Mac Admins Podcast
A rotating panel of Mac admins and consultants are joined by members of the Mac admin community to discuss the latest news, issues, and challenges of managing Apple devices. New episodes weekly. Join the community at macadmins.org.
Episodes
Episode 480: Novel Ransomware, Security in the age of AI
Patrick Wardle's back to give us an update on Apple Security, some fun new Zero Days, and this year's OBTS in Hawaii! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Patrick Wardle - LinkedIn Links: Detecting (Evil) Dylibs https://objective-see.org/blog/blog_0x89.html OBTS 9.0 Talks: https://objectivebythesea.org/v9/talks.html Patr
Episode 479: The 27 Version Report
The new 27 series of Apple's operating systems are now out! We're going to spend a bit time talking through what's new, what's exciting, and what we all have to look forward to! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: Warwick Capper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Capper Armin Briegel's Newsletter: https://www.macadmins.n
Episode 478: Doctor Strangeprofile with Bryce Carlson
It all started five years ago when Apple introduced the future of device management in the form of declarative. Since then it's been a steady march onwards as more and more things shift from the legacy MDM methods to the newer, glossier, declarative methods. It's been a shift that even half a decade on - there is still some hesitation, dare I say… trepidation as some worry over the new and shiny t
Episode 477: Punk Rock Mac Lab
Richard Glaser has been a Mac Admin for a long, long time, and we've got him on this week to talk about what it's like managing Macs for a whole university library system, the state of lab computing in 2026, and what's changed in more than 35 years of managing Macs at work! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Richard Glase
Episode 476: Chris Lo on Recruiting and Jobs
Chris Lo was a Mac Admin for a long time before he started a recruiting practice. We're here to talk with him about the state of the job market, how AI has changed things for better and worse, and how to think about your next move. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Chris Lo - LinkedIn Links: https://www.mprnews.org/s
Episode 475: Live at X World 2026
Live at X World in Melbourne, James and Marcus are joined by some of the other attendees and speakers. Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom James Smith - LinkedIn Guests: Kitzy - LinkedIn Andy Rana - LinkedIn Daniel MacLaughlin - LinkedIn Sammy Myers - LinkedIn Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please
Episode 474: You'll Always Have Air, But There Might Be a Bomb
Arek's back with us! We're going to be talking about life, the universe, and everything. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Arek Dreyer - LinkedIn Links: https://www.givesendgo.com/support-for-dave-shepps-family https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/podcasts/openais-two-week-pause-jill-lepore-on-the-threat-of-the-artificial-state-train-of-thought.htm
Episode 473: Erin Merchant on IT Hiring in the age of AI
The world is changing, often violently, and maybe not for the better? The move toward LLMs and artificial intelligence is definitely doing a number on the profession and this week, we're talking with Erin Merchant from Risotto about her 2026 Mac AD talk on the state of hiring and jobs in the IT industry. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - Li
Episode 472: Just Us
This week, it's just us hosts! We're catching up on everything that's come down the pike during beta season: new payloads, new DDM functionality, and bugs of course. We'll also talk about how Siri might be good now, how everything's more expensive, and more. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: X World - https://xworld.au/ind
Episode 471: Mac Admins LATAM
Anyone who has spent any time in our Apple world knows that the Mac Admins Community is a unique and special place for us to collectively celebrate our wins, mourn our lows, and help each other out when we are faced with a tricky problem. Within that community there are user groups that are all over the world - these are community run and led by volunteers focussed on fostering a sense of together
Episode 470: What identity does an Agent have?
