Armin Briegel
@scriptingosx.com
MacAdmin, Consultant, and Author, writes on scriptingosx.com and macadmins.news
This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has all the informational links for the 26.3 updates from this week, questions whether managed Macs need a local admin account, and has the usual set of useful posts and automations.
macadmins.news/issues/393
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macadmins.news/issues/393
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has all the informational links for the 26.3 updates from this week, questions whether managed Macs need a local admin account, and has the usual set of useful posts and automations.
macadmins.news/issues/393
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macadmins.news/issues/393
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Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – February 2026
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…
Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – February 2026
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and iPadOS iOS 26.3 About, Enterprise iPadOS 26.3: About, Enterprise iOS 18.7.5: About iPadOS 18.7.5: …
scriptingosx.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – February 2026
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we look at more minor updates for old systems, some LLM concerns, and a few great posts from fellow Mac Admins!
macadmins.news/issues/392
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macadmins.news/issues/392
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we look at more minor updates for old systems, some LLM concerns, and a few great posts from fellow Mac Admins!
macadmins.news/issues/392
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macadmins.news/issues/392
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This week's MacAdmins.news issue looks at the Apple Creator Studio related updates and what they mean for Mac Admins. We also announce a new Mac Admins Europe conference!
macadmins.news/issues/391
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macadmins.news/issues/391
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This week's MacAdmins.news issue looks at the Apple Creator Studio related updates and what they mean for Mac Admins. We also announce a new Mac Admins Europe conference!
macadmins.news/issues/391
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macadmins.news/issues/391
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Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork…
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork…
Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork have been available as standalone apps on macOS for a long time. First, as standalone paid apps, then in a bundle and then in the App Store as a one-time-purchase, later for free.
scriptingosx.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork…
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork…
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary gathers all the relevant posts and articles for Apple device management and security professionals, as it does every week!
macadmins.news/issues/390
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macadmins.news/issues/390
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary gathers all the relevant posts and articles for Apple device management and security professionals, as it does every week!
macadmins.news/issues/390
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macadmins.news/issues/390
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This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the Apple's new Pro apps subscription, new security analyses, blueprints, restrictions, and Managed Apple accounts as well as lots of automations.
macadmins.news/issues/389
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macadmins.news/issues/389
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the Apple's new Pro apps subscription, new security analyses, blueprints, restrictions, and Managed Apple accounts as well as lots of automations.
macadmins.news/issues/389
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macadmins.news/issues/389
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The first MacAdmins.news issue of 2026 gathers reviews and prognostications, critics and fans, security and scripting and all the Mac Admin posts you missed over the holidays! Happy New Year!
macadmins.news/issues/388
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macadmins.news/issues/388
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The first MacAdmins.news issue of 2026 gathers reviews and prognostications, critics and fans, security and scripting and all the Mac Admin posts you missed over the holidays! Happy New Year!
macadmins.news/issues/388
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macadmins.news/issues/388
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Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument,…
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument,…
Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument, option, and flag parsing to command line tools built with Swift. The documentation is generally quite thorough, but a few subjects are a little, well…, under-documented.
scriptingosx.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument,…
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument,…
In this week's MacAdmins.news, we look at the 26.2 Apple platform updates and how they affect(ed) MacAdmins, look at some end-of-year thoughts, and have plenty of new tools and updates! MacAdmins.news will return January 9!
Happy holidays!
macadmins.news/issues/387
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Happy holidays!
macadmins.news/issues/387
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In this week's MacAdmins.news, we look at the 26.2 Apple platform updates and how they affect(ed) MacAdmins, look at some end-of-year thoughts, and have plenty of new tools and updates! MacAdmins.news will return January 9!
Happy holidays!
macadmins.news/issues/387
#Mac #MacAdmins #Apple
Happy holidays!
macadmins.news/issues/387
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Apple Platform Updates: 26.2
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't…
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't…
Apple Platform Updates: 26.2
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't blame them...) macOS macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security…
scriptingosx.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Apple Platform Updates: 26.2
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't…
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't…
This week's MacAdmins.news covers 26.2 and what that means for deferrals, learn how ChatGPT and Google are abused to deploy malware, learn about the Mac Admins Foundation mentorship program, macOS screen savers and a few nice automations!
macadmins.news/issues/386
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macadmins.news/issues/386
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The case of the missing 26.2 update
macadmins.news
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This week's MacAdmins.news covers 26.2 and what that means for deferrals, learn how ChatGPT and Google are abused to deploy malware, learn about the Mac Admins Foundation mentorship program, macOS screen savers and a few nice automations!
