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Apple Filing Protocol removed from macOS Golden Gate
One of the less documented changes to macOS Golden Gate is the removal of Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) as a supported network protocol. AFP was first introduced as part of Apple’s System 6 operating...
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Intel apps and macOS Golden Gate
As part of Apple’s ongoing transition from Intel processor support, Apple announced a transition timeline for macOS’s Rosetta 2 translation environment in 2026. At that time, Apple said that Rosetta 2...
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Suppressing the Liquid Glass screen with a configuration profile on macOS...
Over the years, Apple has introduced a number of screens which appear the first time you log into a Mac. Among those which appear as of macOS Golden Gate 27.0 is the Liquid Glass screen, which allows...
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Manually copying login keychain files from one Mac to another no longer works...
I recently encountered an issue with the login keychain on macOS. For those not familiar with the login keychain, it’s a keychain that macOS automatically creates for each user account on a Mac. The...
View ArticleChecking APNS communication on macOS Tahoe
I recently needed to determine whether communication between an MDM server and a managed Mac was working, entirely from the Mac’s side. I’ll skip to the end of the story for this particular quest for...
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Validating FileVault recovery keys using a plist file to provide recovery key...
As part of a recent discussion in the Mac Admins Slack, it was asked if it was possible to validate a FileVault personal recovery key (PRK) without having to interactively enter it. Normally, to...
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FileVault on versus off on Apple Silicon Macs
I recently gave a talk on how FileVault works on Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Tahoe. As part of doing the research for it, one of the things which stood out to me is how Apple has designed...
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DDM software update capability available for on-premise Jamf Pro 11.29.0
As part of the release of Jamf Pro 11.29.0, the ability to run software updates using DDM is available for folks using on-premise installations of Jamf Pro. Information about this is available via the...
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MDM-based Software Update management options no longer work on all Apple 27.0...
As part of the release of macOS Tahoe, Apple deprecated the MDM-based Software Update management options and said that they would be removed the following year. Apple has carried through on this and...
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Showing or hiding the Self Service+ menubar icon
Self Service+ 2.23.0 (released on June 8 2026) includes new options for customizing how Self Service+ appears to users. The documentation for these options is available via the following links:...
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Managing menubar spacing using a configuration profile on macOS Tahoe
I noticed the following 9to5Mac article by Ben Lovejoy and was interested to see that there was a solution for menubar spacing which could be applied using the defaults command line tool.:...
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Using pmset to set your Mac to automatically power on when power is available...
One of the features included with macOS Tahoe 26.5.0 is a new option in the Energy preferences in System Settings for automatically starting a Mac when power is connected to it, either following a...
View ArticleTurning on FileVault using the fdesetup command line tool may not include...
I recently did some FileVault testing using the fdesetup command line tool on macOS Tahoe and noticed something was missing when I did so. On prior versions of macOS, when you ran the fdesetup enable...
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Managing Apple Intelligence settings for macOS using Blueprints in Jamf Pro
Jamf Pro’s Blueprints can be used to manage Apple Intelligence settings, in place of managing these settings using a configuration profile. Let’s see how this works using the following configuration as...
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Apple enforcing stricter network security requirements for future versions of...
Apple released a new KBase article on April 21st 2026, where the intended audience is IT admins and device management service developers. (For device management service developers, these are the...
View ArticleSlides from the “Preparing for macOS Next” session at MacAD.UK 2026
For those who wanted a copy of my talk on preparing for new versions of macOS at the MacAD.UK 2026 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF:...
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Detecting installed Intel-based applications on macOS Tahoe
On macOS Tahoe 26.4.x and later, launching an Intel-based app on an Apple Silicon Mac will periodically result in a message similar to the following being displayed by the OS. This message is part of...
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Disabling Rosetta awareness messages on macOS Tahoe
As part of Apple’s move from using Intel processors to Apple Silicon processors for all Mac models, Apple has announced a transition timeline for macOS’s Rosetta 2 translation environment. Rosetta 2...
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Managing automatic installation of Background Security Improvements for macOS...
As a follow-up to my previous post for managing Background Security Improvements (BSIs) using Jamf Pro’s Blueprints, it looks like I misunderstood what one of the management options was actually doing....
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Managing Background Security Improvements for macOS using Blueprints in Jamf Pro
As part of Apple’s unveiling of Declarative Device Management (DDM) at WWDC 2023, Apple announced that DDM management included the ability to manage software updates. Jamf Pro’s Blueprints leverages...
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