A few weeks back, we talked with Jamf about identifying hallmarks of AI Use on device. However, on-device AI use is only part of the story these days. We welcome back Joel Rennich from JumpCloud to talk about what agent identity looks like in July of 2026. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Joel Rennich - LinkedIn Matt Slo
Episode 469: PSSO Updates with Okta
Platform Single Sign-on comes in several different flavours, and each of them offers a different user experience, and solves for Identity Security in a different way. Password Sync, Secure Enclave, and don't forget Smart Card (can anyone who manages them ever forget Smart Card?). There are very strict delineations between features available for one type, and not for another. How do we work out wh
Episode 468: AI Governance
AI has been a constant in tech buzzword bingo for some time now, and the tide has very much changed from "how do we block this" to "how do we use it for the things that make sense". As the constraints have been loosened, and the token costs go up… how do we get a clear understanding of exactly what is being used in our environment, what the AI agents and harnesses are doing, and ensuring we are me
Episode 467: Trust but Verify
It seems like every day there is a new tool or product out there that is promising our end users abilities on par of turning lead into gold. With just this one tool, our end users can do anything! If only their pesky IT team would let them install it, then they could generate endless shareholder value, become super efficient, and actually this exact tool is critical for their job and how dare you
Episode 466: WWDC Wrap Up
This week, we learned a lot about the 2027 series of releases from Apple. We've been testing and exploring since the events of the Keynote, and here's everything we've got so far… Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Anthony Reimer - Blog Links: Apple Developer Q&A for Business and Education https://developer.apple.com/
Episode 465: WWDC 2026 Flashcast
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference covers all new things Apple, and we're here to talk you through everything announced at WWDC 2026! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/device-management-updates-depd638aa061/1/web/1.0 https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/identity-integr
Episode 464: DMARC, BIMI, and Email in 2026
Brands are things that I never really thought about when I was younger. I knew and trusted certain brands based on some reputation that I subliminally learned from…somewhere. Sure I've set up non profits, I've represented businesses professionally around the world, I have been a part of a larger brand that someone worked hard to create. But as someone with zero marketing finesse, I was shocked whe
Episode 463: 2026 Apple Enterprise Report Card
This year's Apple Enterprise Report Card is out, and we're talking with Jason Snell and someone from Iru! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Jason Snell - LinkedIn Weldon Dodd - LinkedIn Links: Report Card Link: https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-in-the-enterprise-a-2026-report-card/ Full Comments: https://sixcol
Episode 462: Live at Mac Admins Europe 2026
This episode is a little bit different than our usual live recordings. Usually our live recordings are on stage, in front of an audience- with guests that follows a very similar format to what we usually do. This episode is not that - it has many guests- who will introduce themselves, a hazy plotline, and was recorded with a stolen microphone, unofficially, guerilla style at the first ever MacAdm
Episode 461: Apple Business 2026
This week we're talking about Apple Business and all the changes that Apple's made of late! We're deep into the APIs and promises that exist in this critical platform. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: https://support.apple.com/guide/profile-manager/welcome/mac deploy.apple.com https://support.apple.com/en-us/126655 Spons
Episode 460: Live at MacAD.UK 2026
Live at MacAD! We're talking about Apple Business, the MacBook Neo, and hopes & dreams going into WWDC Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Cat MacDonald David Starr - LinkedIn Rolf Woodward - LinkedIn Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmin
Episode 459: MacDevOps YUL 2026
Mac Devops YVR becomes MacDevOps YUL this year as the popular conference makes a move to a new city thanks to the World Cup. We're here with conference founder Mat X to talk about what to expect, what's on tap, and who should make the trek to Montreal Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Mat X - LinkedIn Links: https://mdoyvr.com/ Sponsors: Iru Fleet Devi
Episode 458: Learning new things with Ulrik Aabye-Hansen
Ulrik Aabye-Hansen has made a career by teaching people in the Mac Admins Community, and his conference talks are both education and culture. This week, we're talking with him about learning philosophy and how he approaches this critical topic, so we can all learn just a bit more from him as well. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn
Episode 457: Consulting Conferences with Justin Esgar
The ACES conference enters its 12th year this spring with a May event in Minneapolis. Targeted at those people who manage Macs as consultants and at managed service providers, this year's conference has a bunch of new events. Here to tell us all about it is conference founder and longtime Mac Admin Justin Esgar. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina
Episode 456: Patrick Wardle on iOS Security
iOS security is an important topic that we don't talk about nearly enough. The current moment is driving a lot of people to understand it better, though! Let's dive in on iOS Security! We wanted to talk about iOS security. There's been a lot of conversations lately about how our personal devices can sell us out, and how attackers can come after your mobile devices, both personal and corporate. Hos
Episode 455: Encyclopedia Bufftanica
There are some people in the workplace that you know you can always count on to have an answer for a really obscure question or a tool to point you in the right direction for finding those esoteric bits of knowledge. Someone where every time you talk to them they absolutely blow your mind with some new piece of information or fun new tool in the workplace. Today's guest is one of those people- som
Episode 454: Ten Year Podiversary
It was March 2016 when the first episode of the Mac Admins Podcast dropped, lead by the theme song that Adam Codega composed the first time he opened garage band. Hard to believe it! What's changed since 2016? What's the same? What do we think will be the same in 2036 if we're still doing this? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Jam
Episode 453: Mac Admins Europe
This April 30th, Mac Admins Europe launches for the first time in Leiden, Netherlands. Mischa van der Bent is here to tell us all about why this event exists, what to expect at the very first instance, and how the world is changing for Mac Admins. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Mischa van der Bent - LinkedIn Armin Brie
Episode 452: ICEout.tech
JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: JR Rasberry - LinkedIn Adam Solove - LinkedIn Links: https://www.404media.co/marc-benioff-jokes-ice-is-watching-salesforce-employees-who-traveled-to-the-u-s/ Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (https://www.ilcm.org/) and Unidos MN (https://un
Episode 451: MacAD.UK 2026
Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Liam Donnelly - LinkedIn Links: https://www.macad.uk/ https://www.jigsaw24.com/ Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Meter Primo Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.o
Episode 450: Device Attestation and CAs in 2026
PKI can be a real adventure, from dealing with minting certificates, to their whole lifecycle, all the way down to who trusts what and why. We're here this week with Smallstep's CEO Mike Malone to talk about device attestation, their latest projects, and everything about how we learn to better trust each other when we can, and what to do when we can't. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.soc
Episode 449: Just Us: Ai Ai Ai...
