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Armin Briegel
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MacAdmin, Consultant, and Author, writes on scriptingosx.com and macadmins.news
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!

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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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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!
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
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
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 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
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 MacAdmins.news is all about Tahoe and all the other 26.0 updates! Many great posts from Mac admins on how to use (and sometimes block) the new features!

macadmins.news/issues/374

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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 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apple Platform updates for September 2025

macOS macOS Tahoe 26.0 (25G354): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, App Store (not yet?), User Guide, IPSW, PKG installer, Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15.7 (24G222): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8 (23J21):…
Apple Platform updates for September 2025
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.0 (25G354): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, App Store (not yet?), User Guide, IPSW, PKG installer, Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15.7 (24G222): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8 (23J21): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and iPadOS iOS 26.0 About, Enterprise, …
scriptingosx.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we anticipate the 26.0 releases next Monday, and enjoy the usual mix of great posts and tutorials from fellow administrators.

macadmins.news/issues/373

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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 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Another Simple Package: Policy Banner

Previous articles in this series: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Building Simple Component Packages Books Update 2025 When you place a text file named PolicyBanner in the /Library/Security directory, macOS will display this file before the Login…
Another Simple Package: Policy Banner
Previous articles in this series: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Building Simple Component Packages Books Update 2025 When you place a text file named PolicyBanner in the /Library/Security directory, macOS will display this file before the Login Window. The user will have to accept the banner before they can log in. Apple Support: About Policy Banners in macOS The PolicyBanner file can be plain or rich text (txt, rtf, or rtfd file extensions).
scriptingosx.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
MacAdmins.news returns from Summer Camp and we look forward to the Apple Event and 26.0 platform releases. I share my lack of enthusiasm and déjà vu on Liquid Glass. And with all that a great number of articles and updates from other Mac Admins!

macadmins.news/issues/372

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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 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Books Update — 2025

It's been a while since I wrote about my books. Life has been tugging me in different directions (in a good way, overall). Things are going well, overall, but there was always this nagging feeling that I really should do something about the books. They were getting a bit… well……
Books Update — 2025
It's been a while since I wrote about my books. Life has been tugging me in different directions (in a good way, overall). Things are going well, overall, but there was always this nagging feeling that I really should do something about the books. They were getting a bit… well… old… If you follow this blog, you may have noticed a few posts about packaging recently:
scriptingosx.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the last bi-weekly (fortnightly) Summercamp issue of MacAdmins.news, we look at the security updates, lots of app and tools updates, and have links to several amazing posts and tutorials from fellow Mac Admins. Weekly issues resume in September.

macadmins.news/issues/371

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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
August 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Building Simple Component Packages

Building packages can turn complex very quickly. We will start with a few simple examples first and build up from there. You should read the first two posts in this series, first: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Boring Wallpaper For our first simple…
Building Simple Component Packages
Building packages can turn complex very quickly. We will start with a few simple examples first and build up from there. You should read the first two posts in this series, first: Installing Packages Inspecting Packages Boring Wallpaper For our first simple example, imagine your organization insists that every Mac use the same wallpaper (or desktop picture). The first step for an admin is to provide the image file on each Mac.
scriptingosx.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A summer progresses, we look at the new Apple platform updates, useful tutorials on installer packages and family admins, and many more great links!

macadmins.news/issues/370

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Summer Camp #4 and dot-six updates
macadmins.news
August 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Installing Packages

What is a package? If you have been using a Mac, you will have encountered an installation package file or pkg. Package files are used to install software and configuration files on your Mac. Package files come in different flavors and formats, but they can be summarized to…
Installing Packages
What is a package? If you have been using a Mac, you will have encountered an installation package file or pkg. Package files are used to install software and configuration files on your Mac. Package files come in different flavors and formats, but they can be summarized to these relevant components: a payload installation scripts A package file may have only a payload, only scripts, or both.
scriptingosx.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Apple Platform updates for July 2025

I usually post this collection of links as part of the weekly MacAdmins.news summary, but that is currently on a slower bi-weekly "Summer Camp" schedule. So I am posting this here for a change and will link in the issue next week. The dot-six updates, as is…
Apple Platform updates for July 2025
I usually post this collection of links as part of the weekly MacAdmins.news summary, but that is currently on a slower bi-weekly "Summer Camp" schedule. So I am posting this here for a change and will link in the issue next week. The dot-six updates, as is common are mostly bug fixes and security patches. The enterprise notes have a bit of relevant information, especially…
scriptingosx.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The third Summer Camp '25 issue of MacAdmins.news shows that the community is using their summer break to be productive: many updates, and great tutorials!

macadmins.news/issues/369

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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
July 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Inspecting Packages

The macOS installation process installs a pkg file with root credentials. Because of this high level of privileges, it is essential for a Mac system administrator or security expert to be able to inspect the files and scripts. macOS comes with several tools to work with package…
Inspecting Packages
The macOS installation process installs a pkg file with root credentials. Because of this high level of privileges, it is essential for a Mac system administrator or security expert to be able to inspect the files and scripts. macOS comes with several tools to work with package files. Most of them are command line tools. pkgutil lets you examine a pkg file and its contents before the actual installation.
scriptingosx.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This week's MacAdmins.news notes some changes to Apple Business and School Manager, lots of updates and some great articles for Apple device management professionals!

macadmins.news/issues/368

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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
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Updates: Setup Manager and utiluti

Setup Manager 1.3 We have released Setup Manager 1.3 today. You can see the release notes and download the pkg installer here. Most of the changes to Setup Manager in the update do not change the workflow directly. The focus for this update was to improve logging…
Updates: Setup Manager and utiluti
Setup Manager 1.3 We have released Setup Manager 1.3 today. You can see the release notes and download the pkg installer here. Most of the changes to Setup Manager in the update do not change the workflow directly. The focus for this update was to improve logging and information provided for trouble-shooting. With the 1.3 update, Setup Manager provides richer logging information.
scriptingosx.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary has further looks into dealing with the 26.0 beta cycle of the Apple platforms, great tutorials and links to relevant videos and podcast for Apple administrators.

macadmins.news/issues/367

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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
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This week's MacAdmins.news summary has some first solutions, and scripts from the community reacting to WWDC news, along with the usual tutorials, links, and security

macadmins.news/issues/366

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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
June 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM