Mac Admins Podcast

SYNOPSIS:

Live at Mac Dev Ops! Dana Campbell of Slack, Joel Rennich of Orchard & Grove, and Mat X of the Mac Dev Ops YVR conference join Tom Bridge and Diana Birsan to look at what we know so far about macOS Mojave.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Diana Birsan, Security Culture Lead, Shopify [@miss_limesplash]

GUESTS:

• Dana Campbell, Global IT Manager, Slack [@danajc]
• Mat X, Mac Dev Ops YVR [@MacDevOpsYVR]
• Joel Rennich, Chief Instigator at Orchard & Grove [@mactroll]

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LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

WebKit’s new Tracking Prevention 2.0

Good running Google Doc here with Q&A onsite thanks to Sergio

WWDC Platform State of the Union

Your Apps and the Future of macOS Security

What’s new in Managing Apple Devices

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PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include William Smith, Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

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X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th
MacSysdamin in Göteborg, Sweden, October 2-5, 2018
Jamf Nation User Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23-25, 2018
MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 6-9, 2018

Meetups

Austin Apple Admins will meet on June 20th at Perry–Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at 6:30pm

Look for a location announcement for the Apple Admins of Seattle meetup for Thursday, June 21. Ask in the #cascadia channel for more details.

MacDMV will meet next in July, Time and date TBD, ask @tbridge for more information.

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SYNOPSIS:

WWDC starts this week! Our roundtable is focused on Apple’s 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, and what Apple might be releasing for macOS, iOS and more.

YOUR HOSTS:

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

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Learn more about the NEW Mac EDR Dashboard at Uptycs

LINKS & NOTES

WWDC 2018 Site

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

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MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

#thenetherlands will meet at SAP office in Den Bosch (Netherlands) on June 8th, 2018 at 2pm

Austin Apple Admins will meet on June 20th at Perry–Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at 6:30pm

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SYNOPSIS:

It’s a roundtable episode of the Mac Admins Podcast, as Pepijn has some news to share, and the team talks about all manner of things. Join us for a very special episode of the Mac Admins Podcast

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

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LINKS & NOTES

Ephemeral Notifications remain in a DB that’s readable

And a new app to show you what’s there! New Utility: ‘AuRevoir’

IoT Systems can use insecure methods to receive your Wi-Fi

Armin Briegel has a new book on the Installer

25 years of BBEdit

10 million devices under Jamf Management

GDPR compliant version of Jamf Pro

DataJar Magentagate

Munki 3.3 release

Signing Munki for Greater Security

Chrome to change security visibility

Malware using MDM

The Greatest Line in Comedy

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Conference Sites

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MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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SYNOPSIS:

Mac Automation Pioneer & Powerhouse Sal Soghoian joins the pod to talk about everything from Otto the Automator Mascot, to how the Mac needs the command line to always exist.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Diana Birsan, Security Awareness Program Manager, Shopify
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]

GUESTS:

• Sal Soghoian, Man of Many Hats [@MacAutomation]

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LINKS & NOTES

Automator Actions Library for Jamf Pro

Komand

Omni Automation
Omni Automation Tutorial

Mac OS X Automation
Config Automation
iWork Automation

MacScripter Dot Net
Command-D Conference
2012 WWDC • Session 206 • Secure Automation Techniques (automation & sandboxing)

Script Debugger 7

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

​
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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SYNOPSIS:

Josh Wisenbaker from Orchard & Grove (makers of NoMAD and NoMAD Login) joins the pod to talk about engineering at the Login Window level, modern security, and more!

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Diana Birsan, Security Awareness Program Manager, Shopify

GUESTS:

• Josh Wisenbaker, Head of Engineering, Orchard & Grove [@macshome]

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LINKS & NOTES

NoMAD Pro

NoMAD Login

NoMAD at Gitlab
NoMAD Login AD at Gitlab

WebAuthn

OURSA

Oktane

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

​
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018 — Tickets now on sale!
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet at the Marriott Library at University of Utah on May 16th at 11am Mountain time.

Macbrained Twin Cities will meet at Mono on May 16th at 5pm.

Macbrained DC will meet at Tequila & Tacos on May 16th at 6:30pm

Dallas Apple Admins will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on May 17th at 6:30pm

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on May 17th at a location to be determined. Contact ctdawe on the Slack for more information

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SYNOPSIS:

Tom, Pepijn and Marcus talk with Fraser Speirs about the state of iOS in Education, ChromeOS, G-Suite and more!

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

GUESTS:

• Fraser Speirs, Head Teacher, Cedars School of Excellence [@fraserspeirs]

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LINKS & NOTES

Accidental Education Podcast

iPad Still Excels

40% C300 failure rate:

Acer Chromebook Tab 10

Diffusion of Innovations

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Conference Sites

​
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018 — NOW WITH 20% DISCOUNT!
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet at the Marriott Library at University of Utah on May 16th at 11am Mountain time.

Macbrained Twin Cities will meet at Mono on May 16th at 5pm.

