Category: Weekly News

Another productive week. If you have to no time to read anything else, at least take a moment to bookmark Charles Edges list of tools for Apple Administrators.

Also, greetings to everyone at MacTech Conference this year! And the JNUC sessions are available on YouTube. Much to read/watch/listen and catch up to!

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#! On Scripting OS X

• Twitter: “Pro tip I recently learned: select a file in Finder, command-option-C will copy the path to the file”
• One year of “Packaging for Apple Administrators”

News and Opinion

• The Apple Toolchain – Charles Edge, krypted.com
• Apple Now Letting Apple IDs With Third-Party Email Addresses Be Updated to Apple Email Addresses – Mac Rumors
• Introducing the New Firefox: Firefox Quantum – The Mozilla Blog
• The best laptop ever made – Marco Arment
• Screensaver Security on macOS 10.13 is broken – Victor Vrantchan
• Apple Starts Pushing High Sierra on Unsuspecting Mac Users – Adam C Engst, TidBITS
• Introducing Asset Settings, the New Enterprise Security Feature for Protecting Your Assets – Christina Chang, Adobe Installation and Licensing
• Building osquery’s community – osquery blog

Support and HowTos

• How to troubleshoot your DEP/MDM Enrollments – Victor Vrantchan
• Profiles – Sound Mac Guy
• Kextpocalyse 2: The Remediation – Richard Purves
• APFS encryption status check script – Rich Trouton
• AutoPkgr for Dummies 2: Trust your recipes – Mod Titan
• osquery Across the Enterprise – Palantir
• Surviving the Kextpocalyse, Round 0 – Victor Vrantchan
• Running the Jamf Pro Installer MSI in Windows – Darren Wallace, Amsys
• Cabel Sasser on Twitter: “Pro MacBook Pro Tip: have a Touch Bar with Touch ID? If you edit /etc/pam.d/sudo and add the following line to the top… auth sufficient pam…” “(Important caveat/warning: if you SSH into that machine, you will NOT be able to sudo, as your fingerprint cannot travel through SSH.)” (might be fixed in 10.13.2?)
• Using Go for Scalable Operating System Analytics – Mike Arpaia

Apple Support

• About migrating to Apps and Books in Apple School Manager
• Adjust SMB browsing behavior in macOS High Sierra 10.13
• iOS 11.1.2
• macOS 10.13.2 beta 4 Release Notes (contains more details on new UAKEL/UAMDM behavior)

Updates and Releases

• New Font: IBM Plex
• Firefox Quantum (v57.0)
• Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.4
• Retrospect 14.6.1

MacTech Conference Session Notes

• Imaging is Dead – Now What? – Greg Neagle
• We’re Building up to Something – Charles Edge

To Watch

• Jamf Nation User Conference 2017: Session Videos and Resources
• Bootstrap Packages for macOS Technical Deep Dive – VMware
• Setting up Time Machine server in High Sierra – James van der Moezel

To Listen

• Please take a moment to fill out the Mac Admins Podcast Listener Survey
• It’s Raining Shoes – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

After a few weeks of many updates, things are quieting down a bit. You can tell because this newsletter has less on the news and updates sections and more in the how to. People are figuring out how to make the new updates work and are sharing their findings.

Well, not entirely without updates. iOS 11.1.1 dropped, which fixes a weird but annoying auto-correct bug.

As always, many thanks to all those who document and share.

Especially Rich Trouton, whose weblog “DerFlounder” – which is regularly featured in this newsletter – celebrates its eleventh year!

Congratulations, Rich! You are truly an inspiration to us all. Thank you!

