When we examine the major version of macOS that’s installed on a specific computer, we tend to express how far behind, or in front it is from that which is now released from Apple. We use the term n-x. Where “n” means the current released version and “x” is the...
On May 13th, Apple released Logic Pro 11. This marks the first major update to one of the most popular digital audio workstation tools since 2013 - that was 11 years ago! And with new updates come new behaviours that might cause issues in environments where that software is deployed...
If you work with the Jamf Pro classic API, be aware that Basic Authentication is deprecated and will go away. Specifically this month, so it’s time to get your house in order! Basic authentication in the Classic API is no longer enabled by default for new Jamf Pro instances for...
Thursday the 13th of July was the 33rd London Apple Admins event (holy crap I’ve never counted before!). I was honoured to commandeer a speaker slot and deliver my take on some of the announcements following the 2023 Worldwide Developer’s Conference. It was also the first time in over 3...
When is a local administrator not a local administrator? When it’s a Management Account. When is a Management Account not a Management Account? When it’s a local administrator… it seems macOS doesn’t like this conundrum… Earlier last week, following an update to Jamf Pro 10.43, my colleagues and I started...
I was stoked to present at the 2021 Penn State University MacAdmins Campfire sessions today! After reviewing current methods of installing macOS software updates (softwareupdate, MDM commands and configuration profiles) and exploring their limitations the bulk of this presentation focused on how to deploy and configure Nudge; a utility written...
At last Thursday’s London Apple Admins meet-up (April 1st), I did a short presentation and demo on the awesome utility Nudge, written by Erik Gomez. Grab a copy of the slides here and watch the video below: Thanks to everyone who joined the meet-up to watch the talks and to...
Great Scott! Time Machine is a fantastic backup solution for people using Macs in a home environment but it can cause issues in enterprise settings. For example, around data loss prevention (DLP), as users can have local data on their Macs end up on a backup destination you don’t manage...
Microsoft introduced a handy feature in version 10 of their Remote Desktop client with little fanfare; the ability to manage bookmarks, feeds and gateways using the command line. I think it deserves some more attention. It was possible to add bookmarks with the previous version 8 of Microsoft Remote Desktop...
Coronavirus is wrecking lives throughout the world and scientists are working hard to find ways to fight it. As MacAdmins, we can help. If you’ve seen images of the virus itself, you’ll notice it’s strewn with lots of little “spikes”. Known as the “Demogorgon” (scientists come up with cool names!),...