Macbrained DC will meet at Tequila & Tacos on May 16th at 6:30pm

Dallas Apple Admins will meet at Bottle Rocket Studios on May 17th at 6:30pm

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on May 17th at a location to be determined. Contact ctdawe on the Slack for more information

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SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Tom and Adam talk with Rajhans Samdani of Spoke, and learn how machine learning can be applied to your helpdesk and other support teams!

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace at Jamf, [@cedge318]
• Adam Codega, IT Consultant [@adamcodega]

GUESTS:

• Rajhans Samdani, Chief Scientist at Spoke, [@rajhans_samdani]

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LINKS & NOTES

Spoke

Machine Learning at AWS

Machine Learning at GCS

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Machine Learning in Python

ITKit

PATREON SPONSORS

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, Christopher Collins, Martin Neumann, Patrick Gallagher, Reid Blondell, Bart Reardon, Damien Barrett, Rick Heil, and our first even patron, Joe Mielke. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

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Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

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SYNOPSIS:

Charles, Pepijn and Tom talk some more about macOS 10.13.4, iOS 11.3 and follow-up to last week, then some discussion about dealing with difficult people.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace at Jamf, [@cedge318]

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

UAMDM seems to not “take” if any assistive services are enabled:
Applescript around this feature

Devices falling out of management
Forbes
9to5Mac

Swagger docs

iPhone 8 Red

Mac Pro delayed to 2019

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Conference Sites

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Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Utah Apple Admins will meet on April 18th at 11am Mountain time at the Marriott Library on the campus of the University of Utah.

Greater Philadelphia Apple Admins will meet at the Apple Store on Walnut Street on Thursday April 19th at 6pm.

Seattle Apple Admins will meet on the 19th at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union

Austin Apple Admins will meet on April 25, at 6:30pm at TruSource Labs in Tech Ridge in Austin.

MacDeployment Meetup will meet on April 25th at Calgary Public Building at 5th Floor, 205 8 Ave SE (Calgary Public Building)

MacAdmins PDX will meet at Adidas on Thursday April 26th at 6pm.

The Chicago Jamf Nation User Meetup will happen at 5pm on Thursday April 26th at Hireology on East Upper Wacker Drive. Friend of the Pod Joel Rennich is speaking.

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SYNOPSIS:

Pepijn, Charles and Tom are here with a roundup of 10.13.4 and iOS 11.3, as well as some conversation about the state of some of the bugs, as well as the latest release of Server which isn’t as threadbare as we once thought.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace at Jamf, [@cedge318]

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

iOS 11.3 release notes

Bad Bug in iOS 11.3 #1

Bad Bug in iOS 11.3 #2

iOS Apps misinstalling agains

macOS 10.13.4 release notes

Preparation Guide

Security Guide: About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 (build 17E199), Security Update 2018-002 Sierra (build 16G1314), and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan (build 15G20015)

Der Flounder automated restart whatnot: New automated restart option added to macOS 10.13.4’s softwareupdate command line tool

User-initiated Computer Enrollment in Jamf Pro 10.3

Detect UAMDM Profiles

ServerServices appear gone at first. But you can do serveradmin start $service
Updated Server released, and updated technote

Apple Releases Service Migration Guide
Charles’ Migration guide

New iPad

Schoolwork app

News & Discussion:

Sarah Edwards found recurring issues with APFS passwords going into random(ish) system logs including os_log and install.log (?!)

 

https://www.mac4n6.com/blog/2018/4/1/ok-internet-lets-test-this-apfs-password-bug-properly

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Conference Sites

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Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

Austin Apple Admins will meet on April 25, at 6:30pm at TruSource Labs in Tech Ridge in Austin.

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SYNOPSIS:

Thomas Reed from Malwarebytes comes back on the pod to talk about Graykey, a tool advertised to law enforcement to unlock any iOS Device. We talk about the ethics of a tool like this, how it might work, and what the future of iOS Security is around a device like the Graykey.

YOUR HOSTS:

• Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Pepijn Bruienne, R&D Engineer at Duo Security [@bruienne], Proprietor of EnterpriseMac.Bruienne.com
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace at Jamf, [@cedge318]

GUESTS:

• Thomas Reed, Director of Mac and Mobile, Malwarebytes [@thomasareed]

LISTEN! LINKS & NOTES

GrayKey iPhone Unlocker Poses Serious Security Concerns – Malwarebytes Blog

AFCClient on Github

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Conference Sites

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Brainstorm Wisconsin March 4-6, 2018
Brainstorm Sandusky May 6-8, 2018
MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 7-8, 2018
X World in Sydney Australia, June 27-29, 2018
Penn State University Mac Admins in State College, PA July 10th-13th

Meetups

Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.

MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.

MacDMV will meet at 8281 Greensboro on March 28th at 6:30pm.

Macbrained SF will meet at March 28th at Spoke at 6pm.

London Apple Admins will meet on 12 April at 6:30pm at Treatwell.

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