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#! On Scripting OS X

• Get the “Marketing Name” for a Mac

News and Opinion

• MDM and the Kextpocalypse 2 – Richard Purves
• Blinded me with Silence: Adobe and the End of the Dolby License – foigus’ Notes
• Show Off the Inside of Your iPhone X with These Wallpapers – iFixit

Support and HowTos

• APFS snapshots can be restored in normal macOS 10.13 environment – Owen Pragel on Twitter
• Unlock or decrypt an encrypted APFS boot drive from the command line – Trouton
• Branding Self Service 10 – Mod Titan
• MDM Configuration Profile variable Reference – Darren Wallace, Amsys
• Check the EFI Version of a Mac with Osquery – Victor Vrantchan
• Setting the default sound device automatically – Sound Mac Guy
• Determining Creative Cloud for Enterprise Serial Number Expiration Dates – foigus’ Notes
• Stop everything! Start using Pipenv! – bryson3Gps
• Log Rotation – Mac Admin Cheats Guide – Richard Purves
• Setting Up A Cloud Server – The Macintosh Guy
• Adding installer package code-signing to AutoPkg workflows – Rich Trouton

Updates and Releases

• Adobe Creative Cloud 3.1: “Browse and work with your Creative Cloud files using Apple’s new Files app.”
• SuperDuper 3.0: with “full High Sierra HFS+ and APFS support”

Support

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• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

Another big week: Apple sent out their *OS *.1 updates this week, Jamf 10 dropped, Apple Financial calls and iPhone X ships.

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News and Opinion

• Apple Dismisses Rumors of Ever Putting Touch ID on Back, Side, or Under Display of iPhone X – Mac Rumors
• Open Distribution Server Technology (w/JNUC Recap) – bryson3Gps
• 2017 Hard Drive Reliability by Drive Size and Brand – Backblaze
• Forget iPhone X, Apple’s Best Product Is Its Privacy Stance – John Patrick Pullen, Time 
• Solution to TouchBar woes

Support and HowTos

• Power Up Munki Conditions with Osquery – Victor Vrantchan, Kolide
• Apple software updates creating APFS snapshots on macOS High Sierra – Rich Trouton
• Check the EFI Version of a Mac – Charles Edge
• How many Jamf Pro Policies does each application need? – Graham Pugh

Apple Support

• Use property shortcuts in Console.app
• “Welcome to iPhone X”

Q4 2017 Earnings

• Transcript: Apple CEO Tim Cook on the company’s 2017 Q4 earnings | iMore
• Apple results: All systems go for a record holiday quarter – Six Colors

Updates

• About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Update
• About iOS 11 Updates
• About watchOS 4 Updates
• About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017–001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017–004 El Capitan
• About the security content of iOS 11.1
• About the security content of watchOS 4.1
• About the security content of tvOS 11.1 – Apple Support

Updates and Releases

• Imagr 1.4.0
• Jamf Pro 10
• WhiteBox Packages 1.2.1
• 1Password 7 (iOS)

To Listen

• Eric Williams, Mac@IBM, Live at JNUC – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

Back from vacation, back into work. JamfNation User Conference was this week. Looks like everyone had a great time!

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#! On Scripting OS X

• On the Shebang
• Imaging is Dead… Long Live the Installer!

News and Opinion

• The impossible dream of USB-C – Marco Arment (Michael Tsai’s summary post)
• The new MacBook keyboard is ruining my life – Casey Johnston (Reactions)
• Apple CEO Tim Cook: Mac Mini Will Be ‘Important Part’ of Future Product Lineup – Mac Rumors
• A new Mac mini: I want to believe – Jason Snell
• Fraternal Twins (How APFS clones affect backups and restores)– Dave Nanian
• iBooks Author Conference Highlights Worries about iBooks Ecosystem – Josh Centers, TidBITS
• Jamf, Microsoft confirm Apple grows in the enterprise – Johnny Evans, Computerworld
• Fortune 500 companies follow in IBM’s footsteps with Mac choice programs – Daniel Weber, Jamf
• iPhone 8 and iPhone X availability (US) – Wayne Dixon

