In this episode of the Apple @ Work podcast, Bradley is joined by Jeremy Butcher from Apple to talk about all things Apple device management, including declarative device management, Erase All Content and Settings on macOS, and much more. Sponsored by Mosyle: Managing Apple devices at work shouldn’t be difficult. Mosyle makes it easy. Links New Mac page on Apple’s business website What’s New for Business – WWDC 2021 Forrester Total Economic Impact of Mac in the Enterprise Video: What’s new in managing Apple Devices WWDC21 Video: Meet declarative device management WWDC21 Connect with Bradley Twitter LinkedIn Listen and subscribe Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Pocket Casts Castro RSS

Apple has its product launches down to a science. But sometimes issues arise and not everyone can (or is willing to) remain in-line for several hours. That’s why Apple is set to revamp the purchase process for the iPhone 6 launch. In the past, customers who lined up for a new product were given paper cards specifying the exact product configuration they wished to purchase. These cards helped stores keep tabs on product quantities and reassured customers that they weren’t wasting time waiting in line only to find out the product they want is sold out....

Following Apple’s revision to its Q1 2019 earnings expectations, Tim Cook will hold an all-hands meeting with employees tomorrow. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the meeting will focus on today’s news with employees given the opportunity to ask questions. Earlier today, Tim Cook published a letter directed towards Apple investors in which he outlined the struggles that faced Apple during Q1 2019, which is the company’s normally monstrous holiday quarter....

It’s earnings day for Apple and the company has just reported their official numbers for revenue, profit, and products sold during the holiday quarter. Remember that this quarter includes the bulk of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus sales, all iPad Pro and related accessory sales, Apple TV 4 sales, plus traffic from the busy holiday shopping season. With that in mind, Apple reported $75.9b in revenue, $18.4b in profit, 74.8m iPhones sold, 16....

A new bill in the North Dakota Senate could force Apple to allow iPhone owners to sideload applications and use alternative payment systems in-app. The wide-reaching bill would bar companies like Apple and Google from mandating that developers only use their app stores and payments systems. As explained by The Bismarck Tribune (via The Verge), the bill lays out three restrictions for so-called “digital application distribution platforms.” The language is clearly targeted directly at Apple and its various App Store policies....

The WSJ reports that Apple has instructed suppliers to increase production of the gold model of the iPhone 5s by one-third after seeing high demand for the color. Availability for the gold model was into October within 30 minutes of orders opening on Apple Store sites around the world, with retail stores also reportedly selling out quickly and carriers getting few in the first place … It’s likely that demand for the champagne colored model has been fuelled by it being immediately recognizable as a 5s, the slate grey and white models looking more similar to the older iPhone 5....

Apple has removed an app called “Unjected” from the App Store for violating its guidelines around COVID-19 and misinformation, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The app, which billed itself as a place for “like-minded people that support medical autonomy and free speech,” was available in the App Store until Bloomberg reached out for comment. The report from Bloomberg explains that Unjected launched in May, allowing users to make a profile, match and message with other people, and more....

Apple is readying a new service that will allow Apple Pay users to buy products and pay them off in monthly installments, rivalling existing monthly payment plan options from the likes of Affirm and PayPal. Bloomberg says this feature is in development and internally named ‘Apple Pay Later’. However, Apple’s service would be directly integrated with Apple Pay. Apple is said to be partnering with Goldman Sachs on the new scheme....

As expected, the Apple Events app has now been updated so Apple TV owners can easily tune into the WWDC keynote announcements. For tvOS devices, the fourth- and fifth-generation Apple TV, you need to download/update the Apple Events from the App Store. Users of older Apple TVs will notice the Apple Events channel shows up automatically. The Events app lets you catch up on the last few keynote presentations and shows the time of the WWDC keynote in your local timezone....

The last we heard, Apple’s plan to build a new $304 million campus and add up to 3,600 new jobs in Austin, Texas was all but a done deal with city officials last month after they approved an $8.6 million incentive to be handed out over 10 years. At the time, Apple was still waiting on additional incentives from Travis County officials, but today local reports from Statesman claimed Apple is growing frustrated with delays....