It's just us this week, and we're talking about AI - Apple Intelligence, "Apple" Intelligence, and Apple "Intelligence" - as we dive into a few key developments. The 26.3 group of releases is upon us, along with new Gemini models coming to Siri, and the hopes of new hardware! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: https://kitz
Episode 448: Ben Greiner on smplify
Everyone wants to manage devices these days, and not just Macs. Being able to embed device management into the platform you're already building can provide a seamless experience for your users. Open source projects like NanoMDM are free, but the resources required to set them up and maintain them are not. Smplify is a new player on the market who provides the infrastructure to manage devices so yo
Episode 447: pseudo and super in 2026
Kevin White is here with a bucket of spackle and some know how to make Platform Single Sign On a better experience. Plus, he's got updates for us on Super. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Kevin White - LinkedIn Links: https://github.com/Macjutsu/pseudo https://github.com/Macjutsu/super https://twocanoes.com/products
Episode 446: Creating an App for Admins
MDM, DDM, VPP, ABM, even MSCP - all the acronyms that help us to manage devices the way that we need to, providing the amazing end-user experiences that the macadmin community is so conscious of. But what do we do when the tools provided by Apple or our device management service don't provide the capabilities we need? That's right, we build it ourselves! Michael Page is going to talk us through Do
Episode 445: Observability and the Mac Admin
As managing Macs evolves, it's no longer enough to just configure the devices we are responsible for. What happened after we configured them, are they still configured that way, has the user managed to get around the controls we put in place. Eric Metzger joins us to discuss the different tools that we as Mac Admins can use to keep an eye on our fleet without making them slow and stop the users fr
Episode 444: Just Us - 2026 Predictions
2026 has begun. Lets look forwards and no backwards and talk about what we have in hope for the year. What are we hoping to see from a hardware perspective? What are we hanging out for at WWDC this year? What predictions do we have for our favourite community projects, conferences, vendors and integrations? What do we resolve to do more, of, less of or to just keep doing? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbr
Episode 443: Managing in the Antarctic
2026 has begun. Lets look forwards and no backwards and talk about what we have in hope for the year. What are we hoping to see from a hardware perspective? What are we hanging out for at WWDC this year? What predictions do we have for our favourite community projects, conferences, vendors and integrations? What do we resolve to do more, of, less of or to just keep doing? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbr
Episode 442: Just Us on 2025
It's the End of the Year Special! We're here to break down the 2025 year with all the goods and bads! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: https://macadminmusings.com/blog/2025/12/14/stop-working-before-everything-is-finished/ Sponsors: Iru 1Password Backblaze Meter Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponso
Episode 441: Device lifecycle management and buyback with Rippling
Welcome to the podcast, Rippling IT, who are working on a novel solution for full lifecycle management related to the devices that their platform enables. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Zaafir Kherani - LinkedIn Sponsors: Iru 1Password Backblaze Meter Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please e
Episode 440: Making your own tools
Neil Johnson's been building some incredible tools for Mac Admins of late, and we wanted to sit down with him and talking through Apple Policy Explorer and some others. What's it like building tools these days, where do you start? Who is the right audience to design for? We'll dive deep on his process here this week, as well as talk about what's going on at Microsoft. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge
Episode 439: The history and present of SOTI
SOTI is one of the Ur-management platforms, being one of the very first Android EMM tools on the market. How Android Management works is a unique experience to the Apple management ecosystem. We're here to learn more about SOTI the company, as well as what they're doing in the Apple Ecosystem. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Mikhail Ishkanov, SOTI,
Episode 438: Running a medical school on Apple
What's it like managing Apple Devices in a medical school? Brian Atkinson of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine joins us this week to take us through the challenges of running their whole environment on Apple products. From Macs to tablets to even the Vision Pro! Let's dive in and take a look. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - Linked
Episode 437: Mac Automation in 2025
