MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03 This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins come to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden! macadmins.news/issues/376 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the future of the 26 releases, the new Apple Platform Deployment guide, and explores identity management on Mac. macadmins.news/issues/375 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's MacAdmins.news is all about Tahoe and all the other 26.0 updates! Many great posts from Mac admins on how to use (and sometimes block) the new features! macadmins.news/issues/374 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Apple Platform updates for September 2025 macOS macOS Tahoe 26.0 (25G354): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, App Store (not yet?), User Guide, IPSW, PKG installer, Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15.7 (24G222): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8 (23J21):…

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we anticipate the 26.0 releases next Monday, and enjoy the usual mix of great posts and tutorials from fellow administrators. macadmins.news/issues/373 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Another Simple Package: Policy Banner Previous articles in this series: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Building Simple Component Packages Books Update 2025 When you place a text file named PolicyBanner in the /Library/Security directory, macOS will display this file before the Login…

MacAdmins.news returns from Summer Camp and we look forward to the Apple Event and 26.0 platform releases. I share my lack of enthusiasm and déjà vu on Liquid Glass. And with all that a great number of articles and updates from other Mac Admins! macadmins.news/issues/372 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Books Update — 2025 It's been a while since I wrote about my books. Life has been tugging me in different directions (in a good way, overall). Things are going well, overall, but there was always this nagging feeling that I really should do something about the books. They were getting a bit… well……

In the last bi-weekly (fortnightly) Summercamp issue of MacAdmins.news, we look at the security updates, lots of app and tools updates, and have links to several amazing posts and tutorials from fellow Mac Admins. Weekly issues resume in September. macadmins.news/issues/371 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Building Simple Component Packages Building packages can turn complex very quickly. We will start with a few simple examples first and build up from there. You should read the first two posts in this series, first: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Boring Wallpaper For our first simple…

A summer progresses, we look at the new Apple platform updates, useful tutorials on installer packages and family admins, and many more great links! macadmins.news/issues/370 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Installing Packages What is a package? If you have been using a Mac, you will have encountered an installation package file or pkg. Package files are used to install software and configuration files on your Mac. Package files come in different flavors and formats, but they can be summarized to…

Apple Platform updates for July 2025 I usually post this collection of links as part of the weekly MacAdmins.news summary, but that is currently on a slower bi-weekly "Summer Camp" schedule. So I am posting this here for a change and will link in the issue next week. The dot-six updates, as is…

The third Summer Camp '25 issue of MacAdmins.news shows that the community is using their summer break to be productive: many updates, and great tutorials! macadmins.news/issues/369 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Inspecting Packages The macOS installation process installs a pkg file with root credentials. Because of this high level of privileges, it is essential for a Mac system administrator or security expert to be able to inspect the files and scripts. macOS comes with several tools to work with package…

This week's MacAdmins.news notes some changes to Apple Business and School Manager, lots of updates and some great articles for Apple device management professionals! macadmins.news/issues/368 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

Updates: Setup Manager and utiluti Setup Manager 1.3 We have released Setup Manager 1.3 today. You can see the release notes and download the pkg installer here. Most of the changes to Setup Manager in the update do not change the workflow directly. The focus for this update was to improve logging…

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary has further looks into dealing with the 26.0 beta cycle of the Apple platforms, great tutorials and links to relevant videos and podcast for Apple administrators. macadmins.news/issues/367 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's MacAdmins.news summary has some first solutions, and scripts from the community reacting to WWDC news, along with the usual tutorials, links, and security macadmins.news/issues/366 #MacAdmins #Mac #Apple #WWDC

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we look, not surprisingly at the news for Apple admins from WWDC. There's a lot that is relevant to managing your Apple device fleet! macadmins.news/issues/365 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple #WWDC

