• Articles and Books,  personal

    MacDevOps 2016

    MacDevOps 2016: f you’re interested in the scripting side of the Apple world and can make it from June 20th to 21st, this might just be the conference for you. At MacDevOps, you’ll see “Speakers from across North America and Europe will be presenting on a number of topics related to Mac administration and deployment.” This would be things like contributing to open source projects, packaging Django web apps to look like native Mac apps, osquery, Munki security, imagr, autopkg, ansible, git, and jenkins. Basically, automating the things: DevOps. And for Macs. Or Appley things. For now. And… Lots of fun people will be there. including the convergence of friends from…

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    MacTech 2016 Dates Announced

    MacTech Conference 2015 has come and gone. And as in previous years, the 2016 edition will also be located in Southern California, in November. November 16-18, 2016 to be exact, with Pre-Conference Workshops on November 15th. Aaaaand, they’re giving away a full registration (value: $1599) for MacTech Conference 2016 in a drawing! Simply sign up at http://conference.mactech.com/2016-tellmemore — to enter the raffle. If you sign up now, you can get the absolute lowest price possible — $899 (saving $700) at http://conference.mactech.com/2016/special-early-discount.

  • Mac OS X

    Sessions For JNUC Getting Posted

    As the largest Apple IT gathering in the world rapidly approaches, we want to give you an early glimpse into the great presentations at the JAMF Nation User Conference (JNUC). We are excited to announce that we’ve added the first ten JNUC sessions to our site. With sessions for education and commercial organizations, you’re sure to find presentations to meet your needs. Highlights include best practices for preparing Macs for online testing, ways to bring Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) and Device Enrollment Program (DEP) to life in your environment, and methods for mitigating and addressing Mac security threats. Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time, but hurry. We’re nearing our capacity.  Secure your…

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    Discount: Register for MacIT 2015 by June 1st

    July 14–16, 2015 | Santa Clara, California New enterprise iOS insights. New reasons to attend MacIT. Register now – Save $300 » MacIT is back—and it’s packed with practical, high-value insights for deploying and managing iOS in today’s enterprise. Attend the all-new MacIT July 14-16 in Santa Clara and get the knowledge you need for your iOS-enabled enterprise.  Here’s just a sampling: Deploy with Ease—Learn the secrets for smooth, seamless mass deployment and management of Apple devices. Go Virtual—Get practical guidance on deploying OS X in a virtualized enterprise setting. Secure It—Learn how to achieve OS X security at scale and manage security and privacy risks with iOS apps. Top-Tier…

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    MacIT Schedule Up

    Krypted was read-only for awhile (article coming about that soon) so catching up on some content from the past month (much of this is from an email that went out to MacIT alumni)… The schedule is up, and MacIT is back with more practical insights than ever before. Attend the all-new MacIT July 14-16 in Santa Clara and get the knowledge you need to address the growing demand for iOS / OS X in the enterprise. A sampling of the sessions: Deploy with Ease—Learn the secrets for smooth, seamless mass deployment and management of Apple devices. Go Virtual—Get practical guidance on deploying OS X in a virtualized enterprise setting. Secure It—Learn how to achieve…

  • Articles and Books,  public speaking,  sites

    The Day That Macworld Died

    If you go to the official Macworld Expo site, you’ll notice that the conference has, like the Blues Brothers before the movie, been disbanded. MacIT lives on, but Macworld Expo does not, for now. Shouldn’t be a surprise at this point, given the fact that the Macworld magazine has gone through some substantial changes as well, recently. But it is a surprise nonetheless. I have many great memories from Macworld, including striking up friendships with young gurus named Bartosh, Dreyer, Regan, Wisenbaker, Rennich, Welch and many, many others back when Apple was an afterthought. Special thanks to Paul, Kathy and many others for their massive contributions towards making the Apple…

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    MacTech Conference 2014

    Some info about MacTech Conference 2014, from the organizers. I hope to see ya’ there, so go get a ticket already! MacTech Conference 2014 is our 5th MacTech Conference! Awesome Venue. We’re really excited about our venue: The Manhattan Beach Marriott. It’s a beautiful venue, close to LAX, overlooks a golf course, and is a great deal on guest rooms. As it did the last few years, the discounted guest room block is expected to sell out — so we want to encourage people to jump on getting registered now. See http://www.mactech.com/conference/hotel Expanded Schedule. The main conference event is three full days of awesome sessions, incredible speakers, useful labs, fun activities, and food! See http://www.mactech.com/conference/schedule Pre-Conference Workshops. As extension of last year’s newly added workshops, there’s an expanded…

  • certifications,  iPhone,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Mass Deployment,  public speaking

    Penn State MacAdmins Back for 2013

    Last year, I had a great time at the Penn State MacAdmins conference. There were tons of smart people to mingle with and everyone had plenty to discuss when it came to managing the Mac. There were a lot of people from education but also plenty from companies. The talks were well run and the conference location, the Penn Stater, was awesome. I love how it’s like a big winding maze. Having gone to school in a town like State College (Athens, GA), I’ve always had a warm spot for cute college towns. And State College is clearly a special place. I’d recommend a trip there to anyone that loves…