Mac Admins Podcast

Join our hosts as we discuss all the announcements from Apple's September 2023 Event, Wonderlust.

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge
• Charles Edge
• Erin Merchant

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• Watchman Monitoring

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Automation is important for all of us, especially a margin business like an MSP. In todays episode we’ll chat with Bobby Hardaway and Ryon Riley of Advisory Solutions to hear about how they automate Jamf infrastructure with GitActions. Hosts:

• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Bobby Hardaway - LinkedIn
• Ryon Riley - LinkedIn

Links:

• GitHub Actions: https://github.com/features/actions
• Advisory Solutions: https://advisorymsp.com/
• Penn State MacAdmins talk on GitHub Actions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bznnSyl9i48
• JNUC Session - AutoPKG for Jamf Pro with GitHub Actions
• JNUC Session - So what's all the fuss about CI/CD? GitHub Actions for the Mac Admin
• LAPS Endpoints on Jamf: https://learn.jamf.com/bundle/technical-paper-laps-current/page/Local_Administrator_Password_Solution.html
• HCS LAPS Documentation: https://hcsonline.com/images/PDFs/Jamf_LAPS.pdf

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Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• Watchman Monitoring

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

 

We had a lovely conversation with Bob Gendler, Steve Yuroff, and Tim Pearson about home automation and specifically HomeKit and the Home App in a previous episode, but we didn’t get to everything. So we decided to have a second one! In this episode we’ll get more into onboarding of devices, Siri voice control, security, automation, and troubleshooting. 

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Tim Pearson - LinkedIn
• Bob Gendler - LinkedIn
• Steve Yuroff - LinkedIn

Links:

• Clipsal C-Bus - Wikipedia
• https://www.bosch-home.com/
• https://us.govee.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigbee
• https://www.z-wave.com/
• https://www.starlinghome.io/

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Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• Watchman Monitoring

If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email [email protected] for more information.

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

 

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Transcript:

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Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• Alectrona
• Watchman Monitoring

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

 

Today’s episode features Kane Narraway talk through his journeys with ZTNA - what they are, what they do, selection criteria, how they integrate with other tools, and all the fun bits that go into getting a pretty interface to wireguard to work seamlessly in your environment.

Hosts:

• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Kane Narraway - LinkedIn

Links:

• Black Hat Sessions: https://www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/schedule/
• Defcon Sessions: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-31/dc-31-schedule.html
• Extensions Manager: https://github.com/krypted/extensionsmanager
• Google BeyondCorp Zero Trust: https://research.google/pubs/pub43231/
• Okta + Jamf Unified Identity Access: https://www.jamf.com/integrations/okta/
• https://www.amazon.com/Extrusion-Detection-Security-Monitoring-Intrusions/dp/0321349962

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Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• SimpleMDM
• Watchman Monitoring

If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email [email protected] for more information.

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

 

Today’s guest is Elliot Jordan, Senior Client Systems Engineer at Netflix, here to talk Escrow Buddy, Recipe Robot, AutoPkgr, and about all the fun projects he’s been involved in over the years!

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Elliot Jordan

Transcript:

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Links:

• Mike Solin’s Post on Focus Modes: https://mikesolin.com/2023/08/05/finding-balance-while-working-remotely/
• Crypt: https://github.com/grahamgilbert/crypt
• Escrow Buddy: https://github.com/macadmins/escrow-buddy/
• Stop prompting users for passwords when re-escrowing FileVault keys: https://www.elliotjordan.com/posts/filevault-reissue/ 
• MAOS panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REyEYsgz5MI
• Recipe Robot: https://github.com/homebysix/recipe-robot 
• Stethoscope: https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-netflix-stethoscope-5f3c392368e3
• Extraordinary Attorney Woo: https://www.netflix.com/title/81518991
• Mr. Robot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/
• Utopia (AU): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series)
• The Bear, Season 2: https://www.hulu.com/guides/the-bear
• Elliot’s site: https://www.elliotjordan.com/ 
• Upcoming JNUC session on Escrow Buddy: https://reg.jamf.com/flow/jamf/jnuc2023/home23/page/sessioncatalog/session/1682654671482001Ah7L

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Kolide
• SimpleMDM
• Watchman Monitoring

If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email [email protected] for more information.

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

 

The job of a MacAdmin is a global affair. We’ve done episodes with guests in a number of countries, but wanted to focus on what it’s like in a nation with over 1.4 billion people that’s projected to be the most populous country in the near future.

Hosts:

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Karthikeyan Marappan - LinkedIn

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• SimpleMDM
• Kolide
• Watchman Monitoring

If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email [email protected] for more information.

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson