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Session videos now available from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2018
The good folks at Penn State have begun posting the session videos from the Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2018. The sessions slides and currently-available videos are all accessible from the Penn...
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Staying notified about Apple developer software releases
Keeping up on Apple developer betas and other developer software releases is a necessary part of many Mac admins’ regular routine. It’s especially important during the period between WWDC in June and...
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The T2 Macs, the end of NetBoot and deploying from macOS Recovery
In late 2017, Apple released the iMac Pro. Along with the new Secure Enclave protection provided by Apple’s T2 chip, the iMac Pro brought another notable development: It did not support booting from a...
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Using directory membership to manage Apple Remote Desktop permissions
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is a screen sharing and remote administration tool that just about every Mac admin uses at some point. Configuring access permissions for it can be done in several ways:...
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Creating Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles for macOS
As part of the pre-release announcements about macOS Mojave, Apple released the following KBase article: Prepare your institution for iOS 12 or macOS Mojave: https://support.apple.com/HT209028 As part...
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Phantom groups, MySQL queries and Jamf Pro 10.7
On September 13th, Jamf released a new KBase article for Jamf Pro customers who hosted Jamf Pro themselves instead of hosting in Jamf Cloud: On-Prem Jamf Pro Customers Upgrading to 10.7.0:...
View ArticleSlides from the “Getting Started with Amazon Web Services” session at...
For those who wanted a copy of my Amazon Web Services talk at at the MacSysAdmin 2018 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF – http://tinyurl.com/MSA2018AWSPDF Keynote...
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Building an SAP GUI installer for macOS
Since I’ve started working for my current employer, my colleagues and I have occasionally received the following question from various Mac admins: “I’m using SAP in my environment. How do I deploy the...
View ArticleSession videos and slides available from MacSysAdmin 2018
The documentation from MacSysAdmin 2018 is available, with the session slides and videos being accessible from the link below: http://documentation.macsysadmin.se The video of my session is available...
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Oracle Java JDK, OpenJDK, Java 11 and macOS
With Java 8 approaching the end of its lifecycle, Oracle has made some changes to the Oracle JDK license that will affect Java 11’s JDK. As of Oracle Java JDK 8, you can use the JDK for free in the...
View ArticleSlides from the “Providing the best Mac experience possible, from the Apple...
For those who wanted a copy of my Mac management talk at at Jamf Nation User Conference 2018, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF – http://tinyurl.com/JNUC2018SAPPDF Keynote –...
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T2, FileVault and brute force attack protection
Apple recently released an overview document for its new T2 chip, which includes how the new T2 chip-equipped Macs have new protections against brute force attacks. This protection only applies if...
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Session videos from Jamf Nation User Conference 2018 now available
Jamf has posted the session videos for from Jamf Nation User Conference 2018, including the video for my “Providing the Best Mac Experience Possible, From the Mac CoE Team with ” session. For those...
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Backing up configuration profiles from Jamf Pro
When working with configuration profiles on Jamf Pro, I prefer to download and back them up to GitHub or a similar internal source control tool. The reasons I do this are the following: I have an...
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Backing up smart and static groups from Jamf Pro
When working with smart and static groups on Jamf Pro, especially more complex smart groups, I prefer to download then and back them up to GitHub or a similar internal source control tool. The reasons...
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Downloading macOS High Sierra from the Mac App Store
Now that macOS Mojave has been released, it’s become more difficult to access the macOS High Sierra installer for those who still need it. Fortunately, High Sierra has not been removed from the MAS and...
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Backing up macOS scripts from Jamf Pro
When working with scripts for managing Macs on Jamf Pro, I prefer to download then and back them up to GitHub or a similar internal source control tool. The reason I do this is the following: I have an...
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Packaging SAP GUI for macOS with Java 11 support
A while back, I wrote a post on building a SAP GUI installer for macOS, where SAP GUI needed to have Oracle’s Java 8 JDK as a pre-requisite. Since then Oracle has made an announcement that the use of...
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Backing up extension attributes from Jamf Pro
While working with extension attributes on Jamf Pro, I prefer to download then and back them up to GitHub or a similar internal source control tool. The reasons I do this are the following: I have an...
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Backing up macOS management policies from Jamf Pro
When working with computer management policies on Jamf Pro, especially more complex policies, I prefer to download then and back them up to GitHub or a similar internal source control tool. The reasons...
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