Support and HowTos

• Managed App Configuration – Notability
• Erasing Touch Bar Data – Michael Tsai
• Content Caching Advanced Options – Owen Hagel
• Resizing a macOS VM’s APFS boot drive to use all available disk space – Rich Trouton
• Build Your Own Jamf Pro Integrations: A Tutorial Series – Scott Blake
• Customise Atom for editing AutoPkg recipes – Graham Pugh
• macOS on-boarding at Kolide – Victor Vrantchan, Kolide
• How to Use iOS Data Protection – Douglas Hill(file level encryption is an iOS only feature. However, with APFS Apple can move this to macOS, as well. Mac admins take note.)
• Slides from the “APFS and the Jamf Admin” session at Jamf Nation Conference 2017 – Rich Trouton
• pure JS WiFi QR Code Generator
• Culture First Onboarding at JNUC 2017 – James Smith

Apple Support

• How to download macOS Sierra

Updates and Releases

• EFIgy

To Watch

• JamfNation User Conference 2017

To Listen

• Green Tea with Datajar – Mac Admins Podcast
• Printer Operating Systems with Dean Hager – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

Squeezing in so much work between a week of conference and a week of vacation. I will be mostly offline next week and there will be no posts, updates or news summary next week. (Sorry!) Me and the summary will be back in the week after!

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#! On Scripting OS X

• High Sierra Update for ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles’

News and Opinion

• Jamf works with Bungie to improve ‘iPad for Kids’ program
• Eight Noteworthy channels on the MacAdmins Slack – Mac Lovin’
• Unlocking or decrypting using an institutional recovery key does not work with encrypted APFS boot drives on macOS High Sierra 10.13.0 – Rich Trouton
• New package functionality in the Admin Console – Adobe Installation and Licensing
• Today’s Jamf Announcement – Jamf Nation

Support and HowTos

• AIM will be discontinued on December 15, 2017
• sysadminctl changes in 10.13 – Babo D’s Corner
• Download Sierra through CLI – Ross Derewianko
• Lazy VM building hacks with AutoDMG and KextPolicy – Mod Titan
• SIP requirements for startosinstall –volume – Pike’s Universum
• End of mainstream support on Office for Mac 2011
• Jamf Discontinuing JDS – Jamf Nation
• Treat yo self to a nice macOS High Sierra icon – Mod Titan
• Greg Neagle on Twitter: “Installation workflows, not imaging workflows are the future of consistent deployment on macOS. Start testing today!”

Apple

• Apple reveals new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad
• Katherine Adams joins Apple as general counsel and SVP
• Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes
• APFS and imaging – macOS Deployment Reference (updated for High Sierra, very interesting imaging information)
• Apple Releases iOS 11.0.3 Update With Haptic Feedback and Unresponsive Display Fixes – Mac Rumors
• If you see authentication server errors when turning FileVault on in macOS High Sierra

Updates and Releases

• WhiteBox Packages 1.2
• EFIgy: A small client application that uses the Duo Labs EFIgy API to inform you about the state of your Macs EFI firmware
• Bonjeff (Bonjour Browser)
• Open Distribution Server
• Twitterific 5 for macOS
• BBEdit 12.0 (also TextWrangler is not compatible with High Sierra)

Support

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

Bit late today because of MacSysAdmin. Thanks again to the organizers and speakers. Such a great conference!

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#! On Scripting OS X

• MacSysAdmin 2017 Session Video(s)

News and Opinion

• The Apple of your EFI: Mac Firmware Security Research – Duo Labs
• Apple open-sourced the kernel of iOS and macOS for ARM processors – TechCrunch
• Zombie Apple Delusions – Monday Note

Support and HowTos

• macOS Server 5.4 (High Sierra) – Charles Edge
• Supported host operating systems for VMware Fusion and VMware Fusion Pro
• How to enable remote REST API access for VMware Fusion 10 – virtuallyGhetto
• High Sierra AppleScriptObjC Bugs – Late Night Software
• Use Clipboard in Terminal Without a Mouse – The Mac Observer
• macOS Startup Modifier Keys – Charles Edge
• Robin Lauren: “TIP of the day: ^x+^e will open your command line in $EDITOR Heard at #macsysadmin conf”
• Workflows for installing macOS – Amsys, David Acland
• Enable Automatic Certificate Renewals In High Sierra – Charles Edge
• Config Profiles on Cue – Richard Purves
• Encrypted APFS Volume’s Password Exposed as Hint – Michael Tsai (Apple’s Supplemental update below, fixes this)

