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Managing automatic installation of Background Security Improvements for macOS...
As a follow-up to my previous post for managing Background Security Improvements (BSIs) using Jamf Pro’s Blueprints, it looks like I misunderstood what one of the management options was actually doing....
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Disabling Rosetta awareness messages on macOS Tahoe
As part of Apple’s move from using Intel processors to Apple Silicon processors for all Mac models, Apple has announced a transition timeline for macOS’s Rosetta 2 translation environment. Rosetta 2...
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Detecting installed Intel-based applications on macOS Tahoe
On macOS Tahoe 26.4.x and later, launching an Intel-based app on an Apple Silicon Mac will periodically result in a message similar to the following being displayed by the OS. This message is part of...
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DUNS number no longer required to sign up for Apple Business in the United...
Apple Business, the successor service to Apple Business Manager (ABM), launched on April 14, 2026. With the new service came a number of changes, including a change to how you could sign up for Apple...
View ArticleSlides from the “Preparing for macOS Next” session at MacAD.UK 2026
For those who wanted a copy of my talk on preparing for new versions of macOS at the MacAD.UK 2026 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF:...
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Apple enforcing stricter network security requirements for future versions of...
Apple released a new KBase article on April 21st 2026, where the intended audience is IT admins and device management service developers. (For device management service developers, these are the...
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Managing Apple Intelligence settings for macOS using Blueprints in Jamf Pro
Jamf Pro’s Blueprints can be used to manage Apple Intelligence settings, in place of managing these settings using a configuration profile. Let’s see how this works using the following configuration as...
View ArticleTurning on FileVault using the fdesetup command line tool may not include...
I recently did some FileVault testing using the fdesetup command line tool on macOS Tahoe and noticed something was missing when I did so. On prior versions of macOS, when you ran the fdesetup enable...
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Using pmset to set your Mac to automatically power on when power is available...
One of the features included with macOS Tahoe 26.5.0 is a new option in the Energy preferences in System Settings for automatically starting a Mac when power is connected to it, either following a...
View ArticleSession videos available from MacAD.UK 2026
A number of session videos (including mine) have been posted from MacAD.UK 2026. For those interested, the videos are available on YouTube via the link below:...
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