London Apple Admins

If you in some manner manage or administer devices with an Apple logo & work in London, or happen to be in town when a meet is happening... This is the group for you!

Nov 11, 2020

19th November 2020 - Writing AutoPkg recipes with Anthony Reimer (Zoom workshop)

As we get used to the “new normal”, it’s more important than ever to focus on deploying the most up to date software. AutoPkg has been a mainstay of the Mac Admin toolbox since 2014 and we’re delighted to host the awesome Anthony Reimer as he joins us all the way from Canada to lead a workshop that will take you to the next level! Thank you to the lovely folks at ThoughtWorks for sponsoring the Zoom session!

About the Workshop

You’ve been using AutoPkg(r) to fetch the latest installers for software you deploy and perhaps even do some post-processing. But there are still a few apps that are not covered by the existing AutoPkg recipes publicly available that you would like to automate.

This workshop is designed to help you fill that gap. We’ll cover the basics of how to read an existing recipe and some of the common ways to start building your own recipe. Then we will start building new recipes based on your suggestions. We will conclude with a brief discussion of next steps and how you can then share your creations with the world.

This workshop is a sneak preview of Anthony’s session at the EveryWorld Conference in Australia 25 – 27 November.

Technical Requirements

Attendees who wish to participate in the hands-on portions of the workshop will need a Mac with the current version of AutoPkg (2.2) and a plain text editor installed (e.g. Atom, BBEdit, Sublime Text, or VSCode). Terminal will be used as well. Optionally, the current version of AutoPkgr (1.5.5) can also be installed.

It is assumed attendees are familiar with AutoPkg and have run some recipes. For those less experienced or those who have not used AutoPkg at the command line, we recommend watching Greg Neagle’s AutoPkg talk from MacSysAdmin 2019 prior to attending the workshop.

The schedule is as follows:

  • 18:30 - 19:00: Arrive and mingle
  • 19:00 - 20:30: “Writing AutoPkg Recipes – A Workshop” - Anthony Reimer - University of Calgary
  • 20:30 - ?: Open discussion - To the #laa-pub!

As always, the event is free to attend but space is limited. We’ve got 20 tickets available, grab one in advance here:

19th November 2020 - Writing AutoPkg recipes with Anthony Reimer (Zoom workshop)

We’ll get a Zoom link out to attendees shortly before the workshop begins. Please also join us in #laa-pub on the MacAdmins Slack for informal drinks and chat before, during and after the workshop!

Feb 20, 2020

Watch the video! 13th February 2020 - Meet Up @ Funding Circle (with Code42)

Happy New Year! Our February (and first) meet of 2020 had a Fun-ding time when we joined erm, Funding Circle (Sponsered by Code42) at their offices in the City of London!

Thanks again to Funding Circle for hosting, Code42 for sponsoring and all our speakers. Special thanks to Christian Asare-Anderson, Ewan Ross and Felix Grant who put in so much hard work to organise the event with us.

The schedule was as follows - click the talk titles to get a copy of the slides:

Watch the video below!

Jan 7, 2020

13th February 2020 - Meet Up @ Funding Circle (with Code42)

Happy New Year! Welcome to our February (and first) meet of 2020 will have a Fun-ding time when we join erm, Funding Circle (Sponsered by Code42) at their offices in the City of London!

The schedule is as follows:

  • 18:30 - 19:00: Arrive and mingle
  • 19:00 - 19:15: “Thinking outside the box” - Christian Asare-Anderson - Funding Circle
  • 19:20 - 19:35: “Data Security in the 21st Century - What are your Mac Users taking with them when they leave? Data Security that just works for Mac from Code42. No slides guarantee!” - Paul Martin - Code42
  • 19:40 - 19:55: “Time machine - Back to the future” - James Bousfield - Moof IT
  • 20:00 - 20:15: “Team Security for the modern Internet” - Henry Heinemann - Cloudflare
  • 20:15 - 21:00: Open discussion - To the pub!

As always, the event is free to attend but space can be limited. We’ve got 100 tickets available, grab one in advance here.

13th February 2020 - Meet Up @ Funding Circle (with Code42)

Your nearest public transport links are: Mansion House Underground and Cannon Street Underground / Train stations.

Sep 19, 2019

Watch the video! 17th October 2019 – Meet Up @ Jamf

London Apple Admins had a bit of a sabbatical. But fear not, we came back! Our October meet of 2019 was Jamf-packed when we joined erm, Jamf at their offices in Clerkenwell! It was an eventful time of year with new OS releases from Apple, you came to our arena, kicked back with a Sangria* and did the Macarena as we welcomed Catalina!

Thank you to our speakers and special thanks to Megan Bull and Matt Taylor of Jamf who put in so much hard work to host and sponsored us!

The schedule was as follows - click the talk titles to get a copy of the slides:

Watch the video below!

*We couldn’t promise Sangria but lovely food and beverages were available, kindly sponsored by Jamf.

Sep 18, 2019

17th October 2019 – Meet Up @ Jamf

London Apple Admins has had a bit of a sabbatical. But fear not, we’re back! Our October meet of 2019 will be Jamf-packed when we join erm, Jamf at their offices in Clerkenwell! It’s an eventful time of year with new OS releases from Apple, so come to our arena, kick back with a Sangrina* and do the Macarena as we welcome Catalina!

The schedule is as follows:

As always, the event is free to attend but space is limited. We’ve got 60 tickets available, grab one in advance here.

Eventbrite - 17th October 2019 – Meet Up @ Jamf

Your nearest public transport links are Barbican and Farringdon tube/train stations.

*We can’t promise Sangrina but lovely food and beverages will be available, kindly sponsored by Jamf.

Jun 21, 2019

Watch the video! 20th June 2019 – Meet Up @ Cloudflare

London Apple Admins had the content. Cloudflare delivered it (along with lots of food and drink)! Huge thanks go to our wonderful speakers, some of whom presented for the first time, as well as Cloudflare’s Andrew, Harriet, Naya and Wayne for hosting our June meet of 2019.

The schedule was as follows - click the talk titles to get a copy of the slides:

Watch the video below!