macadmins.news/issues/386
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macadmins.news/issues/386
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In this week's issue, we look at Apple's executive reshuffle, consider job motivations and end of year reflections, a bunch of interesting automations and the return of the flying toasters!
macadmins.news/issues/385
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macadmins.news/issues/385
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Executive re-shuffling
macadmins.news
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In this week's issue, we look at Apple's executive reshuffle, consider job motivations and end of year reflections, a bunch of interesting automations and the return of the flying toasters!
macadmins.news/issues/385
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macadmins.news/issues/385
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In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we consider Snow Leopard nostalgia, discuss LLM use, learn how AppleScripts are used in Malware, and celebrate a new open source PSSO app!
macadmins.news/issues/384
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macadmins.news/issues/384
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we consider Snow Leopard nostalgia, discuss LLM use, learn how AppleScripts are used in Malware, and celebrate a new open source PSSO app!
macadmins.news/issues/384
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macadmins.news/issues/384
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Fifteen years of Scripting OS X
Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I…
Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I…
Fifteen years of Scripting OS X
Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I was reading a lot of other Mac admins' web blogs and thought: "I can do that, too." And it turns out that I could, even though it took quite a few years of infrequent and mostly ignored posts to find my voice, rhythm, and audience.
scriptingosx.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Fifteen years of Scripting OS X
Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I…
Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I…
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we AirDrop with Google, discuss DDM, update packer, prepare for exams, swiftly make an app and much more! So, it's just a usual issue.
macadmins.news/issues/383
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macadmins.news/issues/383
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we AirDrop with Google, discuss DDM, update packer, prepare for exams, swiftly make an app and much more! So, it's just a usual issue.
macadmins.news/issues/383
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macadmins.news/issues/383
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In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we review five years of Apple silicon, discuss more DMA drama, learn about iPhone batteries and infrastructure as code.
macadmins.news/issues/382
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macadmins.news/issues/382
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we review five years of Apple silicon, discuss more DMA drama, learn about iPhone batteries and infrastructure as code.
macadmins.news/issues/382
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macadmins.news/issues/382
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In this week's MacAdmins.news, we have all the links for the 26.1 Apple platform updates, speculation about a new MacBook without a moniker, posts on Infrastructure as Code management, and plenty more!
macadmins.news/issues/381
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macadmins.news/issues/381
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In this week's MacAdmins.news, we have all the links for the 26.1 Apple platform updates, speculation about a new MacBook without a moniker, posts on Infrastructure as Code management, and plenty more!
macadmins.news/issues/381
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macadmins.news/issues/381
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In this week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, there are bunch of interesting opinion pieces on the state of Apple, but also great tutorials and automations by MacAdmins, for MacAdmins.
macadmins.news/issues/380
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macadmins.news/issues/380
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In this week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, there are bunch of interesting opinion pieces on the state of Apple, but also great tutorials and automations by MacAdmins, for MacAdmins.
macadmins.news/issues/380
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macadmins.news/issues/380
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This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, looks at new branding, new jobs, a new Apple guide, new Managed Apple Account features, new security threats, and new automations.
macadmins.news/issues/379
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macadmins.news/issues/379
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, looks at new branding, new jobs, a new Apple guide, new Managed Apple Account features, new security threats, and new automations.
macadmins.news/issues/379
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macadmins.news/issues/379
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This weeks issue of MacAdmins.news considers the end of the Intel transition, two years from now, and how Mac Admins need to prepare now. Also, some really interesting automations.
macadmins.news/issues/378
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macadmins.news/issues/378
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This weeks issue of MacAdmins.news considers the end of the Intel transition, two years from now, and how Mac Admins need to prepare now. Also, some really interesting automations.
macadmins.news/issues/378
#Mac #MacAdmins #Apple
macadmins.news/issues/378
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This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has the links to the current conferences' videos, the usual list of great articles from fellow admins and all the updates!
macadmins.news/issues/377
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macadmins.news/issues/377
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has the links to the current conferences' videos, the usual list of great articles from fellow admins and all the updates!
macadmins.news/issues/377
#Mac #MacAdmins #Apple
macadmins.news/issues/377
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MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
scriptingosx.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins come to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
macadmins.news/issues/376
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macadmins.news/issues/376
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
October 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins come to you from MacSysAdmin in Göteborg Sweden!
macadmins.news/issues/376
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macadmins.news/issues/376
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This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the future of the 26 releases, the new Apple Platform Deployment guide, and explores identity management on Mac.
macadmins.news/issues/375
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macadmins.news/issues/375
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MacAdmins.news
A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.
MacAdmins.news
September 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the future of the 26 releases, the new Apple Platform Deployment guide, and explores identity management on Mac.
macadmins.news/issues/375
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macadmins.news/issues/375
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