'Twas the Friday before WWDC, and this week's issue has great posts from and for Mac Admins to read while you wait for the Keynote... macadmins.news/issues/364 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we ask important questions, like "Will there be a MacBook Pro (2025) that requires macOS 26?" But also, there is the usual mix of interesting articles for Mac Admins. macadmins.news/issues/363 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at some minor updates in the wake of last week's dot-five releases. Also, some nice new automations and tutorials for Mac Admins. macadmins.news/issues/362 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's news summary for MacAdmins has, not surprisingly, a lot of links regarding macOS 15.5, iOS 18.5 and the other Apple platform updates from this week, but there are also a number of links for security, automation and general MacAdmin posts macadmins.news/issues/361 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue looks as the SixColors Apple in the Enterprise report card, celebrates 10 years of Mac Admins Slack, and has a great list of security, how-to, and automation posts! macadmins.news/issues/359 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue of the news summary for Mac Admins celebrates ten years of Apple Watch, looks at the continuing Apple/EU/DMA drama and many nice automations for admins. macadmins.news/issues/358 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

In this week's issue of the news summary for Mac Admins, I rationalize procrastinating on responding to the Enterprise survey. But there are also lots of great and useful articles and tools from admins all over! macadmins.news/issues/357 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

The MacAdmins.news issue of this week looks deeper at the changes from last week's macOS 15.4 updates (new rsync!) macadmins.news/issues/356 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news obviously pays a lot of attention to macOS 15.4, iOS 18.4 and all the other Apple updates, but also contains many other interesting links to posts from the MacAdmins community! macadmins.news/issues/355 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

New tool updated: utiluti v1.1 A few weeks back I introduced a new tool: utiluti, which sets default apps for url schemes and file types. Not standing still, I have updated the tool with new verbs to list url schemes and file types that a given app can handle, as well as inspect and set default…

This is week's issue of MacAdmins.news we look at conference calendar for MacAdmins and some interesting automations and tutorials! macadmins.news/issues/354 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

No "big topic" in this week's MacAdmins.news summary, but still the usual great assortment of opinions, security news, tutorials and automation posts relevant to system admins in the Apple world! macadmins.news/issues/353 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news we cannot avoid the delay of Siri improvement, but also look at the security updates that dropped this week and a great assortment of posts and updates from the Mac Admins community. macadmins.news/issues/352 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

New utility from @scriptingosx.com to set default apps from the CLI scriptingosx.com/2025/03/new-...

This week's news summary for Mac Admins looks at the new Apple hardware and emojis, and also some useful automations from community authors. macadmins.news/issues/351 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

In this week's news summary for Mac Admins, we acknowledge the new betas, notice User Guide updates for Apple Business/School Manager, and have the usual great assortment of helpful posts and articles! macadmins.news/issues/350 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's news summary, we look briefly at the new phone before we look some beefy malware and vulnerabilities, some nice configuration profiles and updates. macadmins.news/issues/349 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news with info on the latest security updates and more support advice! macadmins.news/issues/348 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

In this week's news summary for Apple admins on MacAdmins.news, I muse about the upcoming Spring Updates and we learn one (more) reason to finally updated from macOS Mojave. macadmins.news/issues/347 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week's MacAdmins.news issue is mostly about the updates to all Apple platforms and how to manage them, but we also learn about poor four digit PINs and how to create shell scripts. macadmins.news/issues/346 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

The last issue before the dot-three releases comes with shortcuts, extension attributes and a whole bunch of updates from micromdm! macadmins.news/issues/345 #Mac #MacAdmins

This week's news summary for MacAdmins comes with an off-topic, personal message. But also the usual links for what is relevant for Apple device management professionals, like what's going on with DDM and how to configure your terminal. macadmins.news/issues/344 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

The first issue of the MacAdmins news summary for 2025 is out! It only has one review of last year. macadmins.news/issues/343 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

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The last issue of before the holiday break with some advice on how to deal with software update deferrals and some tips on pasting in Terminal: macadmins.news/issues/342 The news summary will return after the holiday break on Jan 10 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

This week brought the second update to all of Apple's platforms. Along with new Apple Intelligence features, admins are looking for the options to manage (i.e. disable) them. Read about this and more in this week's news summary for MacAdmins! macadmins.news/issues/341 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple

We are entering the last stretch before for holidays but Apple is not done yet and has published the release candidates for the ".2" updates for all their platforms. Read my news summary for Apple Admins: macadmins.news/issues/340 hashtag#Mac hashtag#MacAdmins hashtag#Apple

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Even though the US is either stuck in tryptophan-enhanced food coma or reveling in consumer frenzy, this week's issue of my news summary for Mac Admins is available on MacAdmins.news! macadmins.news/issues/339 #Mac #MacAdmins #Apple