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📰 News and Opinion
Joanna Stern Interviews iPhone Passcode Thief in Prison
For additional background and color surrounding the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on iPhone passcode thefts, watch Joanna Stern’s interview with a convicted thief.
⚙️ Apple Updates
- macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71): What's new, Security
- iOS 17.2.1: About
- iOS 16.7.4: About
- Safari 17.2.1: no notes
- AirPods 6A317
Apple IT Trainings updated
updated for macOS 14 and iOS 17, no more prerequisite for Deployment exam
🔨 Support and Tutorials
Xsan automount failures in macOS 14.2, 13.6.2/3, and 12.7.2
Several Xsan administrators have been reporting problems on clients that have been upgraded to any of the latest point releases from Apple. The clients fail to mount their Xsan volumes and even manually mounting with xsanctl mount VolumeName fails.
Scheduled macOS software updates using MDM with good user communication
Learn more about managing macOS software updates with Addigy.
🎧 Listen
Apple @ Work Podcast: Generative AI and your Apple fleet
Alcyr Araujo from Mosyle about Generative AI, how it'll impact IT, and what's already possible today.