Welcome to my blog. Here you will find my thoughts on all things macOS and technology in general. There are many blogs on all things Apple, I will try to share my experiences, unfiltered opinions and work-in-progress ideas in managing macOS in a large enterprise. Sometimes it will be a technical article or a how-to, and sometimes just my opinion. This blog does not represent the views of Apple, my employer or anyone else but myself. Code linked on this blog is strictly conceptual and may not work as intended, do not use on production systems without testing first.

Most posts are also available in Spanish, click the “es” link at the top of the page for the translated version.

-G.G

Recent Posts

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Apple Vision Pro in the Enterprise

It’s finally here! After 8 months of waiting and much longer since the rumors began, the Apple Vision Pro has arrived at my doorstep. Over the last few days journalists, bloggers and influencers have been posting their unboxing videos, setup tutorials and reviews. This review is different, as I have one goal in mind: I want to see where the Vision Pro fits in the enterprise space. I’ll look at it from my vantage point as a systems engineer, but I’ll wear some of my other hats as well.
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macOS Sonoma: Did It Meet Expectations?

Where have I been for the last few months? And why have I not been posting? I’ve had a lot on my plate, both personally and professionally, but it was time to dust off the typewriter and share some of what I have been up to. I had saved in the drafts an article aptly named “Winter is Coming, Sonoma is almost here.” I never got a chance to actually push publish.
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macOS 14 Wishlist

It is almost here! Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and with it will come the announcement of the new version of macOS 14 Redwood. (Of course I’m guessing about the name). A lot of enterprises are now fully on macOS Ventura or have most of their fleets on the latest OS. This is the time when the Engineering teams are well versed in the new features and bugs and are also starting to look ahead at what is next.
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Advanced Network Troubleshooting on iPad and iPhone

Every once in a while we experience a network problem on an iOS or iPadOS device that requires deeper troubleshooting. For example, a VPN client that is not connecting and has limited logging capability. On the other side, the network team is saying: “It’s not us, it’s the client.” The only way to approach this is with data. On a macOS device you would fire up tcpdump and get what you need, but what about iOS and iPadOS?
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How to Over-Engineer a Blog

Like many of my colleagues in the Mac Admin field, I had been wanting to start a blog for a while. True, there are many, many Apple related blogs out there, so why one more? At the core, I love technology, so I was partly motivated to share the unique tidbits that I ran across in my day-to-day. But another part was about the how, about the technology involved. I’m always looking to step out of my comfort zone and try something new.
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