Mac Admins Podcast

SYNOPSIS:

Sam Forester from the University of Utah joins the pod this week to talk about AEiOS, a tool for managing iPads in an automated and managed fashion, using a bunch of tools to make sure that the iPad ends up personalized for its temporary user. Sam takes us from the development process to how they use AEiOS in their day-to-day operations, and how you could, too.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

OUR GUEST:

• Sam Forester, Systems Administrator, Marriott Library, University of Utah

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

Marriott Library blog
Marriott Library Streaming site

Links:
AEIOS
When Charles Goes Super Nerdy It Comes From Wookieepedia
Cfgutil Automation
Cfgutil reference
Black Perl
libimobiledevice

News:
Ninxsoft Bombardier (utility for downloading and extracting BootCamp drivers)
Intel Zombieload
Apple mitigations for speculative execution
Enabling the mitigations

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 9-12 July 2019 $649 Early Bird until 13 May MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA 15-18 October 2019 $999 Early Bird til 28 June Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost Los Angeles Mac Meetup Open Drives, Culver City 29 May 2019, 5:30 p.m. PT Free Atlanta Apple Admins MacStadium 13 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free London Apple Admins Cloudflare 20 June 2019, 6.30 p.m. GMT+1 (BST) Free MacBrained Toronto LoyaltyOne Atrium 20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free Houston Apple Admins TBD 17 July 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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SYNOPSIS:

James Felton from Jamf joins Tom, Marcus and Charles to talk about Managed App Config, the iOS standard for delivering preferences to individual apps on managed devices.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
• James Smith, IT Manager, Culture Amp [@smithjw]

OUR GUEST:

• James Felton, Senior Software Engineer, Jamf

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

AppConfig
AppConfig.org
AppConfig Schemas

AppConfig at Jamf Research

AppConfig.org Members

Managed App Config Lib on Github

iOS Configuration and APIs for Kiosk and Assessment Apps

Deploying Office Equipment at Scale

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost Japanese Privacy Law Mini-Conference Higashi Kurume-shi, Tokyo, Japan 21 May 2019 ¥1,000 aimed toward education institutions in Japan ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 9-12 July 2019 $649 Early Bird until 13 May MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA 15-18 October 2019 $999 Early Bird til 28 June Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost Atlanta Apple Admins BrassTap at the Perimeter 16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free Seattle Apple Admins Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations 16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free Dallas Apple Admins Bottle Rocket Studios, Addison, TX 16 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT Free Melbourne Apple Admins University of Melbourne, Parkville campus 22 May 2019, 6:30pm AEST Free MacBrained Toronto LoyaltyOne Atrium 20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free Houston Apple Admins TBD 17 July 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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SYNOPSIS:

Anthony Reimer from MacDeployment joins Tom, Charles and Marcus to talk about how you get a meetup off the ground, what happens when you want to make an all-day event, and how this year’s MacDeployment looks to be their best one yet. Stay for the discussion of news & events, especially around Apple’s crackdown on 3rd party parental MDM apps.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

OUR GUEST:

• Anthony Reimer, MacDeployment Conference and Meetup (Calgary)

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

MacDeployment Conference and Meetup, @MacDeploy on Twitter, #macdeploy channel on MacAdmins Slack

Two Minute Guide to the Sport of Curling (Curling Canada)

Original DEP Portal shutdown – 1 Dec 2019
MDM in the App Store for Parents Kerfuffle

How Circle works

Twocanoes Repackage

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING

Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost Japanese Privacy Law Mini-Conference Higashi Kurume-shi, Tokyo, Japan 21 May 2019 ¥1,000 aimed toward education institutions in Japan ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 9-12 July 2019 $649 Early Bird until 13 May MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA 15-18 October 2019 $999 Early Bird til 28 June Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost Sydney Mac Admins Harts Pub, The Rocks 15 May 2019, 5:00 p.m. AEST Free Houston Apple Admins Saint Arnold Brewing Company Beer Garden 15 May 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT Free Carolinas Apple Admins Barista Craft Coffee 15 May 2019, 7:00 p.m. ET Free Atlanta Apple Admins BrassTap at the Perimeter 16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free Seattle Apple Admins Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations 16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free Dallas Apple Admins Bottle Rocket Studios, Addison, TX 16 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT Free Melbourne Apple Admins University of Melbourne, Parkville campus 22 May 2019, 6:30pm AEST Free MacBrained Toronto LoyaltyOne Atrium 20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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Episode 120: X World Is Coming! SYNOPSIS:

