Episode 116: Roundtable

Synopsis:

Marcus, Charles and Tom talk about WWDC, the latest app in the sandbox, MDS’ rapid iteration, McAfee’s new kextless security module, Apple versus Spotify, and Slack’s new Dark Mode.

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

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Links & Notes

Tim Perfitt talks about MDS 1.4

Macquisition promises readable images of T2 Macs

BBEdit is sandboxed now

McAfee Endpoint Security 10.6.0 has “kextless mode”

Apple responds to Spotify

Slack gets iOS Dark Mode

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Conference Sites

Event Name	Location	Dates	Cost
Mac Admin & Developer Conference, UK	London, United Kingdom	26-27 March 2019	£597 General Adminission
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	12-19 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
Apple Admins of PDX	100 Market St SW, Portland	26 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. PT	Free
Houston Apple Admins	Envision Design	27 March 2019, 5:30 p.m. CT	Free
MacDeployment Meetup	805 10 Ave SW, #200	28 March 2019, 6:30 p.m. MT	Free
San Diego Mac Admins	Interlaced, Downtown SD	10 April 2019, 6:00 p.m. PT	Free