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📰 News and Opinion
Kandji Is Now Iru
Kandji is now Iru, the AI-powered IT & security platform used by the world’s fastest-growing companies to secure their users, apps, and devices.
Device management service provider Kandji is re-branding as Iru (pronounced EE-roo, probably a reference to the Irukandji jellyfish). Iru will provide management, security, and identity services, expand to add Windows and Android platform support, and is "built for the AI Era."
In posts on MacAdmins Slack (initial, follow-up, Iru representatives, explained that customers will be able to decide when to switch to the new branding.
Women in Tech JNUG Kick-off Session October 29!
Please join us for our official Women in Tech JNUG quarterly meeting on October 29, 2025 at 9AM CST!
My first month at Fleet: the onboarding paradox
One month in, and I’m discovering something frustrating: onboarding at a place you’re excited about is harder than onboarding at a place you’re indifferent about.
Apple may have to open its walled garden to outside app stores
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled that both Google and Apple have a “strategic market status.” Basically, they have a monopoly over their respective mobile platforms.
Elevate with Jamf: Lift Off into the Future of Mac Administration at JNUC 2025
Tony Young:
Reflections from JNUC 2025
⚙️ Apple Updates
- New Guide: Apple Platform Support
- Apple Business Manager: Release notes, User Guide, Revision history
- Apple School Manager: Release notes, User Guide, Revision history
- Apple Business Essentials: Release notes, User Guide, Revision history
Managed Apple Accounts Add Testflight Support
Apple announced that they now support Managed Apple Accounts for TestFlight builds.
🔐 Security and Privacy
Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware
Earlier this year, a developer was shocked by a message that appeared on his personal phone: “Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone.”
Microsoft warns of new XCSSET macOS malware variant targeting Xcode devs
Microsoft Threat Intelligence reports that a new variant of the XCSSET macOS malware has been detected in limited attacks, incorporating several new features, including enhanced browser targeting, clipboard hijacking, and improved persistence mechanisms.
🔨 Support and Tutorials
Prepping for Learning Terraform and an Exercise on Automation
Tony Young:
exploring how Terraform, Tart, and Jamf Pro can work together to automate Apple device management, testing, and CI/CD workflows
Be careful when interpreting APFS timestamps
Where you must be careful is in interpreting those dates, as it’s easy to make assumptions that may not always work.
Terraform 101: Variables and Secrets
Terraform variables let you make your code flexible without hardcoding values. Think of them like placeholders: you define a variable once, and then reference it throughout your configuration.
macOS Platform SSO Band-Aid
A quick-fix during Platform Single Sign-on testing for when users can’t unlock their Macs via Touch ID
Reading Self Service+ logging from the unified system logs on macOS
Rich Trouton:
The Self Service+ app is sending its logging to the unified system log. With the right predicates, you can retrieve Self Service+‘s logging when needed by using the log command line tool.
🤖 Scripting and Automation
Identifying MDM-managed user accounts using System Information on macOS Tahoe
Rich Trouton:
There is an alternative way to get this information though, as it is also available via the System Information app included with macOS.
♻️ Updates and Releases
🎧 Listen
What does Google know about me?
Ruiz explains how he requested his data from Google and what he learned not only about the company, but about himself, in the process.
CleanMyMac Business joins the Jamf Marketplace
Dan Jaenicke, Director of B2B Product Strategy for MacPaw, joins the show to talk about CleanMyMac for business, device management integration, and more.
Upgrades to Jamf Support
Lisa Akerson and CJ Krueger to discuss what sets Jamf Support apart from the competition — and how recent changes affect our customers.