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The Evolution of Apple Device Management

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the Mac existed in a vacuum. Unmanaged and left behind in the grand scheme of the corporate enterprise, it was at best overlooked by Windows-centric IT departments and, at worst, marked for retirement and removal. In those times, it was common to see a network of Macs run as a silo, often with a dedicated cable modem for Internet access and sometimes even with a dedicated mail server to support the creatives. And yes, the Mac was almost exclusively used by teams of creatives like graphic designers and video editors.

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Edge, C., Trouton, R. (2023). The Evolution of Apple Device Management. In: Apple Device Management. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9156-6_1

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