Unauthorized Apps – Guilherme Rambo
- New macOS malware steals sensitive info, including a user’s entire Keychain database – Jovi Umawing, Malwarebytes Labs
Support and HowTos
- Hands-on with built-in notifications for App Installers deployments – Dr. K
- How Much Is 5 Minutes Worth? – Pam Lefkowitz, Radical Admin Blog
- How Cryptexes are changing macOS Ventura – Howard Oakley
- Change Jamf Management Account – Ericson Tech
- Getting more from Disk Utility’s First Aid – Howard Oakley
- Apple Configurator 2 and Apple Business Manager – Jesus Vigo, Jamf Blog
Scripting and Automation
Apple Support
Updates and Releases
- Setup-Your-Mac 1.9.0 (Blog Post)
- Suspicious Package 4.3.2
- Apparency 1.5.1
- BBEdit 14.6.5
- macadmins/munki-builds: Munki v6.3.0.4574 Beta: “This is a signed and notarized build of munki” (more info)
To Watch
- X World Sessions, 2023
- Advanced Mac Management for Education – Mat Pullen, Anthony Darlow, Jamf (YouTube)
To Listen
- X World 2023 – Mac Admins Podcast
- Interview With Dav James of DIJ Consulting — Command-Control-Power
- An update on Jamf in Healthcare – Jamf After Dark
Just for Fun
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