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Date
Episode 125: All The Connections, with Frederick Abeloos
Frederick Abeloos from Jamf joins us to talk all about OpenID Connect, Jamf Connect, Azure AD and all things local authentication against cloud directories.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge777]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUR GUEST:
Frederick Abeloos, Jamf
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VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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A Flashcast! Tom, Charles, Emily, Marcus and James talk about the WWDC Keynote and Platform State of the Union
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge777]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Senior Systems Engineer, The Home Depot [@emilyooo]
James Smith, Systems Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn, Seb Nash and François Levaux-Tiffreau. Thanks everyone!
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With WWDC right around the corner, Charles, Marcus and Tom prepare for the future, and trade predictions and wish lists for the coming summer of beta living.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge777]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Thanks to new sponsor cmdReporter for sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast!
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Sam Forester from the University of Utah joins the pod this week to talk about AEiOS, a tool for managing iPads in an automated and managed fashion, using a bunch of tools to make sure that the iPad ends up personalized for its temporary user. Sam takes us from the development process to how they use AEiOS in their day-to-day operations, and how you could, too.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUR GUEST:
Sam Forester, Systems Administrator, Marriott Library, University of Utah
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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James Felton from Jamf joins Tom, Marcus and Charles to talk about Managed App Config, the iOS standard for delivering preferences to individual apps on managed devices.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Anthony Reimer from MacDeployment joins Tom, Charles and Marcus to talk about how you get a meetup off the ground, what happens when you want to make an all-day event, and how this year’s MacDeployment looks to be their best one yet. Stay for the discussion of news & events, especially around Apple’s crackdown on 3rd party parental MDM apps.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUR GUEST:
Anthony Reimer, MacDeployment Conference and Meetup (Calgary)
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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X World is coming, and Tony Gray, chair of the AUC, joins the podcast to talk about this winter’s southern hemisphere spectacular.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Charles, Tom and Marcus talk about just how you stay on top of everything that’s happening in the Mac Admins World at any given point.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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LINKS & NOTES
We’re currently thinking about what you might consider the next season of the podcast. So we’d like to make a call for guests. We’re looking for some individuals that have some solid setups, great experiences to share, tips, or tricks for the following:
Regression testing
Migrating to or from directory services
Great Self Service or Managed Software Center configurations
Providing a great experience for coworkers or students with learning disabilities
Device Trust stories
Integration with service desk solutions (e.g. Jira Service Desk, Freshworks, etc)
Migrating between MDMs
Xprotect scripting
Device refresh techniques
Getting started with autopkg (and daisy chaining the build train)
International VPP and DEP
Inhouse app distribution when working with a third party developer
NoMAD Login Window
Managed App Config
Device Management tools from the OS 9 era
If you’re interested hit one of us up directly in Slack. We’d love to hear some new voices!
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Mosyle CEO Alcyr Araujo joins Tom and Marcus to talk about Mosyle’s unique path to becoming an MDM Solution for businesses and education environments, and how they fit into the marketplace.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
OUR GUESTS:
Alcyr Araujo, CEO, Mosyle
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Tom jetted off to England for the MacAD.UK conference, where he met up with Ben Toms of Datajar, Graham Gilbert of Airbnb and Joel Rennich of Jamf to talk about the state of macOS Management, what folks are hoping for this summer at WWDC, and how the conference went. There are NO April Fools’ Jokes in this podcast.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
OUR GUESTS:
Ben Toms, Technical Director, datajar ltd. [@macmuleblog]
Graham Gilbert, Systems Architect, Airbnb [@grahamgilbert]
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
Marcus, Charles and Tom talk about WWDC, the latest app in the sandbox, MDS’ rapid iteration, McAfee’s new kextless security module, Apple versus Spotify, and Slack’s new Dark Mode.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
MAC ADMINS PODCAST COMMUNITY CALENDAR, SPONSORED BY WATCHMAN MONITORING
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn, and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Nick McSpadden at Facebook joins the pod to talk about the basics of Git for folks who have never worked with it before, or who could use a refresher of how commits, forks and pull requests all work.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
YOUR GUESTS:
Nick McSpadden, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@MrNickMcSpadden]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Rich Siegel of Bare Bones software joins the pod this week to talk about BBEdit, TextWrangler’s departure, and life in the App Store World.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUT GUESTS:
Rich Siegel, Bare Bones Software
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn, and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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This week, a special episode of the Mac Admins Podcast, taped at Dropbox in Seattle! Tom sat down with four IT Leaders in the Seattle Mac Admins community to talk about careers, leadership, and the advice we all wish we’d had.
SYNOPSIS:
Tom visits Seattle, and finds a great conversation waiting about leadership, career development, and advice you want to give yourself. Vi Lynk, Ashley Smith, Chris Dawe and Jonathan Spiva join the pod at Dropbox in Seattle for a special live episode.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
YOUR GUESTS:
Chris Dawe, Wheelwrights LLC
Vi Lynk, Director of Technology, Giddens School
Jonathan Spiva, Director Of IT, Convoy
Ashley Smith, Desktop Engineer, Accolade Inc
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Gretchen Kuwahara and Rusty Myers of Mac Admins at Penn State join the pod this week to talk about the 2019 Mac Admins Conference!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUR GUESTS:
Gretchen Kuwahara, Penn State University
Rusty Myers, Penn State University
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn, and Seb Nash. Thanks everyone!
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Charles and Tom have a lot on their minds, from 10.14.3, to Adobe licensing, to the 35th anniversary of the Mac.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
Tycho was the loveliest of humans. He was kind, he was the most giving person I’ve ever met, and he set new standards for what it means to be a host. I try to emulate so much of his attributes, but continue to come up short. Even though we’ve known about his health issues for years, and specifically that he had announced he wouldn’t be involved in MacSysAdmin as the “dictator” any more, I am as devastated about this as I’ve been about anyone I’ve lost in my adult life. My heart goes out to Patrick, Anna, and all of his family and circle of friends. We’ve all lost a great friend and may we keep him with us always.
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Tim Perfitt’s back on the pod this week as we talk with him about Two Canoes’ latest offering, Mac Deploy Stick!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Adam Codega, IT Consultant, Providence, RI [@adamcodega]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Working in Python means working with external modules, virtual environments and all sorts of useful extensions of the Python language. This week we talk with Carl about how modules work, how to choose good ones, and how to get started with Python as a Mac Admin
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
GUEST:
Carl, A Mac Admin in the K-12 Sector
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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The end of 2018 is upon us! Join Tom, Marcus, Charles and James as they talk through the year that was and put some predictions out there for 2019. Thanks to everyone who made 2018 a banner year!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pod Not a drive was stirring, not even the JBOD Charles in his kerchief, and Marcus in his hat Had just settled in for a long Christmas chat.
James Ridsdale did join them, and Ben Toms too, And they talked about Kickstart and Slack and Ubuntu “Don’t forget MacADUK!” they shouted, over beer, We gotcha covered, fellas, no need to fear.
YOUR HOSTS:
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
GUEST:
James Ridsdale, Managing Director, dataJAR Ltd.
Ben Toms, Technical Director, dataJAR Ltd.
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Communicating the difficult technical realities we live in can be a huge challenge. This week we’re joined by Adam and Tonya Engst, proprietors of TidBITS and the TidBITS Content Network, who specialize in making the technical approachable.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
OUR GUESTS:
Tonya Engst, Editor in Chief and CFO – TidBITS, TidBITS Content Network
Adam Engst, CEO and Publisher – TidBITS, TidBITS Content Network
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Jeremy Butcher (Enterprise Product Marketing) and Doug Brooks (Mac Hardware Product Marketing) from Apple join the podcast this week to talk about Mobile Device Management, Apple Business Manager, the T2 chip, and how it all comes together.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
GUEST:
Jeremy Butcher, Product Marketing for Enterprise Software, Apple Inc.