Apple Support

• macOS 10.13 Supplemental Update

Updates and Releases

• First Boot Package Install Generator 1.6
• BlockBlock 0.9.9
• Restor

To Watch

• MacSysAdmin 2017 Sessions

To Listen

• Cultural Exchange with Sam Valencia – Mac Admins Podcast
• The State of Higher Ed with Chris Miller – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

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• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

Welcome all the new readers and subscribers. My post summarizing High Sierra News for Admins certainly caused some extra traffic. Yesterday was the busiest day on this website ever, beating even the book launches by a good margin.

I will repeat some of the links from the High Sierra post here, so they don’t drown completely in that long list. A huge thank you to everyone in the MacAdmin community who share their time and knowledge, so we can all be better admins.

Next week, I will be attending and speaking at MacSysAdmin in Göteborg. I am really looking forward to meeting everyone there (again and for the first time). Feel free to say “Hi!” and introduce yourself.

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#! On Scripting OS X

• High Sierra News Summary
• Book Updates for High Sierra

News and Opinion

• Looking for MacADUK 2018 Speakers
• Sierra’s unified log evolves: more persistent, and a valuable log log – The Eclectic Light Company
• AutoCasperNBI & AutoImagrNBI 1.4.0, High Sierra Compatible & Sadness
• APFS – A Backup Software Developer’s Perspective – MacDaddy
• Science confirmed: text replacements do not sync|MacStadium (Interesting follow-up to this on Daring Fireball:
  Update: iCloud Text Replacements Are Moving to CloudKit Soon)
• What’s new with Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager
• Jamf to Provide an Integrated Solution to Protect Corporate Data in Collaboration with Microsoft EMS

Support and HowTos

• Krypted.com has a seemingly endless stream of new articles on High Sierra and macOS Server 5.4. Read this one first:
  Before You Upgrade to macOS Server 5.4 on High Sierra (macOS 10.13) then catch up with the rest. (amazing work, thank you, Charles!)
• SplashBuddy is ready for High Sierra, but…
• Restoring from a snapshot with APFS — Francois Levaux-Tiffreau
• Some stuff about Install macOS High Sierra.app – Greg Neagle
• Using the macOS High Sierra OS installer’s startosinstall tool to avoid APFS conversion – Rich Trouton
• Erik Gomez on Twitter: “#macadmins – I got tired of waiting for Apple to make a DEP status page so I made my own.”
• iTunes 12.7 Postinstall Action Script Issue – Richard Glaser, Marriot Library
• High Sierra FV Conversion Failure – Greg Neagle

Apple Support

• How to switch between Windows and macOS in macOS High Sierra
• iOS Deployment Reference
• macOS Deployment Reference
• Configuration Profile Reference
• About Mobile Device Management

Updates and Releases

• AutoPkg 1.0.3
• iTerm2 3.1.1: fixes critical security issue
• AutoDMG 1.8
• VMware Fusion 10
• macOS Server 5.4
• Edovia Screens 4.5.1 for iOS
• Prompt 2.6

To Listen

• Episode 52: Sarah Edwards – MacAdmin Podcast

Support

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

There have been many post regarding High Sierra and iOS 11 over the past few weeks in my weekly news summary. And more arrived this week after the release. I thought it might be helpful to aggregate them all in one place.

Also be sure to check out the Weekly Admin News Summaries I post on this blog. If you would rather get the weekly newsletter by email, you can subscribe to the Scripting OS X Weekly Newsletter here!! (Same content, delivered to your Inbox once a week.)

