Category Archives: MacAdmins 2017 Sessions
Reverse Engineering the OS: A Practical Guide
Speakers: Mike Lynn Level: Advanced, Lecture Excerpt: Let Mike Lynn (frogor/pudquick/mikeymikey) take you on a tour of figuring out how the OS does something – and then making new tools to take advantage of it. Description: Part of my job … Continue reading
Practical Python for Mac Admins
Speakers: Jeremy Reichman Level: Fundamental, Hands-on (BYOD for attendees) Excerpt: Whether you are already comfortable with Bash or AppleScript or Automator or just want to learn more about scripting in general there are practical reasons to use Python. Python is … Continue reading
Introduction to Cyber Defense (Part 1)
Speakers: Todd Echterling Level: Fundamental, Hands-on (BYOD for attendees) Excerpt: Get a hands on lesson using computer attack and defense tools required to identify vulnerabilities, exploit them to see their full effect on a system. Description: This workshop will give … Continue reading
Understanding and Implementing Apple School Manager for use with Apple Classroom
Speakers: Michelle Delaney Level: Intermediate, Lecture Excerpt: This session will cover a successful conversion from legacy Apple Deployment configurations to a fully functional Apple School Manager implementation. This includes tips and tricks for dealing with Apple conversion pitfalls that are … Continue reading
Turbocharge your scripting with PyObjC
Speakers: Greg Neagle Level: Advanced, Lecture Excerpt: Give your Python scripts amazing new abilities by utilizing Apple frameworks via the PyObjC bridge. Basic familiarity with Python or a similar high-level scripting language will be assumed. Description: Python is a scripting … Continue reading