[New post] Scripting OS X — Weekly News Summary for Admins — 2021-09-24

ab posted: " iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 and the other related updates were published this week. On top of that the first iPhones 13 and new iPad mini are arriving today. I only linked to two reviews – you will know where to get opinions from your favorite bloggers " New post on Scripting OS X Scripting OS X — Weekly News Summary for Admins — 2021-09-24 by ab iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8 and the other related updates were published this week. On top of that the first iPhones 13 and new iPad mini are arriving today. I only linked to two reviews – you will know where to get opinions from your favorite bloggers and streamers. (Sponsor: vast limits) uberAgent: application performance monitoring uberAgent is an innovative user experience monitoring product for macOS and Windows. uberAgent's highlights include detailed information about application performance, network reliability drill-downs, application usage metering, browser performance, and web app metrics. Try for yourself and get your free 100 user community license at uberagent.com. We also got more security updates for iOS 12 and Catalina. And a new macOS 12 Monterey beta, as well as the first round of iOS 15.1 betas. Last week's newsletter dropped just a bit before the good news of the 11.6 full installer being available. Keep providing that feedback! We have two major MacAdmin conferences coming up, both are online. First is MacSysAdmin Online which will release sessions starting October 5 through October 8. You can still order a T-shirt to support the conference. The amazing speaker list is online. I will be presenting a session on Swift. Later is Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) which is (again) entirely online and entirely free. You can still register and already look at the session list. I will be presenting a session on Installomator and participate in a panel on patch management. There is always my overview of the most important upcoming conferences. Also, in personal news: I am now working at Jamf. But this should not affect this news summary at all. If you would rather get the weekly newsletter by email, you can subscribe to the Scripting OS X Weekly Newsletter here!! (Same content, delivered to your Inbox once a week.) News and Opinion The Most Important iPhone Ever – Horace Dedieu How long does Apple support macOS? – Howard Oakley iOS 15 and siblings iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Review - MacStories iPadOS 15: A closer look – Jason Snell, Six Colors Swift 5.5 Released – Swift.org Why doesn't Apple want people to upgrade to iOS 15? – Kirk McElhearn and Joshua Long, The Mac Security Blog Apple Support About iOS 15 Updates About iPadOS 15 Updates About watchOS 8 Updates What's new for enterprise in iOS 15 What's new for enterprise in iPadOS 15 What's new in iOS 15 (User Guide) What's new in iPadOS 15 (User Guide) What's new in watchOS 8 (User Guide) Apple security updates (Note: the security articles for macOS 11.6, iOS 14.8 and others from last week have received updated content) macOS 12 Monterey How Monterey changes Apple Silicon Recovery – Howard Oakley macOS Monterey Beta 7 Update (21A5522h) – Mr. Macintosh macOS and iOS Updates About the security content of Security Update 2021-006 Catalina iOS 12.5.5 Apple has released Catalina Security Update 2021-006 – Howard Oakley MacAdmins on Twitter Patrick Fergus: "Hey Everyone, Adobe Admin Console packages that include Acrobat should no longer fail when Safari is open." Eric Boyd: "Hi there @Apple device owners! We are mere hours away from the next major OS release for iPhones, iPads, Apple TV's and iPods. So, what can you do to ensure the best experience with your upgrades? I have a few best practices that I follow and recommend for almost everyone." (Thread) Rich Trouton: "Every so often, I have a packaging task that I'm not sure AutoPkg can handle. I keep being wrong about that because AutoPkg just needs me to write the right recipe." Security and Privacy El Capitan and older Mac OS X are about to have a security certificate problem – Howard Oakley macOS Finder RCE: SSD Secure Disclosure New macOS zero-day bug lets attackers run commands remotely – Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities and critique of Apple Security Bounty program – Habr Beyond the good ol' LaunchAgents - 20 - Terminal Preferences – Csaba Fitzl Support and HowTos Office 2021 information for MacAdmins – Kevin M. Cox Explainer: the Recovery Partition – Howard Oakley A Fine Tale – John C. Welch Windows on ARM on Apple Silicon: An Open Conversation – getwired.com Broken Admin Account – Adam Anclewicz The silence of the BoMs: why you don't know what macOS updates – Howard Oakley Inside macOS installer apps and disks – Howard Oakley Scripting and Automation Dialog 6 months later – Bart Reardon Determining Mac Hardware Manufacture Date Using Osquery – Fritz Ifert-Miller, Kolide (on the verge of being outdated. M1 iMacs and new iPhones are already being shipped with the new randomized serial numbers) Updates and Releases Jamf Pro 10.32.2 To Watch Quick Install Windows 11: An Easy Way to Install Windows 11 on Mac via Boot Camp – TwoCanoes Software, YouTube To Listen Matt Woestehoff – Mac Admins Podcast Pavlov's Squirrels — Command-Control-Power Support If you are enjoying what you are reading here, please spread the word and recommend it to another Mac Admin! Scripting OS X Weblog Weekly Email Newsletter (TinyLetter) Twitter If you want to support me and this website even further, then consider buying one (or all) of my books. It's like a subscription fee, but you also get a useful book or two extra! NEW: macOS Terminal and Shell Moving to zsh Packaging for Apple Administrators ab | September 24, 2021 at 2:56 pm | Categories: Weekly News | URL: https://wp.me/p69KII-qK Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Scripting OS X. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://scriptingosx.com/2021/09/scripting-os-x-weekly-news-summary-for-admins-2021-09-24/