We’re just under two weeks until Apple kicks off WWDC22, and today the company has been notifying winners of its annual Swift Student Challenge. Along with the traditional prizes for winners we’ve seen in recent years, Apple is including a pair of AirPods Pro as an extra gift. This year’s WWDC student challenge was done on Apple’s Swift Playgrounds 4. Like previous years, the contest had students from around the world create a Swift project of their choice with the goal of creating an interactive scene that could be experienced in three minutes....

Apple has hired ex-NSA security analyst David Rice as its newly-appointed Director of Global Security. A graduate of the US Naval Academy and previously a ‘vulnerabilities analyst’ at the NSA and a cryptologist for the US Navy, Rice will lead Apple’s security plans. David Rice is also the author of the extremely compelling, ‘Geekonomics:the real cost of insecure software‘. In this he argues that software developers need to focus more tightly on writing secure software....

As part of the ongoing reorganization of its India executive team, Apple has reportedly appointed Nokia executive Ashish Chowdhary as its new head of India operations. The move was first reported by news outlet IANS, citing industry sources. Chowdhary will reportedly join Apple’s India team starting in January of 2019. This aligns with a statement released by Nokia today, in which it said that Chowdhary is departing the company at the end of 2018 (via The Economic Times):...

Apple has been hit with another lawsuit today that alleges features such as iMessage and FaceTime infringe on the patents of Finnish company MPH Technologies. As detailed in the suit, MPH apparently tried to license the patents to Apple in 2016 and 2017, but to no avail. AppleInsider first reported on the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. According to MPH Technologies, Apple infringes upon eight of its patents for secure messaging functionality....

Image via Flickr user Glen Engel-Cox Apple may not be hosting a temporary store this year at SXSW in Austin, Texas, but it is investing $304 million to increase its presence in the state by up to 3,600 employees. According to a statement from the State of Texas and Gov. Rick Perry, Apple’s new Austin campus will “double the size of Apple’s workforce” in the state for customer support and other administrative positions over the next decade....

Update: Chipolo has reached out to us with the following statement: “The Find My network protects everyone’s privacy and Apple has spent a great deal of time designing protections against unwanted tracking that discourage bad behavior, even alerting users if an item that is not theirs is following their location. These protections are built into the Find My-enabled Chipolo CARD Spot as a requirement to be part of the program. The recent updates Apple made for Airtag are not yet applied to 3rd party accessories in the Find My network....

Apple today has announced that its App Store Search Ads will be coming to three more countries next week, bringing the total available countries up to seven. In a news update on its developer site, Apple announced that Search Ads will go live in Canada, Mexico, and Switzerland on October 17. These latest countries join the existing Search Ads supported countries of the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. This past April Apple also updated Search Ads with new features....

Apple has added some new entries to its App Store Review Guidelines that developers must follow when developing and submitting apps for iOS devices. Among the new additions, Apple is requiring developers to obtain consent from users for health-related human subject research, obtain explicit authorization for downloading music and video from third-party sources, and disclose policies related to Apple Pay… For the new health research guidelines, Apple is likely preparing for the roll out of its just unveiled ResearchKit platform as well as deeper integration of health and fitness data from users with the launch of Apple Watch and new companion apps....

[tweet https://twitter.com/NathanBowers/status/212803875114201088] Apple seems to now feature the Avenir typeface in iOS 6. An interesting Reddit discussion popped up about the discovery of the font in both Maps and Siri, check it out: Avenir is completely new to iOS, because it does not appear in Apple’s font list for earlier versions of the mobile operating system. According to Fonts.com, designer Adrian Frutiger first released the sans-serif typeface nearly 25 years ago....

Apple and four other big tech companies between them spent $80B on big-ticket industrial equipment last year – ten times as much as General Motors … Bloomberg reports on the somewhat surprising comparison. Credit Suisse analysts say that it is tech giants, and not traditional industrial companies, which are driving the fastest growth in capital expenditure seen for some years. Thanks to this surge in spending—up from $40 billion in 2015—they’ve joined the ranks of automakers, telephone companies, and oil drillers as the country’s biggest spenders on capital goods, items including factories, heavy equipment, and real estate that are considered long-term investments....