X World is coming, and Tony Gray, chair of the AUC, joins the podcast to talk about this winter’s southern hemisphere spectacular.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

X World YouTube

X World Conference

• macOS 10.14.5 beta 2, Kernel Extension Notarization, UAMDM, Whitelisting and You – Tom Bridge
• Macs move closer to compulsory notarization – Howard Oakley
• Notarizing Automator applications – Rich Trouton
• Adding Notarization to X Code builds – Tim Perfitt
• Adding App Notarization For Macs To Your Build Train – Charles Edge
• How does notarization affect your own apps and scripts? – Howard Oakley

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 9-12 July 2019 $649 Early Bird until 13 May MacTech Conference Los Angeles, CA 15-18 October 2019 $999 Early Bird til 28 June Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost San Diego Mac Admins Karl Strauss, Downtown SD 8 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free MacDeployment Meetup New Central Library, Ideas Lab – 800 3 St SE, Calgary, Canada 8 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. MT Free Edmonton Mac Admins Meetup United Nurses of Alberta – 11150 Jasper Ave NW, Edmonton, Canada 9 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. MT Free MacBrained Toronto LoyaltyOne Atrium 20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Tom and Marcus talk about just how you stay on top of everything that’s happening in the Mac Admins World at any given point.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

We’re currently thinking about what you might consider the next season of the podcast. So we’d like to make a call for guests. We’re looking for some individuals that have some solid setups, great experiences to share, tips, or tricks for the following:

• Regression testing
• Migrating to or from directory services
• Great Self Service or Managed Software Center configurations
• Providing a great experience for coworkers or students with learning disabilities
• Device Trust stories
• Integration with service desk solutions (e.g. Jira Service Desk, Freshworks, etc)
• Migrating between MDMs
• Xprotect scripting
• Device refresh techniques
• Getting started with autopkg (and daisy chaining the build train)
• International VPP and DEP
• Inhouse app distribution when working with a third party developer
• NoMAD Login Window
• Managed App Config
• Device Management tools from the OS 9 era

If you’re interested hit one of us up directly in Slack. We’d love to hear some new voices!

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 TBA MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 9-12 July 2019 Call For Presenters Open Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost University of Utah Apple Admins University of Utah Marriott Library 17 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. MT Free Austin Apple Admins Cloudflare 17 April 2019, 6:30 p.m. CST Free Apple Admins of the Pacific Northwest Location TBA 18 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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SYNOPSIS:

Mosyle CEO Alcyr Araujo joins Tom and Marcus to talk about Mosyle’s unique path to becoming an MDM Solution for businesses and education environments, and how they fit into the marketplace.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

OUR GUESTS:

• Alcyr Araujo, CEO, Mosyle

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

Mosyle Manager
Mosyle for Business

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites

• ACEs Conference | Kansas City, MO | 5-6 June 2019 | $699 (Basic Event Ticket)
• MacDeployment Conference | Calgary, Canada | 10-11 June 2019 | TBA
• MacDevOps:YVR | Vancouver, Canada | 12-14 June, 2019 | $275CAD - $495CAD
• X World | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 26-28 June 2019 | $699 AUD Early Bird
• MacAdmins Conference | State College, PA | 9-12 July 2019 | Call For Presenters Open
• Jamf Nation User Conference | Minneapolis, MN | 12-14 November 2019 | $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

• San Diego Mac Admins | Interlaced, Downtown SD | 10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT | Free
• NL Macadmins | Location Macnify - Badhoevedorp | 12 April 2019, 3:00 p.m. GMT+1 | Free
• MacDMV | Johns Hopkins APL, Laurel MD | 13 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. ET | Free
• University of Utah Apple Admins | University of Utah Marriott Library | 17 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. MT | Free
• Austin Apple Admins | Cloudflare | 17 April 2019, 6:30 p.m. CST | Free
• Apple Admins of the Pacific Northwest | Location TBA | 18 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT | Free

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  SYNOPSIS:

Tom jetted off to England for the MacAD.UK conference, where he met up with Ben Toms of Datajar, Graham Gilbert of Airbnb and Joel Rennich of Jamf to talk about the state of macOS Management, what folks are hoping for this summer at WWDC, and how the conference went. There are NO April Fools’ Jokes in this podcast.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]

