Archives: Episodes

Published: 2020-10-20

Mat X and JD discuss DevOps for Dummies, the new iPhone 12, T2 Vulnerabilities, Workflows, Backups for big data, and muffins.

iPhone 12

T2 Vulnerability

APFS encryption one liner

Objective-See RansomWhere encryption detection app 

Brew package manager 

How to deal with the discontinuation of your backup and archive software

Tolis Group ceases operation https://www.tolisgroup.com

UNIX Tar  history of

LTFS (linear tape filesystem)

Restoring old Final Cut Pro 7 projects (migrating FCP7 to FCPX)

3-2-1 Backup rule. 3 copies, 2 formats, 1 offsite  

SimpleMDM integrated with Munki and Autopkg

Run SQL in the shell

Using python to monitor logs and output csv (Twitter thread)

 

Published: 2020-10-13

Mat X and JD discussing the DevOps for Dummies bookclub, zsh, ansible, the recent MacSysAdmin conference and data analysis with JupyterLab.

Charity majors. Managers on call – Charity Majors on Twitter

Ansible for DevOps ( Book by Jeff Geerling)

MacStadium ansible webinar video

Voter Registration in Canada

How to Register to Vote (USA)

Project Jupyter – web-based interactive development environment for Jupyter notebooks

Practical Scripting talk @ MacSysAdmin Online 2020

Check Installer Pkgs for deprecated scripts  

InstallinstallmacOS.py – GitHub – munki/macadmin-scripts

Tailscale (an implementation of WireGuard VPN)

Wireguard (open source secure, fast VPN tunnel)

MacSysAdmin Online 2020

 

Published: 2020-10-06

Mat X and JD discuss Siri coming to the rescue, pumpkin muffins, MDM and platform changes, new music and more.

Apple’s JNUC Presentation on Deploying Big Sur (Mike /  Michelle)

Music:

Reagan Youth – I Hate Hate (Apple Music)

The Specials – A Message To You  (Apple Music)

Public Enemy –  WYGDWTGGD (Apple Music) 

Operators – Radiant Dawn (Apple Music)

Books:

“So You Want To Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo

DevOps for Dummies (Cheat sheet)

Movies:

Do The Right Thing movie

Software:

Munki  5.1 and the Python symlink 

BBEdit. It doesn’t suck.

Widgetsmith (iOS custom widgets app)

Published: 2020-09-29

Mat X and JD are joined by David and Piero for the book club to discuss chapter 5 of DevOps for Dummies by Emily Freeman.

Chapter 5: Measuring Your Organization. People, process and technology. The tripod of DevOps.

Order DevOps for Dummies on Amazon

Emily Freeman (Twitter)

Emily Freeman (Web)

Join us on the MacDevOps Discord, Wednesdays at Noon Pacific (UTC-7)

Published: 2020-09-22

Mat X, Shania & JD are joined by David Kaneva to discuss adulting, documentation & continued learning.

”Help! I have a manager” by Julia Evans

Udemy online courses

Wade Robson’s s3 middleware for Munki

David’s LinkedIn

Apple’s iSight camera 

 

Published: 2020-09-15

Mat X & JD talk about getting off the grid in the middle of the pandemic, back to school, better WiFi and the bookclub.

Hiawatha Scenic Bike Trail

Dutch Blitz card game

Sign in with Apple

Apple vs Epic Games (Wikipedia)

Apple events

iPad in the classroom

Apple Silicon (WWDC 2020 video)

Final Cut Pro video editing software

Proxy Workflow with FCP X

Hedge Postlab video collaboration

Accusys Thunderbolt storage for Xsan

Fleetsmith User Guide (Apple MDM)

FileMaker (now Claris still Apple)

Wi-Fi 6 aka 802.11ax

DevOps for Dummies Cheat sheet (Book by Emily Freeman)

MunkiReport (Github)

SEXT vs KEXT

 

Published: 2020-09-01

Mat X & JD discuss the new Final Cut Pro and remote workflows in these times of a distributed workforce.

Final Cut Pro 10.4.9 release notes

Felipe’s video overview of FCP 10.4.9

Jasper Siegers – The Post Lab Story  (MDOYVR 2019)

Postlab (Hedge)

Jeff Geerling: “what if I deleted your production cluster?”

Ansible for DevOps (Jeff Geerling)

Nathaniel strauss: Overheated Macs that won’t enroll

SimpleMDM and Munki integration beta 

 

 

 

Published: 2020-08-25

Humorist, Aaron Reynolds of @EffinBirds and @Swear_Trek twitter accounts joins Mat X, Shania & JD to discuss taking the leap to doing your own thing, process and the hard work of being creative.

A book of 100 tear-out postcards Greetings From Effin’ Birds:  eatf.art

https://bookshop.org/lists/effin-birds-books

EffinBirds mugs, shirts and prints.

StarTrek: Wolf in the Fold  (related @swear_trek tumblr image).

Douglas Trumble, special effects

Jonathan Kay, serious adult

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Pixelmator Pro
History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick.
Bewick Society

https://tomchalky.com – https://tomchalky.com/brixton-font-family-bonus-decorative-ornaments/
Artimasa – Fairy Tales – https://creativemarket.com/artimasa/159205-Fairy-Tales-Bonus

EffinBirds ⭐  Reviews

Published: 2020-08-18

Mat X and JD are joined by Allison & Piero for a sample of the discussion in the MacDevOps Book Club, discussing Emily Freeman’s book, DevOps for Dummies.

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