In this week's MacAdmins.news we talk about 50 years of Apple, have a lot of interesting security posts and a nice collection of posts and updates from the Apple admins.
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This week's MacAdmins.news looks at all the news from the 26.4 'Spring' updates, Apple Business announcement and the usual set of security and support articles and updates.
macadmins.news/issues/399
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Apple 26.4 Platform Updates — March 2026
macOS macOS Tahoe 26.4 (25E246: What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.5 (24G624): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.5 (23J423): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…
macOS 26.4 brings more default app confirmation prompts
The 26.4 updates have been released and among the many documented changes, there is one that the Apple documentation team seems to have missed to tell us about. There are now several url schemes and file types which will prompt for user…
This week's MacAdmins.news covers Background Security Updates and how to manage them, an Enterprise-y look at the MacBook Neo, and the usual collection of updates, automations, articles, and tools!
macadmins.news/issues/398
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This week's MacAdmins.news has (more) thoughts on the MacBook Neo, 50 years of Apple, my experiences with LLM assisted coding, many great articles from Mac admins, and lots of updates.
macadmins.news/issues/397
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Swift re-write for QuickPkg and some thoughts on LLM aided coding
I have created a new version of quickpkg, you can get it here. If all you care about is the new version of quickpkg, go follow the link. There are also a few new features. Hope you like them. Full disclosure: I used Claude Code to…
This week, MacAdmins.news looks at (of course) the MacBook Neo and other releases from Apple's "big week," but also Tahoe interface and updates, and more MacAdmins tools and articles.
macadmins.news/issues/396
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In this week's MacAdmins.news, we look ahead to Apple's "big week" and a log of community project updates.
macadmins.news/issues/395
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This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at new the new betas, new conferences, and new helpful articles and tools from MacAdmins for MacAdmins!
macadmins.news/issues/394
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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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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…
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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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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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…
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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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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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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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,…
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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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…
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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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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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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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…
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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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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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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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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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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