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WWDC 2023 Wish List

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference is fast approaching (the keynote will be streamed on apple.com at 10 a.m. PDT on Monday, June 5…

Jun 1, 2023

WWDC 2023 Wish List

Jun 1, 2023

macOS 13.2.x and Recovery, A Sad Tale

TL:DR; Apple’s latest updates to macOS Ventura can lead to your FileVault-encrypted Mac booting into Recovery, and, potentially, prompts to…

Feb 16, 2023

macOS 13.2.x and Recovery, A Sad Tale

Feb 16, 2023

Holding Back the OS Upgrades

(with apologies to Simply Red)

Dec 15, 2022

Dec 15, 2022

Managing “Login Items” for macOS Ventura

macOS 13 Ventura includes new functionality in the new System Settings app to control services like LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons — Apple…

Oct 20, 2022

Oct 20, 2022

WWDC 2022 Wish List

It’s Christmas in June for Mac (and iOS/iPadOS) admins. Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 2022 is just a day away. It’s expected that…

Jun 5, 2022

WWDC 2022 Wish List

Jun 5, 2022

WWDC 2021 Wish List

Apple Geek Christmas is just a few hours away, and it’s not just developers that are both anxious and excited. Folks who manage large…

Jun 7, 2021

WWDC 2021 Wish List

Jun 7, 2021

WWDC 2020 Wish List

Today is Apple geek Christmas. In just a few hours, Apple will announce the next versions of iOS and macOS. As someone who’s made a living…

Jun 22, 2020

Jun 22, 2020

The Apple Packagepocalypse, 2019 edition…

Apple uses certificates to digitally sign their installer packages (which are embedded inside their OS installers).

Oct 24, 2019

The Apple Packagepocalypse, 2019 edition…

Oct 24, 2019

Significant Changes in macOS 10.15 Catalina of Interest to Mac Admins

macOS is now on a separate partition that is read-only. This is similar to how iOS works. In the beta, you’ll see “Macintosh HD” and…

Jun 3, 2019

Jun 3, 2019

Apple Update Information — March 27, 2017

Today, Apple released updates for macOS Sierra (10.12.4), Mac OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan (Security Update 2017–001 and Safari 10.1), Mac OS X…

Mar 27, 2017

Mar 27, 2017

Robert Hammen

Robert Hammen

IT Systems Engineer (macOS and iOS) at a reusable rocket company. @duranduran & Green Bay @packers fan. Spouse of @Skaared4Life. Opinions expressed are mine.

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