Quiet week in the lead up to US Thanksgiving week. We got some news on how fast SAP is updating their Macs, the third beta for macOS 14.2 and iOS 17.2. Are you ready to hunt down Black Week/Friday deals?
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📰News and Opinion
- iOS 17.2 hints at sideloading apps from outside the App Store – Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac
- SAP achieves 83% adoption rate for macOS Sonoma in 25 days – Bradley Chambers, 9to5Mac
- Setup Your Mac: Late Fall ‘23 Survey – Dan K. Snelson
- Jamf Training Update: New Courses and Certifications – Jamf Blog
- The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard – Jeff Johnson
- Disabling the Home Prompts in macOS 14.1 – Rebecca Latimer
⚙️Apple Updates
- Apple Configurator 2.17 (Mac): What’s new
- Jamf Connect macOS 14.2 Upgrade Requirement – Jamf Nation Community
🦣Social Media
- Harald Monihart on LinkedIn: I am super pumped to share that my team beat our ambitious goal of increasing SAP’s Sonoma adoption compared to last year’s already incredible Ventura rollout… (more)
🔨Support and HowTos
- launchctl “new” subcommand basics for macOS – Alan Siu
- The Mac Hardware/Software Obsolescence Chart – Anthony Reimer (updated with M3 Macs)
- The Hidden Secrets of the Fn Key – Adam Engst, TidBITS
- Exploring macOS Virtualization, Part 1: Tart – Rob Potvin
- Managing Mac Printing: What Admins Need to Know – Kandji Blog
♻️Updates and Releases
- iMazing Profile Editor 1.7.4: Release Notes, Download
- Kandji Announces the Next Generation of Managed OS – Kandji Blog
- JamfCheck v1.7
- super v4.0.2
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