Episode 90: Roundtable, with Mike Lynn

Synopsis:

Charles, Marcus and Tom talk at length about the new MacBook Pro, the T2 chip, and special guest Michael Lynn tells us what it all means for the future for Apple Admins.

Your Hosts:

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

Guests:

Michael Lynn, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@mikeymikey]

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Links & Notes

Benchmarks after Performance Fix

Just how much is downloaded by the os when upgrading?

Performance fix for MacBook Pro 2018 (iMore)

GitHub topics

Secure Boot

I for one welcome our new Configurator overlords

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Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
MacSysdamin	Göteborg, Sweden	October 2-5	US$1400
Jamf Nation User Conference	Minneapolis, Minnesota	October 23-25	US$799
MacTech Conference	Los Angeles, CA	November 6-9	US$899

Meetups

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Macbrained SF	Twitter HQ	August 8th, 6pm Pacific	Free
Utah Apple Admins	Marriott Library, University of Utah	August 15th, 11am Mountain	Free
MacDeployment Meetup	Market Mall Apple Store (To Be Confirmed), Calgary AB Canada	September 25, 6:30 p.m. Mountain	Free