Robert Hammen joined LaunchPad for a practical macOS 27 Golden Gate walkthrough aimed at Jamf admins and Apple admins.
This session covered what teams should start testing now, including:
- Apple Silicon-only support in macOS 27
- Intel app inventory and Rosetta 2 behavior during upgrade
- Apple's push from MDM to DDM
- software update management moving away from legacy MDM commands
- network, credential, and certificate management changes in DDM
- DDM Explorer and Apple's device-management GitHub branch for testing new declarations
- remote sysdiagnose and log collection through AppleCare for Enterprise
- Managed Migration Assistant controls from macOS 26.4
- Managed App Framework and native app/process blocking
- PPPC deprecation and declarative privacy consent
- FileVault, Platform SSO, Touch ID, and pre-boot Wi-Fi changes
- macOS Mail, Exchange Web Services, and Microsoft Graph timing
- beta enrollment, test planning, and filing better Apple feedback
Replay and resources:
https://rocketman.tech/lr-jn
Also on YouTube:
https://rocketman.tech/ly-jn
Upcoming meetup:
https://rocketman.tech/lp-jn