MacADUK 2017 'Advanced Mac Software Deployment and Configuration' Session Links

Today I’m giving a session at the Mac Admin and Developer UK 2017 conference, called “Advanced Mac Software Deployment and Configuration: Just Make It Work!” This post is a collection of links and resources from the session. Big thanks to Amsys for organizing this great conference!

You can also download the slides here. Now that the recording is available, you can watch it here:

 

Session links

• Clerks (1994)

Tools for inspecting installer packages

• Pacifist
• Suspicious Package

Custom command-line installers

• Maya command-line install documentation
• Sophos command-line install documentation
• Package-wrapping ZBrush’s BitRock InstallBuilder (Greg Neagle)
• Package-wrapping DNAStar Lasergene (also BitRock) (Rich Trouton)

Capturing filesystem changes

• fs_usage(1)
• opensnoop(1m)
• fsmon
• logGen
• Jamf Composer

Adobe CC Licensing

• make-adobe-cc-license-pkg
• MacSysAdmin 2015 session links (presentation video and links)
• Adobe Creative Cloud Deployment - Packaging a License File
• Fix script for ‘Sign in to Creative Cloud’ prompt with license files + named packages

Application preferences

• Sparkle settings
• GitHub issue for Squirrel auto-updates (e.g. Slack)
• outset
• LoginScriptPlugin

Hopper Disassembler

• Hopper
• Analyzing Binaries with Hopper’s Decompiler

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