Episode 50 with Martin, Ofir & Nick

Published: 2021-02-16

Mat X and JD talk with Martin, Ofir & Nick for the 50th episode. From Icicles to iMac G3 towers, from Canada to the UK, this episode covers a wide gamut of topics with guests from around the world.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Guests:

Martin (aka Nitrane), Ofir, and Nick

Links:

Montreal icicle review (Montreal Gazette)

NoMachine remote software

Web Checkout reservation software

Teradici PCoIP remote software

Rhino (3D)

Kernel Extensions and macOS (Apple)

MDM and KEXT profiles on M1 Apple Silicon Mac issue (Jamf CrowdStrike example)

SolarWinds supply chain attack

Water treatment plant TeamViewer hack

Malwarebytes hack

VLC. Apple Silicon M1 supported native software

Munki. Supported Architecture Pkginfo keys

MunkiReport Big Sur module fixes (issues filed by Ofir)

macOS 11 vs 10.16 (eclectic co blog post)

MunkiReport: making modules with “please make module”

LAIKA: job openings for Senior Systems Engineer ( IT)

Munki: Moving from Python to Swift (MDOYVR 2019 video presentation)

Sal reporting

iLOK licensing

Sassafras license server

P2V (Physical to virtual machine conversion)

Point Roberts (USA enclave in Canada)

Federated Apple IDs

Jump Desktop (remote software)

Stadia (Gaming)

Starlink (broadband for remote locations)

Boring Company (tunnels for Teslas)

Hyperloop (vacuum tube transportation)

Hospital Pneumatic tubes

The XY problem

Mac FUSE filesystem

SSH FUSE

Stow: Go Cloud volume mounter

COWs – Computers on Wheels

Copland (MacOS 8)

FreeNAS

Symply Thunderbolt Shared StorNext SAN

Axle AI media asset management (built in to Simply SAN)

QNAP Thunderbolt NAS

 

 

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Open Source and Security with Patrick Wardle

Published: 2021-02-09

Mat X and JD talk with Patrick Wardle about his newly Open Source Objective-See Mac Security tools, Objective by the Sea 4.0 conference, and The Art of Mac Malware Analysis.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Guest:

Patrick Wardle (@objective_see / @patrickwardle)

Links:

Objective-See Mac Security Tools

Objective by the Sea 4.0 Conference

The Art of Mac Malware Analysis (Book)

Objective-See (blog)

Objective-See (GitHub)

Objective See (Patreon)

Kids in the Hall – The Beard

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Chatting with Chat Bots

Published: 2021-02-02

Mat X and JD chat with Chris J. who says he’s not a chat bot. We talk about the new M1 MacBookPro laptop and why it’s better than a Core2Duo from 2010. We also discuss Tensor Flow and setting up a dev environment in GCP.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Guest:

Chris J

Links:

Mat’s blog post: Do You Know Where Your Files Are?

Mystery Science Theatre 3000

Scapple

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Unifi Design Center

Miro Endless Whiteboard

Rasa

Seiko watch

Seiko Divers Watch

Cartem’s Donuts

Cycliq Bike Cameras

Team America

Pigeon IP

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Planning for Site Survival & Docker with Derek Fulmer

Published: 2021-01-26

Mat X and JD are joined by Derek Fulmer talking social media, and his journey from Mac nerd to Linux and Docker containerization nerd.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Guest:

Derek Fulmer

Links:

Hate5six – live stream. Building a freeNAS server for hardcore punk history

Derek Fulmer (Twitter)

iOS calculator app. (Pro tip : turn it sideways)

docker

Julia Evans. Wizard zines.  

CentOS Linux

Rocky Linux (CentOS repkacement?)

MacPorts (package management for Mac)

Site survivability and disaster recovery (US gov)

Google Beyond Corp (Zero trust networks)

 

 

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Big Data in the Cloud with Seth Goldin

Published: 2021-01-19

Mat X and JD are joined by Seth Goldin to talk munki via Teraform and the limits of big data in the cloud.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Guest:

Seth Goldin

Links:

@sethgoldin on Twitter

Terraform

CDNs

Edge Server

Wade’s Munki AWS Middleware

Graham’s MDO Teraform Preso

Google Drive Data Transfer Limits

Aysiu’s Munki Serial Number Manifests

The XY Problem

Resolve (what is)

History of Resolve preso

History of Robertson drive

Nikola Tesla’s AC vs Thomas Edison’s DC 

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Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021!

Published: 2021-01-12

Mat X and JD regale the tale of Podcast 44 that ended 2020 by not being published, JD reviews his M1 Mac mini adventures & Mat encourages fast backups if not working in the cloud. New year, same problems!

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Links:

Samsung T5 and T7 SSD external drives.

PostLab

MDO Discord

 

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Dev And Ops Are Not Working Together

Published: 2020-12-22

Mat X and JD talk about Dev and Ops not playing together with failing 11.1 updates, Solarwinds attack, and more while Mat live updates his Big Sur Mac.

Hosts: 

Mat X and JD

Links:

macOS Big Sur 11.1 update threads

Solarwinds supply chain attack

Deployment Reference for Mac (Apple)

The Expanse (TV Show)

Game Pigeon (iOS iMessage games for 2-players)

ffmpeg (open source cross platform video engine)

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There are No Dumb Python Questions

Published: 2020-12-15

Mat X and JD discuss this week’s announcement of MDOYVR 2021, python questions, docker and other exciting events.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Links:

MacAdmins Slack

Relocatable python (GitHub)

MacAdmins Python (GitHub)

MacAdmins Monthly meetup (guest Mat X)

MacDevOps:YVR 2021 conference

MindsEyeCreative (GitHub)

Markdown basics

Signing Manager by Two Canoes Software

Tim Perfitt twitter thread

Postlab drive (powered by Lucid Link)

Synology DSM 7 Beta

Symply Workspace (Thunderbolt shared SAN storage)

BlueSky Docker

Pi-Hole Docker on Synology

web based Wireguard setup

PPPC-Utility (GitHub)

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Mac mini in the Clouds

Published: 2020-12-08

Mat X and JD talk about Mac Minis in the Clouds, Raspberry Pi, fun with Mac recovery and restoring operating systems on macOS 11. They also touch on security researchers exploring new attack vectors.

Hosts:

Mat X & JD

Links:

Raspberry Pi 4

Pi-hole DNS black hole 

Don’t Panic: Kubernetes and Docker

Docker on Synology NAS

AWS Mac Mini

AWS Lookout and AWS Outpost

adafruit Feather

verified backup copies with Hedge

PostLab drive powered by Lucidlink

M1 Recovery Mode

Recovery / MacOS Restore Problems (Howard Oakley

Apple Silicon challenges (Tim Perfit)

iPhone wifi exploit (Ars Technica)

Mac4n6 (Sarah Edwards Mac Forensics)

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Outage Outrage

Published: 2020-12-01

Mat X and JD talk about EveryWorld Virtual Conference in Australia, Outages, backups, Rube Goldberg restoration scenarios and Apple’s new M1 hardware.

Hosts:

Mat X and JD

Links:

EveryWorld conference

Scan documents in iOS

Fine Scanner iOS app.

Amazon status page

Down detector: outage monitoring

Anandtech: M1 Mac Mini

Videos:

iJustine: M1 Mac review 

M1 Mac mini vs Mac Pro

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