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Mac Business Solutions - Apple Premier Partner

Mac Business Solutions is the leading Apple Premier Partner and Service Provider in the Mid-Atlantic References can be provided on request.

Starting as a homegrown business in 1990, Mac Business Solutions has grown into a mature enterprise, employing a staff of over thirty employees. Today, MBS provides a full bodied Apple experience encompassing sales, service, training, video editing, network planning & implementation, graphic/web design and large format printing. Our main focus has always been on providing our clients with complete solutions using the latest Apple and related technology available, for all of our customers, from home users to government agencies. Our client base includes the finest companies, government agencies and individuals in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and the surrounding areas.

10/30/2026

MBS was awarded positions on NASA SEWP VI in Category A and Category C.

🚀Category A is the products category, which is what most people expect from an Apple reseller.
🚀Category C covers mission-oriented services, including systems integration, consulting, engineering and design, and cybersecurity.

An agency that wants help designing and securing an Apple environment can now buy services work the same way it buys the devices. https://mbsdirect.com/

10/27/2026

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month wraps up, did your team make time for these four priorities?

🔒 Updating compliance across the fleet
🔒 Multifactor authentication and password manager adoption
🔒 Phishing recognition and reporting
🔒 Device inventory and offboarding review

If any are still on your list, carry them into November and beyond. Cybersecurity deserves attention every month.

Read the article for a workable structure: https://mbsdirect.com/cybersecurity-awareness-month-everyday-security-habits-for-apple-fleets

What’s still on your team’s cybersecurity radar?

10/19/2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month has two official themes this year. CISA is running "Securing the Next 250" and the National Cybersecurity Alliance is running "Don't Make It Easy for Them."

The underlying point is that organizations often have better security tooling than they had five years ago, but the habits have not moved quite as quickly.

Awareness month is a good time to take a look at some of these areas, and think about how to measure it among your fleet. You want to look at data points like what percentage of people actually use multifactor authentication or the password manager you offer. You also want to look at how many devices are on the latest software versions, especially if the update was framed as optional.

Availability numbers usually look fine. Adoption numbers are where the interesting conversations start. https://mbsdirect.com/planning-your-refresh-after-macos-27

10/15/2026

Mostly Apple, with a few Android devices in the mix? Jamf for Mobile manages both from one console without giving up depth in Apple management.

Read more: https://mbsdirect.com/managing-a-mixed-mobile-fleet-from-one-console

10/09/2026

A lot shipped from Apple recently. macOS 27 Golden Gate arrived on September 14, and Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips started shipping on September 22, with a 512GB unified memory configuration expected later in October. 🖥️

For organizations that cannot send data to a cloud model, whether because of HIPAA, federal requirements or their own security posture, these releases can change what is actually possible on a desktop.

Running AI models locally has generally meant accepting a ceiling on model size, but configurations especially at the 512GB memory capacity can handle quite a bit more.

https://mbsdirect.com/sizing-mac-studio-for-private-ai-work

10/02/2026

Apple simplified something earlier this year that is helping companies of all sizes get the most out of the Apple ecosystem.

Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials, and Apple Business Connect are now part of one platform: Apple Business.

Device management is built in at no additional cost.

Read More: https://mbsdirect.com/choosing-a-trusted-partner-for-apple-business-abm

09/30/2026

AI adoption brings new questions for IT teams: Where does the data go? Who controls access? And how do you keep AI use secure? 🔒

Our latest article explores how Jamf for Mac and Amazon Bedrock can help organizations bring greater governance and control to AI across their Mac environments.

Read more: https://mbsdirect.com/jamf-for-mac-case-study-ai-governance-and-amazon-bedrock-on-mac

09/10/2026

Does your district have shared iPad devices? Many schools have multiple students using the same iPad throughout the day. Apple School Manager and Shared iPad help keep every student's apps, data, settings, and work separate while making it easy to share devices between classes.

It's a simple feature that makes shared iPads a practical solution for K-12 environments.

Read more: https://mbsdirect.com/choosing-a-trusted-partner-for-apple-school-manager

09/09/2026

Federal procurement went through one of its biggest rewrites in years, and most of the conversation has focused on what changed for buying.

The more interesting shift is what happens downstream. As agencies move toward buying more directly from manufacturers, someone still has to handle deployment, support, and eventual device retirement. That work doesn't go away just because the purchase got more direct. It just needs a different partner than the one who sold the hardware.

Read more: https://mbsdirect.com/apple-device-lifecycle-management-at-scale-for-government-agencies

09/04/2026

K-12 device management differs from enterprise device management and reflects how schools operate day to day.

Shared carts, student accounts, and content restrictions all contribute to what good device management looks like for a school district.

What works for a 2,000-person company doesn't translate cleanly to a district running the same number of devices across a dozen buildings with a fraction of the staff.

Address

611 S Frederick Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD
20877

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	11am - 3pm

Website

http://www.mbsdirect.com/

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