#! On Scripting OS X

• Book Updates for High Sierra

Support and HowTos

• Use Startup Profiles In macOS – Charles Edge
• APFS preparation and macOS High Sierra – Rich Trouton
• Enabling Kernel Extensions in High Sierra – Graham Gilbert
• Get Ready for macOS High Sierra – Hugo Costa
• All About APFS – Jamf
• Microsoft Office support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra –
• What macOS Version Did I Just Download? – Tim Sutton
• 5K Versions of Every Default macOS Wallpaper – 512 Pixels
• SplashBuddy is ready for High Sierra, but…
• Sierra’s unified log evolves: more persistent, and a valuable log log – The Eclectic Light Company
• AutoCasperNBI & AutoImagrNBI 1.4.0, High Sierra Compatible & Sadness
• OWC’s Aura SSDs Not Working With macOS High Sierra, Fix Coming Soon – Mac Rumors
• Krypted.com has a seemingly endless stream of new articles on High Sierra. Read this one first:
  Before You Upgrade to macOS Server 5.4 on High Sierra (macOS 10.13) then catch up with the rest. (amazing work, Charles!)
• Some stuff about Install macOS High Sierra.app – Greg Neagle
• Using the macOS High Sierra OS installer’s startosinstall tool to avoid APFS conversion – Rich Trouton
• Using the macOS High Sierra OS installer’s startosinstall tool to install additional packages as post-upgrade tasks – Rich Trouton
• Stupid Install macOS High Sierra Tricks – Greg Neagle
• Restoring from a snapshot with APFS — François Levaux-Tiffreau
• Changing local account passwords may cause new login keychain to be silently generated on macOS High Sierra – Rich Trouton

Apple Support

• Prepare your institution for iOS 11, macOS High Sierra, or macOS Server 5.4
• Upgrade macOS on a Mac at your institution
• Prepare for changes to kernel extensions in macOS High Sierra
• Prepare for APFS in macOS High Sierra
• Prepare for changes to Content Caching in macOS High Sierra
• About Apple Pro Apps and macOS High Sierra
• Apple Training Documents updated for 10.12 (Barely in time)
• Preparing your Fusion Drive Mac for the macOS High Sierra install
• If you can’t send an email with iOS 11 and an Outlook.com or Exchange mail account (updated for 11.0.1)
• Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11
• About the security content of iOS 11
• Technical Note TN2459: User-Approved Kernel Extension Loading
• iTunes 12.7
• What’s new in macOS 10.13
• About Mobile Device Management
• Configuration Profile Reference
• About iOS 11 Updates
• About watchOS 4 Updates
• About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13
• Apple security updates
• Use Apple Configurator to connect to an Apple TV over a network
• iOS Deployment Reference
• macOS Deployment Reference
• How to switch between Windows and macOS in macOS High Sierra

Updates and Releases

macOS

• Munki 3.1 Official Release
• Casper Suite v9.101.0
• DeployStudio Server 1.7.7
• AutoPkg 1.0.3
• iTerm2 3.1.1: fixes critical security issue
• Suspicious Package 3.3
• FSMonitor 1.0.7 (Changelog)
• Apple Configurator 2.5
• Winclone 6 and BootRunner 2 are High Sierra ready
• Parallels Desktop 13
• Default Folder X 5.1.6
• Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0.2
• AutoDMG 1.8
• VMware Fusion
• macOS Server 5.4

iOS

• Things 3.2: New iOS 11 features
• WorkingCopy 3.1.0: iOS 11 Git client with Files provider and Drag and Drop support
• Textastic Code Editor 6
• Prompt 2
• 1Password 6.8.2
• TeamViewer QuickSupport: uses the new frameworks in iOS 11 to allow remote screen sharing to iOS clients
• Dropbox now supports iOS 11 Files app
• GraphicConverter 10.5: adds HEIC support on High Sierra

Support

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If you have already bought and read the books, please leave a review on the iBooks Store. Reviews are important to help new potential readers make the purchase decision. Thank you (again)!

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Happy Equinox, everyone!

This was the big week for the iOS family of Apple OSes (iOS, watchOS and tvOS) and hardware. While macOS HighSierra will not ship until next Tuesday (Sep 25) we already got a lot of new relevant information from the iOS release.

