SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Marcus and Tom talk at length about the new MacBook Pro, the T2 chip, and special guest Michael Lynn tells us what it all means for the future for Apple Admins.

YOUR HOSTS:

Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

• Michael Lynn, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@mikeymikey]

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LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

Benchmarks after Performance Fix

Just how much is downloaded by the os when upgrading?

Performance fix for MacBook Pro 2018 (iMore)

GitHub topics

Secure Boot

I for one welcome our new Configurator overlords

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