Mac Admins Podcast

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

• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Mat X - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://mdoyvr.com/

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• 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

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.

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Ulrik Aabye-Hansen - LinkedIn

Links:

• Friday the JQth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5uCXY21DAs
• jsonlives.com

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• 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 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.

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Justin Esgar - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://acesconf.com/
• https://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/
• https://acesconf.com/edward-esgar-scholarship/

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

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.

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Patrick Wardle - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain
• https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/personal-safety/ips2aad835e1/1.0/web/1.0
• https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement/
• https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled/
• Kung Fury- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

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- someone whose every response prompts immediate note taking and bookmarking because some day - we'll need those obscure facts while troubleshooting a problem and they will have it.

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Mark Buffington - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://developer.jamf.com/jamf-pro/docs/test-apps-with-managedapp-and-blueprints
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/deploying-apps-with-declarative-management
• https://xyproblem.info/
• https://github.com/ninxsoft/LowProfile
• https://concepts.jamf.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckworth%E2%80%93Lewis%E2%80%93Stern_method

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

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?

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn
• James Smith - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://isimagingdead.com/
• https://podcast.macadmins.org/2019/08/13/episode-133-sunburst-and-luminary-with-don-eyles/
• https://podcast.macadmins.org/2018/02/21/episode-70-tim-perfitt-twocanoes-software/

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

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.

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
• Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

• Mischa van der Bent - LinkedIn
• Armin Briegel - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://macadmins-eu.org/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen
• https://github.com/Jamf-Concepts/setup-checklist
• https://modernismweek.com/

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• 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://unidos-mn.org/). Both orgs are providing critical support to low-income immigrants in MN
• https://www.mnmad.org/ Minnesota Mutual Aid directory
• https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ - local gofundmes and mutual aid
• Stand by Me x The People United https://bsky.app/profile/taylordahlin.com/post/3mdeijmip522z
• Singing Resistance : https://linktr.ee/singingresistance
• Cameron McCloud (Artist): https://www.instagram.com/cureforparanoia/#

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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

Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026!

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• 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 [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

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.

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

Guests:

• Mike Malone - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://smallstep.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Certificate_Management_Environment
• https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/
• https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/07/30/3124136/0/en/Smallstep-and-Jamf-Partner-to-Deliver-Hardware-Backed-Device-Identity-for-Enterprise-Managed-Apple-Fleets.html
• Apple JNUC 2025 Presentation on Apple Platform Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wj2Oc-LUMQ
• https://smallstep.com/product/ai-and-mcp/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko_Wilcox-O%27Hearn

Sponsors:

• Iru
• Fleet Device Management
• Meter
• Primo
• 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