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📸 Focus
MacAdmins.org: 2024 Community and Conference Grant for MacAdmins at Penn State
In response to the success and popularity of 2023’s Community and Conference Grant program, The Mac Admins Foundation is pleased to continue the program with our second grant of 2024, supporting attendance of the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State University.
📰 News and Opinion
Apple Changes How the Core Technology Fee Works and Confirms that Its Alternative Business Terms Will Apply to iPad Apps This Fall
Apple announced changes to the CTF and regarding the treatment of iPadOS, which was added to Apple’s DMA compliance obligations earlier this week.
iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Tech Rules
EU antitrust officials on Monday identified iPadOS, Apple's operating system for iPads, as a significant digital gatekeeper under the EU's new tech regulations, which carry strict requirements that aim to promote fair competition and expand options for consumers.
See also Micheal Tsai: iPadOS Also a Digital Gatekeeper in EU.
The Challenge of Replacing “User” with More Precise Terms
I encourage everyone to join me in working to craft more precise descriptions of those who interact with the software that fills our everyday lives. We’re more than just users.
🔐 Security and Privacy
Malware: Cuckoo Behaves Like Cross Between Infostealer and Spyware
we found a previously undetected malicious Mach-O binary programmed to behave like a cross between spyware and an infostealer. We have named the malware Cuckoo, after the bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and steals the host's resources for the gain of its young.
macOS Adload: Prolific Adware Pivots Just Days After Apple’s XProtect Clampdown
dozens of new Adload samples are already appearing that evade Apple’s new signatures.
CVE-2024-4395: Jamf Compliance Editor Privilege Escalation
So I have this very, very bad habit. Every application I download, I reverse engineer it to get an idea of how it works…
How to spot fake Apple security alerts via text, phone, email, or web
Let’s examine the reasons why Apple might legitimately contact you (and how they’ll do so), and how to recognize scams.
🔨 Support and Tutorials
Preparing for the Unthinkable: A Brief Guide to Digital Legacy Planning
think about the many aspects of your digital life that will help your spouse, partner, or child to get through the early days of not having you around.
End of support for Jamf Admin with the release of Jamf Pro 11.6.0
Jamf began communicating the deprecation of Jamf Admin in the Jamf Pro 10.44 release notes. However, the day has come for Jamf Admin to say farewell. What does that mean for you?
🤖 Scripting and Automation
SOFA, and how to use it with Jamf Pro
There are many ways this feed will be useful to Mac Admins, so you’re going to read many blog posts about it in the future. This post describes how to integrate the macOS and XProtect data exposed in SOFA with Jamf Pro, using extension attribute scripts.
Updating how I (would) set up Jamf Autopatching today
With the new processor in play, we can actually streamline everything, and only upload the package if a patch version is associated.
Leveraging Installomator and Fleet to install apps on macOS
Combining this ability with another open source tool, Installomator, we can effectively deploy a large catalog of apps on Macs.
SwiftUI on macOS: Settings, defaults and About
SwiftUI starts to come into its own, in comparison with AppKit, although it does have a couple of surprising shortcomings.
♻️ Updates and Releases
Mosyle Fuse MSP
Mosyle Fuse MSP, […] integrates five critical management and security applications into a single, Apple-only product specifically designed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).
📺 Watch
🎧 Listen
Just Us
we are going to discuss the current landscape of phones, app stores, and everything else that it seems all the tech pundits (does this make us pundits?) have an opinion on.
Security and productivity in the age of AI
Steve Won from 1Password about their annual report: Security and productivity in the age of AI
Interview with Jason Dettbarn, Founder & CEO at Addigy
Jason Dettbarn joins us on the show once again. Jason is the founder and CEO at Addigy.
🎈Just for Fun
Stripes Wallpaper Collection
Created by accident but refined on purpose, Stripes is a beautiful new wallpaper collection for your Apple devices.