MacAdmins.news 415
Lots of security news to follow the 26.6 updates, but many tool updates and tutorials, too, in this week’s MacAdmins.news.
Scripting OS X
#! is not a curse word
Latest posts
Apple 26.6 Platform Updates — August 2026
macOS iOS and iPadOS Other Platforms
Apple 26.5 Platform Updates — May 2026
macOS iOS and iPadOS Other Platforms Applications
Apple 26.4 Platform Updates — March 2026
macOS Also see my post on the changes in macOS 26.4 when changing default apps. iOS and iPadOS Other Platforms Applications Guides
macOS 26.4 brings more default app confirmation prompts
The 26.4 updates have been released and among the many documented changes, there is one that the Apple documentation team seems to have missed to tell us about. Changing the default app to open any file type will prompt for user confirmation. What happened so far Some years ago—I believe it was in macOS High … Continue reading macOS 26.4 brings more default app confirmation prompts
Swift re-write for QuickPkg and some thoughts on LLM aided coding
I have created a new version of quickpkg, you can get it here. If all you care about is the new version of quickpkg, go follow the link. There are also a few new features. Hope you like them. Full disclosure: I used Claude Code to create this new version. I recently got access to … Continue reading Swift re-write for QuickPkg and some thoughts on LLM aided coding
Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – February 2026
macOS iOS and iPadOS Other Platforms Deployment Guides Applications
Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
The apps formerly known as iWork: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers received an update this week. Generally these updates aren’t that big of a deal, but this one is different, especially for macOS administrators. The three apps formerly known as iWork have been available as standalone apps on macOS for a long time. First, as standalone … Continue reading Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors
I have introduced the Swift Argument Parser package before. I have been using this package in many of my tools, such as swift-prefs, utiluti, emoji-list and, just recently, translate. Argument Parser is a Swift package library which adds complex argument, option, and flag parsing to command line tools built with Swift. The documentation is generally … Continue reading Swift Argument Parser:…
Apple Platform Updates: 26.2
Unusual Friday night release of the Apple platform updates. Might be because Apple was pushing close to the 90-day deferral limit for 26.0, as I speculated in MacAdmins.news yesterday. Either that or Apple developers are just eager to go on their holiday breaks. (Can’t blame them…) macOS iOS and iPadOS Other Platforms