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EAP-TLS on macOS 11

August 23, 2021

Overview In enterprise environments, access to a wireless (or wired) network can be secured using 802.1X and X.509 certificates. The process that provides access on …

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Trusting Certificates in System Keychain without Prompting

August 20, 2021

Note: This no longer works due to SIP protection on macOS after Big Sur A common activity when deploying Macs in Enterprise and Education environments …

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A Comprehensive Definition of macOS Security Terms

June 23, 2021

APFS (Apple File System): A filesystem developed by Apple that uses “Containers” and “Volumes” and “Groups”, though no one knows the difference between them. The …

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Empty Loops in Bash

June 16, 2021

One of the very common things I do in bash/sh is look over item in a folder. However, bash and sh behavior when the directory …

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M1 Recovery Requires Mouse or Trackpad

May 13, 2021

When testing with the M1 Mac mini, I booted into M1 recovery by holding down the power button (Apple refers to this as 1TR, or …

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MDS 4 Preview: Auto Advance in Big Sur

March 28, 2021

Auto Advance in Big Sur brings functionality to Deployment Enrollment and MDM that has been missing: Zero-touch setup. Prior to Auto Advance, a Mac that …

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Using Signing Manager with Macs on AWS EC2

December 15, 2020

Signing Manager for macOS provides an ideal system for securing the code and package signing identities. Implement secure access to the identities with API keys, …

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MDS, Big Sur, and Apple Silicon Challenges

November 30, 2020

Apple simultaneously released new Mac hardware, a new OS (Big Sur), and transitioned to a new processor (Apple Silicon) on a single day. We have …

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PuppyCam

November 27, 2020

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Curtain Mode

October 23, 2020

I had feature request for our Secure Remote Access solution to lock a Mac locally while doing a screen sharing session to it. Apple Remote …

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