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October 2016 Meeting Summary

We held our October 2016 meeting at the Apple Store.  Our continued thanks to Joe Hutsko and his team for graciously hosting us.  Thanks to Jamf for sponsoring food and refreshments, too!

This month, there were more big releases from Apple to talk about in What’s New:

  • GlobalSign snafu
  • Dyn DDOS
  • task_t vulnerability
  • iOS, watchOS, macOS, Safari updates
  • New Apple Hardware
  • Office Updates
  • Skype for Business
  • JNUC and Jamf | Pro 10
  • Future of Mac Administration

Afterwards, we held an open discussion.  See you this week, for the November meeting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACxVdsrAI68

September 2016 Meeting Summary

We held our September 2016 meeting at the Apple Store.  Huge thanks to Joe Hutsko and his team for coming through (especially with the short notice), and to Jamf Software for providing food and refreshments for everyone.

With some big releases from Apple, Serge had a lot to cover with What’s New:

  • Trident Vulnerabilities
  • MySQL vulnerability
  • Yahoo breach
  • macOS Sierra
  • Office Updates
  • JSS Update
  • JNUC

Afterwards, we held an open discussion.  If you’d like to host a meeting or present, please get in touch!

See you at the October meeting – this week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qstNJ391BZA

August 2016 Meeting Summary

We held our August 2016 meeting at the Apple Store.  Our continued thanks to Joe Hutsko and his team for hosting us!

Serge covered What’s New:

  • Office Updates
  • Chrome and Flash
  • PowerShell
  • JSS Update
  • JNUC

Afterwards, we held an open discussion.  If you’d like to host an upcoming meeting, or speak at one, please get in touch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEV6lHNaD80

June 2016 Meeting Summary

We held our 1 year anniversary meeting at the Apple Store on Walnut Street.  Many, many thanks to Joe Hutsko and his team for hosting half of our meetings this year, including the very first one.  Our gratitude goes to JAMF Software for sponsoring the many food and refreshments, too.

Serge presented What’s New:

  • WWDC announcements
  • Office Updates
  • Adobe Updates
  • TeamViewer update

Afterwards, we hosted an open discussion, then migrated to Philly’s new SkyGarten beer garden to celebrate our first year of bringing the Philly MacAdmin community together!  Thanks for coming to these meetings – we’re all really proud of how this has grown over the past year.  Here’s to many more!

March Meeting Directions

Our March 2016 meeting is happening this Thursday, March 24th at Saint Joseph’s University. We’ll be meeting on the fifth floor of McShain Hall.

If you’re taking public transportation, I recommend taking the SEPTA regional rail – the Paoli-Thorndale line stops at Overbrook Station, which is an 18 minute walk to the meeting location. Click the map for a larger version.

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If you’re driving, you might have success with street parking – there are metered and non-metered spaces. Another option is the SJU parking garage – Hawk’s Landing is a short walk to the meeting location, and is reasonably priced:

30 Minutes: No Charge
Up to 2 Hours: $3.00
Up to 4 Hours: $5.00
Up to 6 Hours:: $7.00
Over 6 to 16 hours: $15.00

Here’s a map from the parking garage to the meeting location (again, click for larger):

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The front of McShain Hall looks like this – if you see this building, you’re in the right place:

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Just mention you’re here for the meeting on the fifth floor, and take the elevator upstairs.

If you have any questions, contact me via the About page, @flammable on MacAdmins Slack, or @flammable on Twitter. Looking forward to seeing you Thursday!

February 2016 Meeting Summary

We held our February 2016 meeting at the Apple Store on Walnut Street.  Our thanks to Joe Hutsko and his team for having us!  JAMF Software generously sponsored the food and refreshments.

Serge presented What’s New:

  • Office 2016 Update
  • Sparkle Vulnerability
  • Adobe CC Desktop update
  • iOS: Error 53 and Unix Epoch
  • MAS Certificate Expiration
  • Apple and the FBI

Our special guest, Andrew Feierabend, then presented The Shell & You, an introduction to the command line.

See you next month at Saint Joseph’s University!  Details to follow.

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