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📰 News and Opinion
Hypercritical: Apple Turnaround
What are the things I think Apple should do, but that its current leadership seems unwilling to budge on? What changes require a level of engagement and understanding that Apple no longer seems to have?
Follow-up to his 'Apple Turnover' post I linked to last week.
The Copilot Delusion
This isn’t about tools or productivity or acceleration. It’s about the illusion of progress. Because if that programmer-if that thing, that CREATURE-walked into your stand-up in human form, typing half-correct garbage into your codebase while ignoring your architecture and disappearing during cleanup, you’d fire them before they could say "no blockers".
⚙️ Apple Updates
- iOS and iPadOS 17.7.8: About, Security (17.7.7)
Note: 17.7.7 was pulled last Friday night. 17.7.8 was released earlier this week. No new Security notes.
- Final Cut Pro: Mac 11.1.1, iPad 2.2.1
- Compressor 4.10.1
🔐 Security and Privacy
The Titan Platform: Building a 3D Malware Visualization at Jamf
Our engineers work alongside security researchers and data scientists in an integrated workflow — from malware sample collection and processing to assembly code analysis, vector computation, and finally to the intuitive visualization of results in our Titan platform.
Travel and Border Crossing Data Security Considerations
These protections can be utilized when traveling, crossing borders, or in everyday activities.
🔨 Support and Tutorials
Human-Centric IT Systems
We need to do better about building human-centric IT systems that serve your business goals, and your people.
Really anticipating to watch this recording...
The Cookbook: Baking Up Your Perfect Jamf Pro Test VM
your step-by-step recipe for spinning up a fresh, ready-to-enroll macOS VM using Tart, Packer, and Jamf Pro.
Automatically Updating VPP Apps
Also I will dig into the Automatically Update Apps when Available option and some useful nuggets about expected behaviours
Dynamic Groups: SimpleMDM tricks and tips part2
What if we wanted to know what is the current version of XProtect across the Mac fleet?
🤖 Scripting and Automation
Transitioning from Classic API to Jamf Pro API for Computer Inventory Data
Sam Fortuna in Jamf Community
This guide will help you transition your existing code to use the new Jamf Pro API computer inventory endpoints, which offer enhanced capabilities including sorting, filtering, and pagination.
Jamf Extension Attributes
peterlbk on Jamf Tech Thoughts
These customizable data points enable administrators to extend the default inventory capabilities of Jamf Pro, creating a more detailed, flexible, and actionable view of managed devices.
Supercharge Your Tart: Create Your Own Zsh Function!
automate the process of setting up that new VM with Zsh functions to save time, reduce errors, and make VM creation effortless.
Deprecation of Jamf Classic API Computers Endpoint
Joel Senders on The Terminal Blogger
If Jamf is moving away from updating the Classic API with new features and is deprecating major endpoints, the writing is on the wall.
♻️ Updates and Releases
🎧 Listen
Researching vulnerabilities with Csaba Fitzl
we dive deep into the dynamics of security and development in the Apple ecosystem, featuring insights from cybersecurity expert Csaba Fitzl.
Getting out of the Apple bubble
Ben Greiner about his new company, ReThink Tech, and why it's important to remember that Apple's enterprise market share is still quite small.
Live from MacAD.uk 2025
Tom & Marcus are in Brighton this week with three friends: Neil Johnson, Cat McDonald, and Liam Donnelly. MacAD.UK 2025 was full of great talks, so let’s dial it in and talk with three of the best speakers.
Jamf After Dark: Security in Edu
A fireside chat discussing rising cyber threats targeting Edu data and operations. Also, the challenges of balancing limited budgets against compliance needs and secure identity-driven systems.
How Los Angeles banned smartphones in schools
we speak with LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin about the smartphone ban, how exceptions were determined, where opposition arose, and whether it is “working.”
🎈Just for Fun
MacBook Pro: 2025 Update Wallpapers
I've periodically opened the files and made a tweak here and an update there. These wallpapers have grown with me, memorializing years of evolution and development in creating these designs.