Knowing how to administer and configure macOS is a key skill that any IT admin should know. Learn how to back up, restore, monitor, and secure macOS Sierra.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Understanding this course
- Back up with Time Machine
- Back up with Backblaze
- Time Machine file restore
- Backblaze file restore
- iCloud Drive desktop and documents
- iCloud deletion recovery
- Getting out of iCloud
- Disable iCloud with MDM restrictions
- Storage tools in macOS
- Disk image tricks
- RAID with Disk Utility reborn
- Defragmenting the user space
- Introduction to APFS
- Convert HFS to APFS
- Create an APFS disk image
- Create an APFS container and volume
- Running a file system check
- The unified logging system
- Reading logs and activities
- Message labels and organization
- Console actions
- Searching through logs
- Viewing connected device logs
- Overview of the log command
- Using predicates to search logs
- Log stream levels and debug logging
- Using log show
- Collecting logs with log collect
- Install a self-signed certificate
- Sierra's updated Gatekeeper
- Troubleshooting Keychain password errors
- Get an enterprise FileVault recovery key
- Enterprise FileVault setup
- Enterprise FileVault implementation
- MDM-based FileVault 2 deployment
- Why MDM?
- Why not image?
- Enroll without DEP
- Configure Time Machine via MDM
- Configure Wi-Fi settings with profiles
- VPN options available via MDM
- Installing applications on Macs via MDM
- Configure a macOS firewall via MDM
- Configuring enterprise printing with MDM
- Next steps
Taught by
Sean Colins