Automating our work load is a given in IT, and there are a lot of tools out there to help you accomplish streamlined workflows and reclaim time back in your day. Something the Mac Admin Community excels at is its open source mindset and providing tools to others to lend a helping hand. In today's episode we won't be focusing on a specific automation or a tool set, but the stories and problems behi
Episode 436: Float like a Jellyfish, sting like a Bee
Kandji has announced a new name, and some new products, and they are now Iru! Weldon Dodd joins us to talk about their move toward Identity, Cross-Platform Device Management, Security, and Compliance products. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Weldon Dodd - LinkedIn Links: Passwordless Workforce Identity & Access | Ir
Episode 435: Platform SSO (Okta's Version)
Apple announced Platform Single Sign-on at the setup assistant in macOS 26, and it's been a race for Identity Providers and Device Management Services to wrap their heads around the changes and implement it. Okta recently released their implementation and we are joined by Arki and Dan to talk about what this changes, what was involved in getting it to work, and what is still to come. We are also g
Episode 434: Learning New Lore with Kitzy
Working at the same place for a long time can have some amazing benefits. Every conversation, meeting, or ticket solved is another person you met, another piece of knowledge you have that you didn't have before and another piece of the huge puzzle that is slowly getting assembled inside your brain. Institutional knowledge can be an amazing thing, and we all love that person we work with who seems
Episode 433: Managing iOS is easy, right?
Alexandre Morin joins the podcast to talk all about iOS Management - ADUE, ADDE, ADE, BYOD, there's too many acronyms to mention. All of this is a known, totally easy piece of cake, right? There's no challenges here. Oh, but what about cellular? eSIM? Different use-cases? dedicated devices locked into single app usage? It's not so straight forward, is it? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinter
Episode 432: Live from JNUC '25
The gang went to Denver. Here's what happened next! Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Sam Johnson, Jamf - LinkedIn Anna Noel, Jamf Nation Giving Foundation - LinkedIn Matt Vlasach, Jamf - LinkedIn Sponsors: Kandji 1Password Nudge Security Backblaze Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@ma
Episode 431: Just Us
The new 26 OSes are here! How has the first week gone so far? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: Looking for deferral profile collisions - https://github.com/ninxsoft/LowProfile https://lowendmac.com/2025/farewell-firewire-macos-tahoe-drops-support/ Sponsors: Kandji 1Password Meter Watchman Monitoring If you'r
Episode 430: mSCP 2.0 & Tahoe Support
Here with an update about mSCP 2.0, some format changes, and new functionality, are Bob Gendler, Allen Golbig, and Dan Brodjieski! The macOS Security Compliance Project concluded their first ever Developer Conference earlier this year, where they met with stakeholders from the community, vendors, and a number of other interested parties to talk about the future of the project. Hosts: Tom Bridge -
Episode 429: Enterprise IT and the '26 releases
Apple's back to talk about the 26 release cycle, new APIs and plenty of great work that we can get excited about. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Jeremy Butcher - LinkedIn Links: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/migrating-managed-devices Swift Connect https://swiftconnect.io/ Sponsors:
Flashcast 16: Awe Dropping
Apple's released a gaggle of new hardware today. What's on the release list? What do we make of the new models? Let's dive in and figure it out. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Sponsors: Kandji 1Password Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for
Episode 428: Live from X World '25
Marcus and (sorry)James live from X World in Melbourne Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom James Smith - LinkedIn Guests: Tony Gray - LinkedIn James White - LinkedIn Robert Hammen - LinkedIn Phill Wade - LinkedIn Sponsors: Kandji 1Password Material Security Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more inf
Episode 427: AI's not for everything
Alex Confer from Risotto joins the pod this week to discuss IT career development and what it's like to move to the world of startups. The conversation also touches on how to evaluate what AI is good for in 2025 including what's practical, what's not, and how to put things together. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Alex
Episode 426: Virtualization in 2025
Apple Silicon provides so many different opportunities with virtualisation, but many of us still miss the intel days when we could snapshot and use serial numbers to automate device enrollment. Tools like Tart provide opportunities to build workflows that allow us to configure and enhance the way we virtualise macOS. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom S
Episode 425: App Auto-Patch and Beyond with Robert Schroeder
