Sunday, September 30, 2018

Apple introduces new data recovery process for Macs with T2 chip | 9to5Mac

Apple introduces new data recovery process for Macs with T2 chip | 9to5Mac: Apple has recently documented a new data recovery process internally for Macs that utilize its T2 chip introduced with the iMac Pro and the 2018 MacBook Pro. The new process for repair staff is bei…

macOS 10.14 Mojave: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica

macOS 10.14 Mojave: The Ars Technica review | Ars Technica: Dark Mode and iOS apps make this desert-themed release feel surprisingly verdant.

SecTools.Org Top Network Security Tools

SecTools.Org Top Network Security Tools

6 Github alternatives that are open source and self-hosted - nixCraft

6 Github alternatives that are open source and self-hosted - nixCraft: A curated list of six awesome open source Github alternatives that you can host on your own server.

How to Test Network Throughput Using iperf3 Tool in Linux

How to Test Network Throughput Using iperf3 Tool in Linux: iperf3 is a free open source, cross-platform command line based program for performing real time network throughput measurements between servers in Linux.

To install macOS Mojave, or not to? | DAM SAN

To install macOS Mojave, or not to? | DAM SAN: Just the other day macOS Mojave was released and now the armies of Macs armed only with the AppStore are silently downloading the installer and ready to upgrade. You can’t hurry too fast to b…

keep trying a command until it is successful Using echo, sleep

keep trying a command until it is successful Using echo, sleep: until YOURCOMMAND; do echo \"Retrying\"; sleep 2; done - (keep trying a command until it is successful Keep retrying YOURCOMMAND until it succeeds. Add sleep between retries so that +c works. (Though you can always use +z and kill %1).

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5274386/2175968). The best command line collection on the internet, submit yours and save your favorites.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Releases · carlashley/tccprofile

Releases · carlashley/tccprofile: Creates a TCC profile for new Privacy Payloads in macOS Mojave - carlashley/tccprofile

krypted/precache: Used to cache available Apple updates into an OS X Server running the Caching Service

krypted/precache: Used to cache available Apple updates into an OS X Server running the Caching Service: Used to cache available Apple updates into an OS X Server running the Caching Service - krypted/precache

Still holding out on Windows 10? Microsoft tempts upgrade with virtual desktop to Azure • The Register

Still holding out on Windows 10? Microsoft tempts upgrade with virtual desktop to Azure • The Register: Still great pals with Citrix, but users will find the Windows 7 offer enticing

Retrospect: Knowledge Base > macOS Mojave – Application Data Privacy

Retrospect: Knowledge Base > macOS Mojave – Application Data Privacy: Retrospect Backup 15.5 supports Apple macOS Mojave (10.14). macOS Mojave introduced a new security feature to help users manage their data privacy. It's an excellent feature but requires an extra step for customers to allow Retrospect to access their entire system.

Try Files On-Demand for Mac - OneDrive

Try Files On-Demand for Mac - OneDrive: OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device.

Preserve extended attributes by carlashley · Pull Request #60 · chilcote/outset

Preserve extended attributes by carlashley · Pull Request #60 · chilcote/outset: This will be required if any third party decides to code sign the /usr/local/outset/outset script specifically. Code sign requirements for plain text files are stored in extended attributes:
[carl@pegasus]:outset # xattr outset
com.apple.cs.CodeDirectory
com.apple.cs.CodeRequirements
com.apple.cs.CodeRequirements-1
com.apple.cs.CodeSignature

http://blog.jjgod.org/2013/06/21/preserving-extended-attributes-on-os-x/

jamf/PPPC-Utility: Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) Utility

jamf/PPPC-Utility: Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) Utility: Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) Utility. Contribute to jamf/PPPC-Utility development by creating an account on GitHub.

Perpetually licensed Office 2019 now available for corporate customers | Ars Technica

Perpetually licensed Office 2019 now available for corporate customers | Ars Technica: Consumer availability will be in the coming weeks.

Florian Pichler on Twitter: "People with Mojave and external non-retina monitors who can't read anything anymore may run this in your Terminal to restore the pre-Mojave text rendering: defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO (via https://t.co/cyAhURXMXV) https://t.co/niUZ343kqG"

Florian Pichler on Twitter: "People with Mojave and external non-retina monitors who can't read anything anymore may run this in your Terminal to restore the pre-Mojave text rendering: defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO (via https://t.co/cyAhURXMXV) https://t.co/niUZ343kqG"

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Privacy Preferences Policy Control - Mobile device management settings for IT

Privacy Preferences Policy Control - Mobile device management settings for IT

Creating Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles for macOS | Der Flounder

