macOS 15: What You Need To Know

Presented by: 

• Robert Hammen - Apple Platform Architect, Aerospace

• Christopher Schasse - Owner/Lead Engineer, Rocketman Tech

Presented on: Friday, July 19th, 2024

This month on LaunchPad, Rocketman Tech's Christopher Schasse and Robert Hammen, an Apple Platform Architect in the Aerospace industry give a recap of WWDC specifically for Mac Admins on what to expect over the next year with Apple and Jamf.

LaunchPad Podcast

Watch to the full LaunchPad episode on Apple Podcast or Spotify that includes:

• Gravity Times, the latest Apple and Jamf tech news,

• This month's feature guest presentation, and the

• Audience Q&A.

Apple Podcast

Spotify

A bit about Robert

For the last 20+ years, as a consultant, contractor, and employee, I have been supporting Macs and iOS/iPadOS devices in environments ranging from small and medium businesses, to K-12, to Fortune 500 companies, to the US government. For the last 4 1/2 years, I’ve managed the macOS and iOS environments at a reusable rocket, spacecraft and satellite company headquartered in suburban Los Angeles, California.

Where to find Robert

• MacAdmin Slack: @roberthammen

• X: @hammen

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthammen/

LaunchPad Presentation Resources

Official Apple Resources

• What's New for IT WWDC 2024 (v1.1)

• Managing Software Updates for IT

• What's New in Device Management: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10143/ 

• Apple Device Management Github:

  • https://github.com/apple/device-management

  • https://github.com/apple/device-management/tree/seed_iOS-18.0_macOS-15.0

• Apple Platform Deployment: https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/welcome/web 

• Apple Device Management: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement 

• Apple Platform Security: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web 

3rd Party Blogs

• SimpleMDM Blog - WWDC 2024 Recap: https://simplemdm.com/blog/wwdc-2024/ 

• Kandji Blog - What Apple Admins Need To Know https://blog.kandji.io/wwdc-2024-what-apple-admins-need-to-know 

• Jamf Blogs:

  • https://www.jamf.com/blog/apple-wwdc24-keynote-recap/

  • https://www.jamf.com/blog/wwdc-2024-highlights-it-security-key-takeaways/

  • https://www.jamf.com/blog/wwdc-2024-takeaways-education/ 

• Rocketman's WWDC 2024 Updates for Jamf and Apple Administrators

  • https://youtu.be/dDLWzhZyChc

macOS Virtualization

• VirtualBuddy - https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy 

• UTM - https://mac.getutm.app

• IPSW’s from the https://beta.apple.com/it portal