Just a quick post for folks that missed it (I follow Clay on the twitters but got notice it was happening a bit too late), the well-regarded 'Managing Macs at Google Scale' talk Clay Caviness and Ed Eigerman gave for LISA '13 was revisited for their video series, embedded below.
Just for those that didn't see this: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/news/2015/11/has-macupdate-fallen-to-the-adware-plague/ $ strings /Volumes/MacUpdate\ Installer/MacUpdate\ Installer.app/Contents/bin/AssetsChanger |…
We at AFP548 would like to congratulate JAMF Software and IBM for their announced collaboration to provide management services to Apple customers all around the world. In one fell swoop, one of the oldest technology companies showed it was serious about supporting Apple's products, and here's to the notion that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Just a quick link to (your friend and mine) Shea 'G' Craig's blog for an update about the new Thunderstrike patches that came down with 10.10.4, head over there for the skinny.
Archived copy: JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation (Vimeo)JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation by Allister Banks, uploaded June 27, 2014; archived 2026-10-21. Wayback Machine copy. JSS-autopkg-addon Presentation from Allister Banks on Vimeo.
Tim Perfitt of Twocanoes Software has put together a nice video showcasing the thirty years of Macintosh models. http://vimeo.com/89607354 Archived note: Vimeo 89607354This Vimeo item (“30 Years of the Mac - Video”, Vimeo ID 89607354) is no longer available from Vimeo (checked 2026-10-21).
It's always great to get help from a community of your peers, and our recent survey was an attempt to start having us all check in every once in a while as a group with data about how we maintain and provide management for our customers.
UPDATE: We've gotten 100 responses, which is great! ...And also the limit on the form we used :( Sorry! Thanks to everyone who responded, I'll clean up the results and make a follow-up post soon.
Over on the 318.com blog I've announced a new 'processor' add-on that can be installed with autopkg, which therefore can leverage the JSS API to fulfill many of the functions which up until present only Munki enjoyed(direct pipeline to testing, automatically adding the package to the distribution point, other associated metadata handling.
Hey folks, Through a quite unexpected streak, we were able to produce and release 6 episodes of season one of the AFP548 podcast every two weeks up until now - our thanks go out to all those who've listened, and just as…