The MacAdmins Community has a long, vibrant history of solving problems together usually through open source projects that become essential tools in our workflows. Whatever challenge you're facing, chances are there's already a project, or a group of passionate people, tackling something similar. But with so many options, the path forward isn't always clear. Do you adopt an existing open source to
Episode 424: Feeling Vulnerable with Arek and Matt
Arek and Matt joined us in March of 2025 to talk about Vulnerability Management, and they're back to share their progress, as well as a look at the future. Then we'll dive in on the week's news. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Arek Dreyer - LinkedIn Matt Day - LinkedIn Links: Release notes - https://www.kandji.io/updates/2025/07/vulnerability-
Episode 423: Writing the book on Threat Hunting macOS, with Jaron Bradley
Macs are safe - they don't get malware. We used to hear this all the time and whilst Apple has done a wonderful job of building a secure by design operating system, there are still threats out there we need to protect ourselves against. It's also no surprise that macOS is not Windows. And it's further and further away from behaving like UNIX these days. So how do we know what to look for, and wher
Episode 422: Live from MacAdmins at Penn State
We're live at the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State, talking about the week's events, the state of the community, and what it's like being at this very special conference. We've got great guests, and a good chance to have a wonderful conversation. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Guests: Erin Merchant - LinkedIn Greg Neagle - LinkedIn Jacob Burley - LinkedIn Sponsors: Kan
Episode 421: Just Us, now with Selina Ali
We're at Beta 3 and at least a third of the way through the beta season. How are things going, what have we discovered so far and what are we still looking to find out? There are also plenty of other things happening in the Mac Admin community - lets talk through some of those things and get excited for what we are able to do now that we couldn't do before! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinterne
Episode 420: Avoiding "careering" off the road, with Tony Young
What does it mean to be a Mac Admin in the year of jobs 2025? Long gone are the days of having to explain that no, that isn't something that macs can integrate with. Instead we have all had to become experts in so many different silos within the modern IT organisation, from Identity, Security, Networking and Certificates. Being able to embrace and understand these concepts has also led to opportun
Episode 419: Device Compliance with Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion
Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion join us to talk about device security & compliance, as well as how to handle the necessary access control issues that can come from it. Whether it's SSF, app management, identity management, there's always knock-on effects. How can folks handle them? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Sriram Kakarala, CPO, Sca
Episode 418: Looking at PSSO after WWDC, with Michael Epping & Joel Rennich
We have all enjoyed seeing Apple make the noticeable shift to embracing modern cloud identity with the integrations we have seen over the past few years. From modern authentication at enrollment, Single Sign on extensions through to Federation of Managed Apple accounts and Platform Single Sign-on. The announcements at WWDC this year gave us more reasons to be excited, with a whole bunch of new cap
Episode 417: WWDC Wrap and First Look at Betas
We're into the beta season! Apple has released a bunch of documentation, as well as a full suite of betas to go with everything we talked about last week on the Flashcast. We'll be talking PSSO, MDM Migration, and the AxM APIs. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Links: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-school-and-business-manager-api ht
Episode 416: DDM with Bryce from Addigy
Declarative Device Management is just as easy as turning on the protocol, accepting the messages, and then responding over the new channel, right? Should be a couple weeks' work for any MDM, right? Well, we're going deep on DDM's nuts and bolts with Bryce from Addigy on their journey to DDM management. Let's see how it really went? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @
Flashcast 15: WWDC 25
With WWDC announced for June 9 through 12 this year, we're all looking forward to whatever new device management capabilities we get to see. Toss a coin to your MDM vendors (o' valley of plenty) for they are the ones that need to turn these wonderful new frameworks and features into something that we as Mac Admins can integrate into the workflows we need to create the magical end user experiences
Episode 415: Codesigning and Building Software in 2025
Joel Rennich's back with us to talk about code signing certificates, Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Joel Rennich - LinkedIn Links: Dave Pike Set - Mathar
Episode 414: The Why of Mac Admins Conferences
