The reference for Apple system administrators

  • A NEW ERA IN VPP

    A NEW ERA IN VPP

    The long-awaited VPP updates, which Apple announced at its WWDC 26 event in June, went live on October 22, 2026. They include a number of new features, from subscription purchases to the use of free apps.

  • MEET MacPPPC

    MEET MacPPPC

    MacPPPC lets you configure PPPC settings for any app through a web browser. You can create a PPPC profile for any app by visiting https://macpppc.com from any modern web browser—or even from an iPhone, if you’d like.

  • ON THE GOLDEN GATE / PLATFORM SSO ISSUE

    ON THE GOLDEN GATE / PLATFORM SSO ISSUE

    Does your organization use Platform SSO? Have you experienced any authentication issues with Platform SSO following the macOS Golden Gate migration? In recent weeks, I’ve received feedback similar to the following from several companies using Platform SSO: “The Platform SSO workflow, which had been working without issues, began experiencing login…

  • MULTISEAT VPP PURCHASES ARE BEGINNING

    MULTISEAT VPP PURCHASES ARE BEGINNING

    The Multiseat Volume Purchasing feature, which was among the innovations Apple announced last June, will launch on October 22. App Store purchases that require a subscription can now be made centrally through Apple Business and distributed via MDM. This was perhaps the most anticipated feature in recent years.

  • HOW TO DISTRIBUTE GOOGLE CONTACTS WITH MOSYLE MDM

    HOW TO DISTRIBUTE GOOGLE CONTACTS WITH MOSYLE MDM

    As an IT manager, keeping internal communication running smoothly is one of our most important tasks. It’s incredibly convenient for employees to be able to access the company directory instantly from both their Macs and iPhones. If you’re using Mosyle to manage the Apple ecosystem and want to distribute a…

  • CLAUDE INTUNE

    CLAUDE INTUNE

    Close followers of these pages will remember. We recently published an article about the corporate version of ChatGPT released by OpenAI. Now Anthropic has also jumped on that train and released a corporate version of Claude on the App Store. This new application, usable for iOS and iPadOS, targets corporate use and schools. You cannot log into the Claude for Intune application with Claude account…

  • ANDROID – iPhone MIGRATION with MOVE TO iOS

    ANDROID – iPhone MIGRATION with MOVE TO iOS

    One of the most important issues in switching devices today is the transfer of existing data. In particular, switching between two devices with different operating systems can sometimes seem quite complicated or time-consuming to users. However, today we’ll be discussing the “Move to iOS” app, a widely used solution for…

  • DISABLING SMB 1.0 ACCESS

    DISABLING SMB 1.0 ACCESS

    SMB 1.0, a file-sharing protocol from long ago, is still supported by macOS. A Mac can connect to remote resources via SMB 1.0, and others can connect to a Mac remotely via SMB 1.0. If this does not align with your security policies, you can disable this feature.

  • macOS GOLDEN GATE and ROSETTA

    macOS GOLDEN GATE and ROSETTA

    Apple announced that it will phase out Rosetta support. macOS 27 Golden Gate will continue to support Intel apps via Rosetta. However, with macOS 28, this support will be limited to games only. Apple, which had previously announced that it would support Rosetta in macOS 27, made an unexpected change…

  • POSTERR: MAKE YOUR WALLPAPER MANAGEMENT EASIER

    POSTERR: MAKE YOUR WALLPAPER MANAGEMENT EASIER

    Posterr is an app designed to simplify your wallpaper management. With this app, you can convert any image to the PKG format to set it as your wallpaper and distribute it via your preferred MDM server.

  • APPLE BUSINESS UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2026

    APPLE BUSINESS UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2026

    When Apple releases major updates to its operating systems, it usually also makes some changes to the Apple Business and Apple School Manager user agreements. And it requests that users approve the new versions of these agreements so that they can continue to benefit from these services. Apple, which released version 27 of its…

  • FIRST STEP TO PASSKEYS: PASSKEYS.IO

    FIRST STEP TO PASSKEYS: PASSKEYS.IO

    Many online services that we access by creating an account now require both traditional and next-generation verification methods—such as an SMS sent to a phone number, a notification sent to an iPhone, Authenticator apps, and similar methods. Passkey is one of these. If you’d like to quickly try creating a…

  • THE END OF AN ERA: AFP BECOMES HISTORY

    THE END OF AN ERA: AFP BECOMES HISTORY

    Apple is phasing out the last remnants of AFP support in macOS with macOS 27 Golden Gate. If you’ve joined the Apple ecosystem within the last 10 years, you may not have heard of the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP). In the 1990s and earlier, Macs used a networking protocol called…

  • WHAT IS SHADOW IT?

    WHAT IS SHADOW IT?

    Today, employees’ access to technology is easier than ever. Need an application? It can be downloaded from the internet. Need to share a file? Any cloud service can be used. Bought a new device? It’s taken out of its box, its setup is completed within a few minutes, and work…

  • MEETING CORPORATE APPLE MANAGEMENT: PoC

    MEETING CORPORATE APPLE MANAGEMENT: PoC

    The first and perhaps biggest step to experiencing and understanding Apple’s corporate management is a correctly designed PoC (Proof of Concept) process. Thanks to the PoC process, while the topics of Apple devices’ compatibility with your infrastructure and how they can be made compatible are addressed, it allows us to say to IT admins…