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Armin Briegel

@scriptingosx.com

MacAdmin, Consultant, and Author, writes on scriptingosx.com and macadmins.news

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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week, MacAdmins.news looks at (of course) the MacBook Neo and other releases from Apple's "big week," but also Tahoe interface and updates, and more MacAdmins tools and articles.

macadmins.news/issues/396

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06.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's MacAdmins.news, we look ahead to Apple's "big week" and a log of community project updates.

macadmins.news/issues/395

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28.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at new the new betas, new conferences, and new helpful articles and tools from MacAdmins for MacAdmins!

macadmins.news/issues/394

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20.02.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has all the informational links for the 26.3 updates from this week, questions whether managed Macs need a local admin account, and has the usual set of useful posts and automations.

macadmins.news/issues/393

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13.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – FebruaryΒ 2026 macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and iPadOS iOS 26.3 About, Enterprise iPadOS 26.3: About, Enterprise iOS 18.7.5: About iPadOS 18.7.5: …

Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – FebruaryΒ 2026

macOS macOS Tahoe 26.3 (25D125): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, IPSW, PKG installer macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8.4 (23J319): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and…

12.02.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we look at more minor updates for old systems, some LLM concerns, and a few great posts from fellow Mac Admins!

macadmins.news/issues/392

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06.02.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's MacAdmins.news issue looks at the Apple Creator Studio related updates and what they mean for Mac Admins. We also announce a new Mac Admins Europe conference!

macadmins.news/issues/391

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30.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator StudioΒ update The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork have been available as standalone apps on macOS for a long time. First, as standalone paid apps, then in a bundle and then in the App Store as a one-time-purchase, later for free.

Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator StudioΒ update

The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren't that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork…

30.01.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary gathers all the relevant posts and articles for Apple device management and security professionals, as it does every week!

macadmins.news/issues/390

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23.01.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the Apple's new Pro apps subscription, new security analyses, blueprints, restrictions, and Managed Apple accounts as well as lots of automations.

macadmins.news/issues/389

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16.01.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

The first MacAdmins.news issue of 2026 gathers reviews and prognostications, critics and fans, security and scripting and all the Mac Admin posts you missed over the holidays! Happy New Year!

macadmins.news/issues/388

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09.01.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Swift Argument Parser: Exiting andΒ Errors I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument, option, and flag parsing to command line tools built with Swift. The documentation is generally quite thorough, but a few subjects are a little, well…, under-documented.

Swift Argument Parser: Exiting andΒ Errors

I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument,…

06.01.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's MacAdmins.news, we look at the 26.2 Apple platform updates and how they affect(ed) MacAdmins, look at some end-of-year thoughts, and have plenty of new tools and updates! MacAdmins.news will return January 9!

Happy holidays!

macadmins.news/issues/387

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19.12.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Apple Platform Updates:Β 26.2 Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't blame them...) macOS macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security…

Apple Platform Updates:Β 26.2

Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can't…

13.12.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#386 The case of the missing 26.2 update

This week's MacAdmins.news covers 26.2 and what that means for deferrals, learn how ChatGPT and Google are abused to deploy malware, learn about the Mac Admins Foundation mentorship program, macOS screen savers and a few nice automations!

macadmins.news/issues/386

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12.12.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#385 Executive re-shuffling

In this week's issue, we look at Apple's executive reshuffle, consider job motivations and end of year reflections, a bunch of interesting automations and the return of the flying toasters!

macadmins.news/issues/385

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05.12.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we consider Snow Leopard nostalgia, discuss LLM use, learn how AppleScripts are used in Malware, and celebrate a new open source PSSO app!

macadmins.news/issues/384

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28.11.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fifteen years of Scripting OSΒ X Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I was reading a lot of other Mac admins' web blogs and thought: "I can do that, too." And it turns out that I could, even though it took quite a few years of infrequent and mostly ignored posts to find my voice, rhythm, and audience.

Fifteen years of Scripting OSΒ X

Fifteen years ago today I published the first post on this website. Turned out a bit lucky that the first post still holds up fairly well today, even though there was a somewhat recent update. The second post did not age so well. I started out the weblog because I…

24.11.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we AirDrop with Google, discuss DDM, update packer, prepare for exams, swiftly make an app and much more! So, it's just a usual issue.

macadmins.news/issues/383

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21.11.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's issue of MacAdmins.news, we review five years of Apple silicon, discuss more DMA drama, learn about iPhone batteries and infrastructure as code.

macadmins.news/issues/382

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14.11.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's MacAdmins.news, we have all the links for the 26.1 Apple platform updates, speculation about a new MacBook without a moniker, posts on Infrastructure as Code management, and plenty more!

macadmins.news/issues/381

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07.11.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

In this week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, there are bunch of interesting opinion pieces on the state of Apple, but also great tutorials and automations by MacAdmins, for MacAdmins.

macadmins.news/issues/380

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31.10.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary, looks at new branding, new jobs, a new Apple guide, new Managed Apple Account features, new security threats, and new automations.

macadmins.news/issues/379

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24.10.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This weeks issue of MacAdmins.news considers the end of the Intel transition, two years from now, and how Mac Admins need to prepare now. Also, some really interesting automations.

macadmins.news/issues/378

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17.10.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news has the links to the current conferences' videos, the usual list of great articles from fellow admins and all the updates!

macadmins.news/issues/377

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10.10.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03 This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in GΓΆteborg Sweden!

MacAdmins.news 2025-10-03

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins comes to you from MacSysAdmin in GΓΆteborg Sweden!

03.10.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of the MacAdmins.news summary for Apple admins come to you from MacSysAdmin in GΓΆteborg Sweden!

macadmins.news/issues/376

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03.10.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's issue of MacAdmins.news looks at the future of the 26 releases, the new Apple Platform Deployment guide, and explores identity management on Mac.

macadmins.news/issues/375

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26.09.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacAdmins.news A weekly summary of news, blog posts, updates and other links for Apple device management and security professionals, curated by Armin Briegel of Scripting OS X.

This week's MacAdmins.news is all about Tahoe and all the other 26.0 updates! Many great posts from Mac admins on how to use (and sometimes block) the new features!

macadmins.news/issues/374

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19.09.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Apple Platform updates for SeptemberΒ 2025 macOS macOS Tahoe 26.0 (25G354): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, App Store (not yet?), User Guide, IPSW, PKG installer, Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15.7 (24G222): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8 (23J21): What's new, Security, PKG installer iOS and iPadOS iOS 26.0 About, Enterprise, …

Apple Platform updates for SeptemberΒ 2025

macOS macOS Tahoe 26.0 (25G354): What's new, Developer Release Notes, Security, Enterprise, App Store (not yet?), User Guide, IPSW, PKG installer, Compatibility macOS Sequoia 15.7 (24G222): What's new, Security, PKG installer macOS Sonoma 14.8 (23J21):…

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