Mac Admins Podcast

Synopsis:

James Felton from Jamf joins Tom, Marcus, James and Charles to talk about Managed App Config, the iOS standard for delivering preferences to individual apps on managed devices.

Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
• James Smith, IT Manager, Culture Amp [@smithjw]

Our Guest:

• James Felton, Senior Software Engineer, Jamf

Presenting Sponsor: VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

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Links & Notes

AppConfig
AppConfig.org
AppConfig Schemas

AppConfig at Jamf Research

AppConfig.org Members

Managed App Config Lib on Github

iOS Configuration and APIs for Kiosk and Assessment Apps

Deploying Office Equipment at Scale

Supporting Sponsors

Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

Patreon Sponsors

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

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Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Japanese Privacy Law Mini-Conference	Higashi Kurume-shi, Tokyo, Japan	21 May 2019	¥1,000 aimed toward education institutions in Japan
ACEs Conference	Kansas City, MO	5-6 June 2019	$699 (Basic Event Ticket)
MacDeployment Conference	Calgary, Canada	10-11 June 2019	CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May
MacDevOps:YVR	Vancouver, Canada	12-14 June, 2019	$275CAD – $495CAD
X World	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26-28 June 2019	$699 AUD Early Bird
MacAdmins Conference	State College, PA	9-12 July 2019	$649 Early Bird until 13 May
MacTech Conference	Los Angeles, CA	15-18 October 2019	$999 Early Bird til 28 June
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, MN	12-14 November 2019	$799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Atlanta Apple Admins	BrassTap at the Perimeter	16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET	Free
Seattle Apple Admins	Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations	16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free
Dallas Apple Admins	Bottle Rocket Studios, Addison, TX	16 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT	Free
Melbourne Apple Admins	University of Melbourne, Parkville campus	22 May 2019, 6:30pm AEST	Free
MacBrained Toronto	LoyaltyOne Atrium	20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET	Free
Houston Apple Admins	TBD	17 July 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT	Free

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Synopsis:

Anthony Reimer from MacDeployment joins Tom, Charles and Marcus to talk about how you get a meetup off the ground, what happens when you want to make an all-day event, and how this year’s MacDeployment looks to be their best one yet. Stay for the discussion of news & events, especially around Apple’s crackdown on 3rd party parental MDM apps.

Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

Our Guest:

• Anthony Reimer, MacDeployment Conference and Meetup (Calgary)

Presenting Sponsor: VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

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Links & Notes

MacDeployment Conference and Meetup, @MacDeploy on Twitter, #macdeploy channel on MacAdmins Slack

Two Minute Guide to the Sport of Curling (Curling Canada)

Original DEP Portal shutdown – 1 Dec 2019
MDM in the App Store for Parents Kerfuffle

How Circle works

Twocanoes Repackage

Supporting Sponsors

Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

Patreon Sponsors

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

Mac Admins Podcast Community Calendar, Sponsored by Watchman Monitoring

Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Japanese Privacy Law Mini-Conference	Higashi Kurume-shi, Tokyo, Japan	21 May 2019	¥1,000 aimed toward education institutions in Japan
ACEs Conference	Kansas City, MO	5-6 June 2019	$699 (Basic Event Ticket)
MacDeployment Conference	Calgary, Canada	10-11 June 2019	CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May
MacDevOps:YVR	Vancouver, Canada	12-14 June, 2019	$275CAD – $495CAD
X World	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26-28 June 2019	$699 AUD Early Bird
MacAdmins Conference	State College, PA	9-12 July 2019	$649 Early Bird until 13 May
MacTech Conference	Los Angeles, CA	15-18 October 2019	$999 Early Bird til 28 June
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, MN	12-14 November 2019	$799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Sydney Mac Admins	Harts Pub, The Rocks	15 May 2019, 5:00 p.m. AEST	Free
Houston Apple Admins	Saint Arnold Brewing Company Beer Garden	15 May 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT	Free
Carolinas Apple Admins	Barista Craft Coffee	15 May 2019, 7:00 p.m. ET	Free
Atlanta Apple Admins	BrassTap at the Perimeter	16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET	Free
Seattle Apple Admins	Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations	16 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free
Dallas Apple Admins	Bottle Rocket Studios, Addison, TX	16 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. CT	Free
Melbourne Apple Admins	University of Melbourne, Parkville campus	22 May 2019, 6:30pm AEST	Free
MacBrained Toronto	LoyaltyOne Atrium	20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET	Free

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Synopsis:

X World is coming, and Tony Gray, chair of the AUC, joins the podcast to talk about this winter’s southern hemisphere spectacular.

Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

Presenting Sponsor: VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

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Links & Notes

X World YouTube

X World Conference

• macOS 10.14.5 beta 2, Kernel Extension Notarization, UAMDM, Whitelisting and You – Tom Bridge
• Macs move closer to compulsory notarization – Howard Oakley
• Notarizing Automator applications – Rich Trouton
• Adding Notarization to X Code builds – Tim Perfitt
• Adding App Notarization For Macs To Your Build Train – Charles Edge
• How does notarization affect your own apps and scripts? – Howard Oakley

Supporting Sponsors

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

Patreon Sponsors

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

Mac Admins Podcast Community Calendar, Sponsored by Watchman Monitoring

Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
ACEs Conference	Kansas City, MO	5-6 June 2019	$699 (Basic Event Ticket)
MacDeployment Conference	Calgary, Canada	10-11 June 2019	CAD$249 Early Bird until 10 May
MacDevOps:YVR	Vancouver, Canada	12-14 June, 2019	$275CAD – $495CAD
X World	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26-28 June 2019	$699 AUD Early Bird
MacAdmins Conference	State College, PA	9-12 July 2019	$649 Early Bird until 13 May
MacTech Conference	Los Angeles, CA	15-18 October 2019	$999 Early Bird til 28 June
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, MN	12-14 November 2019	$799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
San Diego Mac Admins	Karl Strauss, Downtown SD	8 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free
MacDeployment Meetup	New Central Library, Ideas Lab – 800 3 St SE, Calgary, Canada	8 May 2019, 6:00 p.m. MT	Free
Edmonton Mac Admins Meetup	United Nurses of Alberta – 11150 Jasper Ave NW, Edmonton, Canada	9 May 2019, 6:30 p.m. MT	Free
MacBrained Toronto	LoyaltyOne Atrium	20 June 2019, 6:00 p.m. ET	Free

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Synopsis:

Charles, Tom and Marcus talk about just how you stay on top of everything that’s happening in the Mac Admins World at any given point.

Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
• Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]

Presenting Sponsor: VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

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Links & Notes

We’re currently thinking about what you might consider the next season of the podcast. So we’d like to make a call for guests. We’re looking for some individuals that have some solid setups, great experiences to share, tips, or tricks for the following:

• Regression testing
• Migrating to or from directory services
• Great Self Service or Managed Software Center configurations
• Providing a great experience for coworkers or students with learning disabilities
• Device Trust stories
• Integration with service desk solutions (e.g. Jira Service Desk, Freshworks, etc)
• Migrating between MDMs
• Xprotect scripting
• Device refresh techniques
• Getting started with autopkg (and daisy chaining the build train)
• International VPP and DEP
• Inhouse app distribution when working with a third party developer
• NoMAD Login Window
• Managed App Config
• Device Management tools from the OS 9 era

If you’re interested hit one of us up directly in Slack. We’d love to hear some new voices!

Supporting Sponsors

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

Patreon Sponsors

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

Mac Admins Podcast Community Calendar, Sponsored by Watchman Monitoring

Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
ACEs Conference	Kansas City, MO	5-6 June 2019	$699 (Basic Event Ticket)
MacDeployment Conference	Calgary, Canada	10-11 June 2019	TBA
MacDevOps:YVR	Vancouver, Canada	12-14 June, 2019	$275CAD – $495CAD
X World	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26-28 June 2019	$699 AUD Early Bird
MacAdmins Conference	State College, PA	9-12 July 2019	Call For Presenters Open
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, MN	12-14 November 2019	$799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
University of Utah Apple Admins	University of Utah Marriott Library	17 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. MT	Free
Austin Apple Admins	Cloudflare	17 April 2019, 6:30 p.m. CST	Free
Apple Admins of the Pacific Northwest	Location TBA	18 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free

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Sponsor Mac Admins Podcast!

If you’re interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information.

Social Media

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Synopsis:

Mosyle CEO Alcyr Araujo joins Tom and Marcus to talk about Mosyle’s unique path to becoming an MDM Solution for businesses and education environments, and how they fit into the marketplace.

Your Hosts:

• Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
• Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]

Our Guests:

• Alcyr Araujo, CEO, Mosyle

Presenting Sponsor: VMware Workspace ONE

VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com

Listen!

Links & Notes

Mosyle Manager
Mosyle for Business

Supporting Sponsors

Start a 30-day no-string-attached trial of SimpleMDM today!

Use code MACADMINS at checkout, good for 50% off your first month of a Mac mini subscription!

Patreon Sponsors

The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!

Mac Admins Podcast Community Calendar, Sponsored by Watchman Monitoring

Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
ACEs Conference	Kansas City, MO	5-6 June 2019	$699 (Basic Event Ticket)
MacDeployment Conference	Calgary, Canada	10-11 June 2019	TBA
MacDevOps:YVR	Vancouver, Canada	12-14 June, 2019	$275CAD – $495CAD
X World	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26-28 June 2019	$699 AUD Early Bird
MacAdmins Conference	State College, PA	9-12 July 2019	Call For Presenters Open
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, MN	12-14 November 2019	$799 Early Bird Rate ($699 for EDU)

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
San Diego Mac Admins	Interlaced, Downtown SD	10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free
NL Macadmins	Location Macnify – Badhoevedorp	12 April 2019, 3:00 p.m. GMT+1	Free
MacDMV	Johns Hopkins APL, Laurel MD	13 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. ET	Free
University of Utah Apple Admins	University of Utah Marriott Library	17 April 2019, 11:00 a.m. MT	Free
Austin Apple Admins	Cloudflare	17 April 2019, 6:30 p.m. CST	Free
Apple Admins of the Pacific Northwest	Location TBA	18 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free

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Sponsor Mac Admins Podcast!

If you’re interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information.

Social Media

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We’re @MacAdmPodcast!