There are plenty of apps out there that can be beneficial to an organization, but don’t really make sense to live on an app store. This might be because the app uses private APIs, breaks acceptable design patterns, needs to be customized for every use case, is just proof of concept code, etc, etc, etc. Anyone with an Apple Developer certificate can compile an app to test it on their local machine. We can go into more detail later for people that want to then distribute/re-distribute those apps… To get started, first we’ll clone the project to our local machine. To do so, in Github or Gitlab or wherever it…
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Test A Fork Of NoMAD Maybe?
tldr: here’s a slightly modernized fork of NoMAD that needs a little testing: https://gitlab.com/krypted1/nomad2 Been working on a fork of NoMAD that will hopefull just modernize code and get merged back in. In general, the changes shouldn’t be noticed with a big exception, it’s a breaking change for machines that run an operating system older than Catalina. Apple changes APIs and so we have the option to either introduce a breaking change or make the code really complicated by retaining existing code or moving to new APIs. So this version starts to transition away from UIKit and towards Swift UI. It also removes Carthage in favor of Swift Package Manager.…
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How Signing and Privacy Xcode Options For Developers Translate to MacAdmins
We had Greg Neagle on the MacAdmins Podcast last night and I found myself struggling with a few words because in some cases what we see in Xcode doesn’t match the terminology we use in device management. Insert a little stammering around to try and phrase things properly… A few minor details about the structure of an Xcode project. The name of the project is the top level of the hierarchy on the left. A lot of what matters in device management is how a project is signed and the making sure we can provide the ability to run a project and the capabilities the project needs with the least…
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MacAdmins 222: Greg Neagle Returns!
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MacAdmins 221: Nerding Out With Some Tips And Tricks
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MacAdmins 220: WWDC Roundup
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MacAdmins WWDC 2021 Recap
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MacAdmins 219: Home Automation with Stuart Lamont
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Apple Enterprise Report Card, with Jason Snell of Six Colors
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MacAdmins 217: Yoann talks Credentia