OUR GUESTS:

• Ben Toms, Technical Director, datajar ltd. [@macmuleblog]
• Graham Gilbert, Systems Architect, Airbnb [@grahamgilbert]
• Joel Rennich, Nomad, Jamf [@mactroll]

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

MacADUK Conference

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

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Conference Sites

• ACEs Conference - Kansas City, MO - 5-6 June 2019 - $699 (Basic Event Ticket) |
• MacDeployment Conference - Calgary, Canada - 10-11 June 2019 - TBA |
• MacDevOps:YVR - Vancouver, Canada - 12-14 June, 2019 - $275CAD - $495CAD |
• X World - Sydney, NSW, Australia - 26-28 June 2019 - $699 AUD Early Bird |
• MacAdmins Conference - State College, PA - 9-12 July 2019 - Call For Presenters Open |
• Jamf Nation User Conference - Minneapolis, MN - 12-14 November 2019 - $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) |

Meetups

• San Diego Mac Admins - Interlaced, Downtown SD - 10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT - Free |
• University of Utah Apple Admins - University of Utah Marriott Library - 17 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. MT - Free |
• Austin Apple Admins - Cloudflare - 17 April 2019, 6:30 p.m. CST - Free |
• Apple Admins of the Pacific Northwest - Location TBA - 18 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT - Free |

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

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SYNOPSIS:

Marcus, Charles and Tom talk about WWDC, the latest app in the sandbox, MDS’ rapid iteration, McAfee’s new kextless security module, Apple versus Spotify, and Slack’s new Dark Mode.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

Tim Perfitt talks about MDS 1.4

Macquisition promises readable images of T2 Macs

BBEdit is sandboxed now

McAfee Endpoint Security 10.6.0 has “kextless mode”

Apple responds to Spotify

Slack gets iOS Dark Mode

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost Mac Admin & Developer Conference, UK London, United Kingdom 26-27 March 2019 £597 General Adminission ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDeployment Conference Calgary, Canada 10-11 June 2019 TBA MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada 12-14 June, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD X World Sydney, NSW, Australia 26-28 June 2019 $699 AUD Early Bird MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 12-19 July 2019 Call For Presenters Open Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost Apple Admins of PDX 100 Market St SW, Portland 26 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. PT Free Houston Apple Admins Envision Design 27 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT Free MacDeployment Meetup 805 10 Ave SW, #200 28 March 2019, 6:30 p.m. MT Free San Diego Mac Admins Interlaced, Downtown SD 10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free RATE US ON ITUNES!

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SYNOPSIS:

Mat X of the MacDevOps YVR conference tells us what to expect this summer in Vancouver. What’s DevOps got to do with Mac Admin life? Plenty!

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

OUR GUESTS:

• Mat X, MacDevOps YVR

PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

MacDevOps YVR

2019 MacDevOps YVR Speakers

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Start your 30-day trial of Kolide for free today!

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn, and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING Conference Sites Event Name Location Dates Cost Mac Admin & Developer Conference, UK London, United Kingdom 26-27 March 2019 £597 General Adminission ACEs Conference Kansas City, MO 5-6 June 2019 $699 (Basic Event Ticket) MacDevOps:YVR Vancouver, Canada June 12-14, 2019 $275CAD – $495CAD MacAdmins Conference State College, PA 12-19 July 2019 Call For Presenters Open Jamf Nation User Conference Minneapolis, MN 12-14 November 2019 $799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU) Meetups Event Name Location Dates Cost Austin Apple Admins Citizen Eatery 20 March 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT Free Dallas Apple Admins Bottle Rocket Studios 21 March 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT Free Apple Admins of Seattle and the Greater Northwest Splunk Seattle 21 March 2019, 6:00 p.m. Free Apple Admins of PDX 100 Market St SW, Portland 26 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. PT Free Houston Apple Admins Envision Design 27 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT Free San Diego Mac Admins Interlaced, Downtown SD 10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT Free SPONSOR MAC ADMINS PODCAST!

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SYNOPSIS:

Nick McSpadden at Facebook joins the pod to talk about the basics of Git for folks who have never worked with it before, or who could use a refresher of how commits, forks and pull requests all work.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

YOUR GUESTS:

• Nick McSpadden, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@MrNickMcSpadden]

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