Mac Admins Podcast

Today we're welcoming Weldon Dodd from Kandji back to the podcast to discuss how things have been going this year, and today's announcement around bringing IT and InfoSec together.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Emily Kausalik-Whittle - @emilyooo

Guests:

• Weldon Dodd - @weldon

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Links:

• CVE
• NVD
• Common Vulnerability Scoring System SIG
• GitHub - krypted/maccvecheck: Checks the CVE database for any macOS Vulnerabilities
• #security-alerts channel on Slack

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• 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 good developers at Apple throw us new and exciting curve balls with every new release. This means books can’t just sit on a shelf for five years like in some previous eras but have to be refreshed routinely. The 1st edition of the Apple Device Management book was over 500 pages. Charles and Rich wanted to keep the page count about the same, but there’s so much new crap to shoehorn in there. That means stuff’s gotta’ go. That’s the perfect time to step back, take stock, and look at how the broader device management landscape is shifting and what admins need to know for the future.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Charles Edge - @cedge318

Guests:

• Rich Trouton - @rtrouton

Transcript:

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Links:

• Apple Device Management’
• IsImagingDead.com
• Create a Package in Apple Business Essentials

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• 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

Software Updates might be the trickiest part of being a Mac Admin right now, there’s lots of different approaches, and a whole bunch of edge and corner cases.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Emily Kausalik-Whittle - @emilyooo

Guests:

• Kevin M. White - Macjutsu

Transcript:

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Links:

• S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N.
• S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. Wiki
• Erase-Install
• IBM Notifier
• #super channel on Mac Admins Slack

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• 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

Robin Laurén joins the pod this week to talk about Human Centered Security. We’ll pick up where he left off in his MacADUK talk, discuss any reactions, and get into a little of the practical applications.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• James Smith - @smithjw

Guests:

• Robin Laurén - @RobinLauren

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Links:

• MacAdUK   2022   Robin Lauren - Security for Humans 
• Dr. Robert Cialdini's Seven Principles of Persuasion | IAW 
• Otto Scharmer's 4 Levels of Listening: Be a Better Listener - The World of Work Project 
• xkcd: tar

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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

Some of the larger early Apple deployments were in education and many of the more complicated of those were in higher education. This has given higher education deployments a front-row seat to some of the larger challenges in how technology, and specifically the Apple technology, that we manage evolves. We’re stoked to have Jennifer Nieland on the pod this week to help us navigate the hallowed halls of the collegiate technology stack.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Jennifer Nieland - [email protected]

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Links:

• Greenlee School
• Radmind

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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 cover a lot of different types of workflows on this podcast. They’re all equally as complicated, and some are very specifically designed for a given industry. In today’s episode we’ll have Charles Mangin from N-Able on to talk about how the Managed Service Provider (MSP) treats Apple devices and how the latest innovations from Apple have helped to shape how MSPs can be more productive.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Charles Mangin - @mac_mgmt_nerd

Transcript:

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Links:

• https://twitter.com/mac_mgmt_nerd
• Automation Cookbook
• Charles Mangin’s Blog
• Frotz Text Adventure Emulator
• Doom on John Deere Tractors
• Pitch Dark
• Eaten by a Grue

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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

Tim Perfitt is back again to continue last week's episode about his latest macOS app; XCreds! If you’ve ever dealt with labs, this episode is for you.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Joel Rennich - @mactroll

Guests:

• Tim Perfitt, Two Canoes - @tperfitt

Transcript:

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Links:

• Security. Cryptography. Whatever (Podcast)
• Filemaker 19 from Claris
• Azure AD SSO Plugin (Preview)
• Top 5 ways to Improve your Apple end user experience in M365/AAAD (PSU Mac Admins Talk with Michael Epping and Mark Morowczynski)
• XCreds

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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

Tim Perfitt rejoins the Pod to talk about a new project for macOS devices: XCreds! If you’ve ever dealt with labs, this episode is for you.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Joel Rennich - @mactroll

Guests:

• Tim Perfitt, Two Canoes - @tperfitt

Transcript:

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Links:

• XCreds
• OIDC Lite
• ROPG
• Sneakers

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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

Asset Management isn't sexy, in fact it's super boring. Matt Currie is here to tell us how his team combined Kandji, Airtable, Slack and Tray.io into an automated asset management system that his team could use seamlessly.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Matt Currie - @mattcurrie - LinkedIn

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Black Glove
• Mosyle
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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

APIs are an integral aspect of how we can programmatically work with any product. The original Jamf Classic API won’t be allowing basic authentication any longer, which means any workflows that hook into the old URI-based REST endpoints will be going away. So there are big changes coming to the Jamf API and Graham Pugh will be joining us to talk through what that means for some of the projects he maintains.

• Tom Bridge - @tbridge777
• Charles Edge - @cedge318
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

• Graham Pugh - @GrahamRPugh

Links:

• Jamf Pro Classic API Authentication Changes
• Blog Post (Feb 2022): How do changes to the Jamf Pro API authentication affect JamfUploader and JSSImporter?
• Python-jamf by Uni of Utah Marriott Library
• Ruby-jss by Pixar Animation Studios
• https://github.com/jamf/Classic-API-Postman-Collection
• Prune by Leslie Helou - Remove unused items from your Jamf server
• KMART by Nindi Gill
• Git2jss by Geoff Lee
• Detect Thoughts REST app by Charles Edge
• Scriptorium by Tony Williams
• JamfUploader - AutoPkg processors
• JNUC 2021 Presentation video: Making package uploading and deployment easier with JamfUploader (Anthony Reimer and Graham Pugh)
• MacAdmins @ PSU 2022 Presentation Video: Demystifying JamfUploader
• JamfRecipeMaker
• Graham’s Music Contribution to the Pod
• Of course there is a Derflounder post about moving to bearer tokens

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• Watchman Monitoring

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

Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast!

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