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📰 News and Opinion
Apple execs talk up the company's offerings to business
'It’s so great to see the momentum [around Macs in the enterprise],' said Jeremy Butcher, who handles business product marketing at Apple. 'As you know, it’s very intentional.'
Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop
Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop. This makes file transfer easier between iPhones and Android devices, and starts rolling out today to the Pixel 10 family.
Interesting timing from Google. Apple won't be happy about this, but they also have to be careful unless they look too aggressive to the regulators. Preparing the popcorn 🍿. Also: The Verge
⚙️ Apple Updates
- Xcode 26.1.1: Mac App Store, Developer Downloads, Developer Release Notes, Security (26.0)
- Apple Configurator: Mac 2.19
- Compressor 4.11.1: Release Notes, Security
- Support: About background updates in macOS
🔐 Security and Privacy
DigitStealer: In-Depth Analysis of a New macOS Infostealer
Jamf Threat Labs dissects the new DigitStealer malware, a sophisticated macOS infostealer that uses advanced hardware checks and multi-stage attacks to evade detection and steal sensitive data.
🔨 Support and Tutorials
I've been taking about Declarative Device Management since 2017. Most vendors still don't get it.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: most of what’s being sold as “DDM” today isn’t actually declarative device management. It’s just DDM profiles — the same old configurations delivered through a new protocol.
Also: Infrastructure as Code with Jamf: Terraform for Repeatable Mac Management (YouTube)
Updates to the packer template, now with 💯% macOS Tahoe
A new and improved template for creating macOS Tahoe 26 virtual machines using Tart on Apple Silicon, including the use of variables, a handy variable file and of course conditional statements that make it more flexible and easier to customize.
Preparing for the “Apple Certified Support Professional” Exam | Community
Mirko Steinbrecher:
I’ll share how I prepared, which learning resources helped me most, and what I’d recommend to anyone planning to do the same.
Granting a local user account administrator rights on a Mac which only has accounts with standard user rights
Rich Trouton:
I recently saw a post on LinkedIn where the poster had apparently removed all accounts which were assigned administrator rights on the Mac from the local group named admin on macOS and then had difficulty recovering from this state.
Explainer: .DS_Store files
You’re more likely to come across .DS_Store files when they make a nuisance of themselves by tripping something up.
Enabling Touch ID authentication for sudo using Blueprints in Jamf Pro
Rich Trouton:
Since enabling Touch ID authentication for sudo is managed using a PAM configuration file, that means that enabling Touch ID authentication for the sudo tool can be accomplished via Blueprints.
Updating Safari on macOS with Jamf Pro: Three Practical Strategies
Keeping Safari updated is one of the simplest ways to harden a macOS fleet. Apple ships security fixes for Safari frequently, and those patches often land before a full macOS point release.
🤖 Scripting and Automation
Swiftly make an app
This is a blog post about an app, there many of them but this is mine. How I made a swift app in Xcode but took the long way ’round to get there. And an even longer post to tell the story.
Exploring the Apple Business Manager API: A Hands-On Playground
If you’ve ever tried to talk directly to the Apple Business Manager (ABM) API, you already know the journey can feel a little like deciphering a secret Apple handshake. Between private keys, encrypted certificates, ES256 signatures, and OAuth2 flows… there’s a lot going on under the hood.
♻️ Updates and Releases
Introducing Password Utility
I hate passwords. Especially long complicated passwords. So I decided to do something about it. I ended up solving my own problem, but on the way, created a new app for macOS that you too can use. It is called Password Utility
What Homebrew 5.0.0 means for your Mac fleet
There’s a lot of changes in Homebrew 5.0.0, but there are a couple that are really important for administrators of Mac fleets.
🎧 Listen
Mac Automation in 2025
In today’s episode we won’t be focusing on a specific automation or a tool set, but the stories and problems behind them – and how these problems were solved by a member of our community – Dave- welcome to the podcast!
Inside Addigy’s Latest Upgrades: A Deep-Dive into Addigy Assist & Pre-Built Apps with Michaela Gilman & Selina Ali
Explore the newest capabilities inside Addigy with Product Managers Michaela Gilman (Addigy Assist) and Selina Ali (Pre-Built Apps).
State of the union for passkeys
Rew Islam from Dashlane joins the show to talk about the company's new report: The 2025 Dashlane Passkey Power 20.
Your coworker is tired of AI "workslop"
we speak with Dr. Kristina Rapuano, senior research scientist at BetterUp Labs, about AI tools in the workplace, the potential lost productivity costs that come from “workslop,” and the sometimes dismal opinions that teammates develop about one another when receiving this type of work.