Creating Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles for macOS | Der Flounder: 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: As part of the KBase article, Apple inc…

rtrouton/privacy_preferences_control_profiles: Repository for Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles, also known as TCC profiles

rtrouton/privacy_preferences_control_profiles: Repository for Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles, also known as TCC profiles: Repository for Privacy Preferences Policy Control profiles, also known as TCC profiles - rtrouton/privacy_preferences_control_profiles

PSWinReporting - Monitoring active directory events and sending it to Email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, SQL : PowerShell

PSWinReporting - Monitoring active directory events and sending it to Email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, SQL : PowerShell: r/PowerShell: Windows PowerShell (POSH) is a command-line shell and associated scripting language created by Microsoft. Offering full access to COM, WMI and .NET, POSH is a full-featured task automation framework for distributed Microsoft platforms and solutions.

Friday, September 14, 2018

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Remotely Approving UAMDM | Jer Because

Remotely Approving UAMDM | Jer Because: With the release of 10.13.2, Apple introduced a new “feature” called User Approved Mobile Device Management Enrollment (UAMDM), which withholds certain privileges from the managing MDM …

Bypassing the SecureToken dialog for mobile accounts – Sound Magenta Guy

Bypassing the SecureToken dialog for mobile accounts – Sound Magenta Guy: Ahh SecureToken; the gift that keeps on giving! macOS 10.13.4 introduced this new, undocumented dialog that would appear on first login under the following conditions: If the filesystem is APFS Whe…

Signing .mobileconfig Profiles With Keychain Certificates | OS X Dominion: Mastering OS X Management

Signing .mobileconfig Profiles With Keychain Certificates | OS X Dominion: Mastering OS X Management: Generating .mobileconfig profiles should be a straightforward process for the Mac admin. There are many tools to do so – Profile Manager, Apple Configurator (although it lacks the OS-X specif…

MacBlog - Managing Macs at Scale

MacBlog - Managing Macs at Scale

Friday, September 7, 2018

Creating an Office 2016 15.18.0 installer | Der Flounder

Creating an Office 2016 15.18.0 installer | Der Flounder: Microsoft recently released a new software installer to help make the task of deploying updated copies of Office 2016 for Mac admins a lot easier. This new installer is available along with the lat…

Control ssh access with munki nopkg scripts – Scripting OS X

Control ssh access with munki nopkg scripts – Scripting OS X: Often you want to control settings on client machine with scripts rather than packages. One such example is controlling ssh acces, aka ‘Remote Login’ in the OS X UI. Note: please consid…

Control Apple Remote Desktop Access with Munki – Scripting OS X

Control Apple Remote Desktop Access with Munki – Scripting OS X: Previously, I posted how to ensure SSH access is enabled with Munki. Another favored (though sorely neglected by Apple) tool to remote control Macs is obviously Apple Remote Desktop. Note: Apple Re…

How to use the EventCombMT utility to search event logs for account lockouts

How to use the EventCombMT utility to search event logs for account lockouts

Microsoft changes OS requirements for Office 2019 for Mac and Office 365 for Mac - Office 365

Microsoft changes OS requirements for Office 2019 for Mac and Office 365 for Mac - Office 365: To provide you with the best experience, after macOS 10.14 Mojave is made generally available in Fall 2018, the operating system (OS) requirement for Office for Mac is currently anticipated to change to support Apple’s three most recent versions of macOS.

Mac OS 9 for OS X/macOS

Mac OS 9 for OS X/macOS: A SheepShaver-based system for running Mac OS 9 under OS X/macOS

Microsoft PowerShell Basics Guide

Microsoft PowerShell Basics Guide: Our guide to Microsoft PowerShell and what you need to know to unlock its full capabilities as an IT administrator.

Helping customers shift to a modern desktop - Microsoft 365 Blog

Helping customers shift to a modern desktop - Microsoft 365 Blog: Today, we are pleased to make three announcements that help you make the shift to a modern desktop.

Avoid Kernel Extension and Access Control Issues During macOS Update

Avoid Kernel Extension and Access Control Issues During macOS Update: Upgrading macOS causes some installed profiles to be effectively ignored. We explain the reason and how to avoid this problem in your own deployment.

Working with Mojave’s Privacy Protection – The Eclectic Light Company

Working with Mojave’s Privacy Protection – The Eclectic Light Company: For many users, privacy controls in Mojave will pass almost unnoticed. Here are tips for those who have greater demands, and want their apps to access protected data.

Monday, September 3, 2018

(33) Best Practices for Deploying Platform SSO with Microsoft Entra ID–Michael Epping, Mark Morowczynski - YouTube

(33) Best Practices for Deploying Platform SSO with Microsoft Entra ID–Michael Epping, Mark Morowczynski - YouTube