macOS Sierra for IT Administrators

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.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Understanding this course

1. Backup and Restore

• Back up with Time Machine
• Back up with Backblaze
• Time Machine file restore
• Backblaze file restore

2. iCloud Administration

• iCloud Drive desktop and documents
• iCloud deletion recovery
• Getting out of iCloud
• Disable iCloud with MDM restrictions

3. Working with Storage

• Storage tools in macOS
• Disk image tricks
• RAID with Disk Utility reborn
• Defragmenting the user space

4. Apple File System

• Introduction to APFS
• Convert HFS to APFS
• Create an APFS disk image
• Create an APFS container and volume
• Running a file system check

5. New Console

• The unified logging system
• Reading logs and activities
• Message labels and organization
• Console actions
• Searching through logs
• Viewing connected device logs

6. New Log Command

• Overview of the log command
• Using predicates to search logs
• Log stream levels and debug logging
• Using log show
• Collecting logs with log collect

7. Security

• 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

8. Security

• 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

Conclusion

• Next steps