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Mac Admins Podcast
by Mac Admins Podcast LLC
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
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Episode 481: Just Us
It's just us this week, and there's been a lot to discuss. Let's hit some high points from 27.0.1 and PSSO fixes, to changes to Full Disk Access entitlements on the horizon. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links:...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Patrick Wardle - LinkedIn Links: Detecting (Evil) Dylibs...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: Warwick...
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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...
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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 -...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom -...
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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…
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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 - @[email protected] Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Arek Dreyer - LinkedIn Links: https://www.givesendgo.com/support-for-dave-shepps-family...
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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...
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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 -...
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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...
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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 -...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Anthony...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links:...
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Jason Snell - LinkedIn Weldon Dodd - LinkedIn Links: Report Card Link:...
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links:...
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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 - @[email protected] Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Cat MacDonald David Starr - LinkedIn Rolf Woodward - LinkedIn Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Watchman...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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…
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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?...
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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 - @[email protected]...
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Episode 452: ICEout.tech
JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: JR Rasberry - LinkedIn Adam Solove - LinkedIn Links:...
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Episode 451: MacAD.UK 2026
Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026! Hosts: 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...
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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...
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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 -...
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Kevin White - LinkedIn Links:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Links: https://macadminmusings.com/blog/2025/12/14/stop-working-before-everything-is-finished/...
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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 - @[email protected] Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Zaafir Kherani - LinkedIn Sponsors: Iru 1Password Backblaze…
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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 - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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.
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