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#! On Scripting OS X

• On Distribution Packages

News and Opinion

• Fascinating story on the importance of automation and documentation: The greatest Sysadmin I never met. He is bailing me out months after he left. I wish to ramble on with his praises.
• SuperDuper and APFS – Michael Tsai
• SuperDuper blog on High Sierra and APFS
• Firmware Updates Changed in 2015 – Anthony Reimer

Support and HowTos

• Deploying Firmware Updates During Imaging – Darren Wallace
• Workflow for doing an in-place macOS upgrade in Jamf Self Service
• How to install Microsoft PowerShell 6.0 on macOS – TechRepublic
• Setting up Secure Munki – macvfx
• Scripting the macOS Keychain – Partition IDs – Most Like Lee
• Use Startup Profiles In macOS – Charles Edge
• Permanently Disabling Timemachine – Ross Derewianko
• Publishing information to the Jamf Pro server using API calls and Python – Todd McDaniel, Marriot Library

Apple Support

• Preparing your Fusion Drive Mac for the macOS High Sierra install
• If you can’t send an email with iOS 11 and an Outlook.com or Exchange mail account
• Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11
• About the security content of iOS 11

Updates and Releases

macOS

• Munki 3.1 Official Release
• iTerm2 3.1.1: fixes critical security issue
• Suspicious Package 3.3
• FSMonitor 1.0.7 (Changelog)
• Apple Configurator 2.5

iOS

• Things 3.2: New iOS 11 features
• WorkingCopy 3.1.0: iOS 11 Git client with Files provider and Drag and Drop support
• Textastic Code Editor 6
• Prompt 2
• 1Password 6.9

To Watch

• NoMAD: “Say hello to my little friend” – N. Martin

To Listen

• Ed Marczak – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

To support Scripting OS X, consider buying one (or both) of my books. Thank you!

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• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’

High Sierra Golden Master candidate release today! Time to get that last minute testing in! Release date will be September 25.

Also Apple had their big event, showing the new Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple Park and the new iPhones and Apple Watches. The fact that macOS did not get a mention is not that unusual. The September event has always been for iPod/Music/iPhone. The iPads did not get a mention, either.

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#! On Scripting OS X

• So Long, Cassini, and Thanks for all the Pics!

News and Opinion

• Important High Sierra Changes for IT Admins – Adam C. Engst
• High Sierra’s Small Print – The Eclectic Light Company
• iTunes 12.7 ditches iOS App Store, app syncing – Dan Moren
• Face ID, Touch ID, No ID, PINs and Pragmatic Security – Troy Hunt

Support and HowTos

• Alert: Apple requires action on September 19 for DEP to keep working | Enterprise iOS
• APFS preparation and macOS High Sierra – Rich Trouton
• Programatically Manage DNS In macOS Server – Charles Edge
• Enabling Kernel Extensions in High Sierra – Graham Gilbert
• Use Fission 2.4 to Save Custom iPhone Ringtones – Rogue Amoeba
• Get Ready for macOS High Sierra – Hugo Costa
• Demote Open Directory Servers Using The Command Line – Charles Edge

Apple High Sierra

• Technical Note TN2459: User-Approved Kernel Extension Loading
• iTunes 12.7
• Also updated with High Sierra info (via Pepijn Bruienne):
  • What’s new in macOS 10.13
  • About Mobile Device Management
  • Configuration Profile Reference

Updates and Releases

• LuLu(alpha): block any unknown outgoing connections, until approved by the user.
• Munki 3.1 Release Candidate 4
• Introducing Atom-IDE
• Casper Suite v9.101.0
• Sublime Text 3.0
• Winclone 6 and BootRunner 2 are High Sierra ready
• BBEdit 11.6.8 (BBEdit 12 is in beta)

To Watch

• Omni Automation (/dev/world/2017) – Sal Soghoian

To Listen

• Lisa Davies – Mac Admins Podcast

Support

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If you have already bought and read the books, please leave a review on the iBooks Store. Reviews are important to help new potential readers make the purchase decision. Thank you (again)!

• ‘Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators’
• ‘Packaging for Apple Administrators’