MacDMV

As the summer heads to its height, and the beta season starts moving toward final release, MacDMV will gather on August 15th!
Scott Secrest from Jamf will present on the state of Jamf Pro, and Jennifer Unger will present on converting Smart Groups to Advanced Searches with the Jamf API, taking some of the load off your JSS. Once presentations are complete, we’ll open the floor for open discussion on iOS 11 and High Sierra and how testing is going.

Come join your colleagues and learn about what’s coming, what you can do today, and make some new friends.

Schedule for Aug 15th starting at 6:00.

• Intro from ID.me.
• Scott Secrest – Jamf – Jamf Pro
• Jennifer Unger – Converting Smart Groups to Advanced Searches with the Jamf API
• Open discussion on iOS 11 and High Sierra testing
• Dinner/Drinks location TBD

Lightning Talks! The idea is simple: come give a 5-10 minute talk on any subject. If you’re just working on your public speaking, or if you’re getting a talk ready for a conference proposal, this is a great way to practice the core elements of a talk and get ready for conference proposals!

You don’t have to talk to attend, but it’s a good way to get some practice and have some fun.

We’re being hosted by Finn Partners, for which we are thankful! The building is an ID Check building, so please do bring photo
ID.

After the Lightning Talks, we’ll head out in search of some food and fellowship. See you there!

Nearest Metro: Farragut North (Red Line), Farragut West (Silver/Blue/Orange Lines)
Parking: Street Parking or nearby garages

Join us for our August Meetup at National Geographic on Saturday, August 13th at 12:00pm! We’ll be talking about filesystems and Apple’s forthcoming APFS with Rich Trouton from HHMI. For legal reasons, we will NOT be livestreaming or recording this talk. You must be present to win, no purchase necessary.

After the talk, we’ll have free tickets to see National Geographic’s The Greeks exhibit (or, if you’d like, you can give tickets to your family while you listen to Rich’s talk!), and for those not interested in the exhibit, we’ll find some lunch nearby. Please RSVP separately for Museum tickets so we know how many we need.

Storing our digital lives: Mac filesystems from MFS to APFS

For as long as Mac users have been creating and saving files, there have been Apple-built filesystems to store those files. Apple’s announcement of the new Apple File System (APFS) marks only the fourth time in 32 years which Apple has made the transition to a new file system, so let’s look back at the filesystems of yesterday, examine what’s being used today and look forward to what we’ll all be using tomorrow:

This session will cover:

• An overview of MFS and HFS, two now-retired Apple filesystems
• An examination of HFS+, the Apple filesystem in use today
• An introduction to Apple File System (APFS)
• Discuss why APFS is being created
• The new features of APFS
• The current state of APFS development

Join us for our July Meetup at National Geographic in downtown DC for a discussion and presentation about testing the latest Developer Releases of macOS Sierra (10.12) and iOS 10 with your current environment to identify bugs, help report issues, and reporting issues in a way that will help Apple identify serious issues and fix them. We’ll be meeting on July 26th, 2016 at 6:30pm until 8:00pm, with food to follow.

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We’ll also be having a conversation about the future of Mac DMV, the results of the survey, and some direction for going forward with better guidance! Afterwards, we’ll adjourn to The Big Hunt on Connecticut Avenue to enjoy some food and beverages.

Good morning, Mac DMV!