Mac Admins Podcast

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.

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

Guests:

• Mikhail Ishkanov, SOTI, Senior Director Product Strategy and Sales Enablement
• Youssef Mohamed, SOTI, Product Manager

Sponsors:

• Iru
• 1Password
• Meter
• Backblaze
• 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

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.

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

Guests:

• Brian Atkinson - LinkedIn

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• 1Password
• Meter
• Backblaze
• 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

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 behind them - and how these problems were solved by a member of our community - Dave- welcome to the podcast!

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

Guests:

• Dave Siederer - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://tart.run/
• https://isimagingdead.com/
• https://github.com/ds0x

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Backblaze
• 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

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.

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

Guests:

• Weldon Dodd - LinkedIn

Links:

• Passwordless Workforce Identity & Access | Iru
• Kandji Is Now Iru, the IT & Security Platform Built for the AI Era
• They're good rectangles: Ron LOVES his new music player | Parks and Recreation - YouTube

Sponsors:

• Iru
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Backblaze
• 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

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 going to discuss how Platform Single Sign-on is just a small part of what is required for a securing your users.

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

Guests:

• Arki Krowczynski, Principal Product Acceleration Specialist, Okta
• Dan Hefley, Senior Product Manager, Okta - LinkedIn

Links:

• Arki's blog post on PSSO: https://iamse.blog/2025/10/16/farewell-complexity-platform-sso-simplified-setup-on-macos-26-powered-by-okta-and-jamf/
• Okta Blog post: https://www.okta.com/blog/product-innovation/merging-identity-with-macos-onboarding/
• Mac Admins Slack: #okta-device-access

Sponsors:

• Iru
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Backblaze
• 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

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 to have been there right from the beginning and just.knows.stuff. But does having too many puzzle pieces assembled in your mind prevent you from getting overly curious, for fear of tipping everything over? What about the excitement of starting a new job, meeting new people and discovering new ways of doing things? Today we are so happy to welcome Kitzy back to the Mac Admins podcast after a very long time to talk about rediscovering curiosity and what it's like to walk away from being the keeper of the lore.

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

Guests:

• Kitzy - Kitzy.com

Links:

• https://kitzy.com/blog/losing-nine-years-of-answers-to-find-better-questions/

Sponsors:

• Iru
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Material Security
• 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

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?

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

Guests:

• Alexandre Morin - LinkedIn

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• 1Password
• Nudge Security
• Backblaze
• 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

The gang went to Denver. Here's what happened next!

• 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 [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

The new 26 OSes are here! How has the first week gone so far?

• Tom Bridge - @[email protected]
• 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'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

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.

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

Guests:

• Bob Gendler, Mac Specialist, NIST - LinkedIn
• Allen Golbig, macOS Threat & Detections Researcher, Jamf - LinkedIn
• Dan Brodjieski, Apple Systems Engineer - LinkedIn

Links:

• https://github.com/usnistgov/macos_security
• https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/certifications/apc322685bb2/web

Sponsors:

• Kandji
• 1Password
• Material Security
• Meter
• 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