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Discoveries and solutions from my work administering Mac computers.

  • Cisco Secure Client in January 2024

    Since the last time I wrote, Cisco Secure Client continues to evolve. Here’s a survey of important changes since 5.0.02075 that affect Mac Admins. New modules Cisco has added three new modules to Secure Client: Name Installer choice identifier New in ThousandEyes choice_thousandeyes 5.0.05040 Duo choice_duo 5.1.0.136 Zero Trust Access choice_zta 5.1.0.136 ThousandEyes installs components…

  • Building a Jamf Self Service policy for Homebrew

    Homebrew, the open-source UNIX package manager tool for macOS, got a new installation option last year: a macOS installer package. This is an exciting change for Mac Admins looking to deploy Homebrew for software developers, sys admins, and refugee Linux nerds in their organizations. That said, the Homebrew package appears built to be installed by…

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  • What could macOS 15 be named?

    In 2014, MacRumors and Consomac uncovered trademarks that pointed to future marketing names of macOS releases. With one exception, macOS Catalina 10.15, the list of trademarks they found has contained every macOS name to date. Here is the list, reordered by release and then alphabetically, complete with links to what they might be named after:…

  • which which?

    While working on a macOS scripting problem recently I discovered that the behavior of which did not reflect the man page for which. There is a very good reason this. In zsh, which is a built-in shell command and the man page for which is for /usr/bin/which. One can demonstrate which by running which which…

  • Understanding Netskope Releases

    Netskope has become a somewhat popular option in the Security Service Edge space. It provides, amongst other things, a “web proxy in the cloud” for endpoints. More Mac admins are being tasked with deploying and supporting the Netskope Client. Membership in the Netskope channel of Mac Admins Slack has increased 1300% in the last 2.5…