There are a lot of incredible conferences out there for Mac Admins to attend - MacSysAdmin, MacAdmins Conference at Penn State, X World, Objective by the Sea - but what's the story behind the story? This week we're talking with conference organizers about how they think about their events, the challenges that they face, and the future of these critical community events. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbrid
Episode 413: Live from MacAD.uk 2025
Tom & Marcus are in Brighton this week with three friends: Neil Johnson, Cat McDonald, and Liam Donnelly. MacAD.UK 2025 was full of great talks, so let's dial it in and talk with three of the best speakers. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Neil Johnson - LinkedIn Cat McDonald Liam Donnelly - LinkedIn Links: https://www.macad.uk/ Sponsors:
Episode 412: Just Us - Latest News and Stuff
Erin Merchant's back with the Mac Admins Podcast to help us get caught up with the latest news and events. We're talking macOS 15.4 (and 15.4.1), the latest kerfuffles with Apple Intelligence, and we're all wondering why Tom's MacBook Pro keeps restarting in his backpack. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Erin Merchant - LinkedIn Sponsors:
Episode 411: The Art of Mac Malware Volume 2
Patrick Wardle's a busy guy, and 2025 is no exception! No Starch Press just published volume two of the Art of Mac Malware on Detection, including a free PDF version. Objective by the Sea is back in October in the Balearics. iOS Security Research is a new area of focus, but there's plenty to talk about. Welcome back, Patrick! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcus
Episode 410: The 2025 Apple in the Enterprise Report Card
Jason Snell and Weldon Dodd are back on the Mac Admins Podcast to discuss this year's Apple in the Enterprise Report Card. How did the last year go for Mac Admins with Apple Products? Well, let's find out… Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Jason Snell - @jsnell Weldon Dodd - LinkedIn Links: https://sixcolors.com/ Sponsors: Kandji 1Passwor
Episode 409: What's a VAR for?
Kevin English and Tom Rice from SHI join the pod this week to talk about Value Added Resellers and their role in the Apple Ecosystem. Ever wonder how the models work for these folks? We're here to tell you. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Tom Rice - LinkedIn Kevin English - LinkedIn Links: https://shi.com/apple We Got Your Mac: https://w
Episode 408: Turning Frameworks into Functionality
With WWDC announced for June 9 through 12 this year, we're all looking forward to whatever new device management capabilities we get to see. Toss a coin to your MDM vendors (o' valley of plenty) for they are the ones that need to turn these wonderful new frameworks and features into something that we as Mac Admins can integrate into the workflows we need to create the magical end user experiences
Episode 407: A New Conference, Mac Admins India
India doesn't just have the largest population of any country in the world, it also has a thriving community of Mac Admins who are becoming more and more visible as time goes by. In addition to the popular MacAdmins India, with monthly hangouts and other events, this year we are excited to hear about the upcoming Mac Admins India conference. Karthik and Shyam join us to talk about their experience
Episode 406: An App Catalog in the Cloud, with Root3
Root3 is joining us this week to talk about patch management and building a catalog of applications, and their support app. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Jordy Witteman, Apple Principal Consultant, Root3 - LinkedIn Martin van Diemen, CEO, Root3 - LinkedIn Links: https://www.root3.nl/en/ https://github.com/root3nl/SupportApp https:/
Episode 405: Just Us
It's just us this week, as we talk through the March beta cycle, the iPhone 16e, what we hope is coming any day for the MacBook Air, and everything else that the cat drug in. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Rebecca Latimer - LinkedIn Links: https://www.macadmins.org/news/2025/3/14/mac-admins-foundation-announces-the-charles-s-edge-jr-new-speakers-
Episode 403: Graham Gilbert on the Path to Staff Engineer
Career progression in IT can feel a bit unclear at times. Start as a Helpdesk, get to be a CPE, what happens next? How does development actually work? What do most organizations do to tier their people? How do you move up as an individual contributor? We're talking with Graham Gilbert of Airbnb about what it's like to move up toward the rarified air of staff engineer and beyond. Hosts: Tom Bridge
Episode 402: Vulnerability Management with Kandji
Arek Dreyer from Kandji is back to talk through some updates to Kandji's platform focused on Security, and he's brought a friend, Matt Day. From Vulnerability management on through to Behavior Detection, there's a lot going on in the marketplace today, and Kandji's got some new tools to work with! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Charles Edge - @cedge318 Marcus Ransom - @marcusrans
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