Doug Brooks, Product Marketing for Mac Hardware, Apple Inc.
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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We’re grateful this week! We’re grateful for all the people, places, and products that makes it possible to be Mac Admins, and for all of you, too.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
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VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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No notes this week, just a heartfelt thank you. Each and every person reading this note: we thank you. When we started this on a lark, we had no idea what it would grow to become. More than 100 episodes have passed since then, and you’ve stayed with us, you’ve told friends and colleagues, you’ve written us letters and hit us up on Slack or at conferences, and we’re incredibly grateful to you for helping to make this into an awesome thing we all enjoy.
As you gather with your families and friends this American Thanksgiving, know that we’re thankful for each and every one of you.
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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Armin Briegel joins the pod this week to talk about EraseInstall, a new macOS application designed to help streamline offboarding and preparing a machine for reuse. We also talk about Certificate Transparency Policy!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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The Apple Event in New York this October brought new Macs and iPad Pro devices to the Mac Admins Community. Our panel talks about the new MacBook Air, Mac mini, and iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Systems Engineer, The Home Depot [@emilyooo]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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All Apple clips are used for illustrative and demonstration purposes only. All Apple clips are Copyright Apple Inc and associated parties. Mac Admins Podcast LLC makes no claim of ownership of these segments, they are used purely to illustrate in Apple’s own words their new product offerings.
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong, Dan Collings, Jason Dettbarn and Jon Brown. Thanks everyone!
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At the Jamf Nation User Conference 2018, the Mac Admins Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with a live episode! Joining us are Paul Bowden and Jeffrey Kalvass from Microsoft to talk about Office 2019 and Office in the Mac App Store, as well as Allen Golbig of NASA’s Glenn Research Center to talk more about IT Systems Engineering in space.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Systems Engineer, The Home Depot [@emilyooo]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Paul Bowden, Principal Engineer, Office for Mac, Microsoft [@mrexchange]
Jeffrey Kalvass, Senior Program Manager, Outlook for Mac, Microsoft
Allen Golbig, Mac Systems Engineer, Contractor at NASA Glenn Research Center
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Talking all the Bloomberg security news, some changes with Apple Parts policies, MacSysadmin 2018, and then MacTech Conference with the head of MacTech, Neil Ticktin.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
JOIN US AT JNUC FOR HAPPY HOUR!
Come Have a Drink or some Dinner with us at JNUC! Register today to attend the Mac Admins Podcast Party after our live recording at JNUC. Come experience some hospitality at FINNEGANS Brewers Den on South 5th Avenue. There will be a limited bar tab thanks to Technolutionary LLC, and food and drink will be available on your own after that. Please RSVP so we can plan!
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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This week’s round table discussion covers Mojave, Mojave’s release into the enterprise, PPPC Utility, Obscura 2, the iOS 12 Security Guide, MDM Me Maybe, a little on the Facebook Security Breach, and the Grace Hopper event for 2018!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Dr. Emily Kausalik-Whittle, Systems Engineer, The Home Depot [@emilyooo]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
JOIN US AT JNUC FOR HAPPY HOUR!
Come Have a Drink or some Dinner with us at JNUC! Register today to attend the Mac Admins Podcast Party after our live recording at JNUC. Come experience some hospitality at FINNEGANS Brewers Den on South 5th Avenue. There will be a limited bar tab thanks to Technolutionary LLC, and food and drink will be available on your own after that. Please RSVP so we can plan!
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Jack Madden of BrianMadden.com joins Charles, Marcus and Tom to talk about EMM, what Apple’s doing right and where they could improve, and how we should all be thinking about mobility in the enterprise.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Jack Madden, Executive Editor of BrianMadden.com at TechTarget
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt, Weldon Dodd, Jon Brown, Randy Wong and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Kelly Guimont gives us a detailed look inside App Camp for Girls, and talks about all the challenges of running a multi-city camp for app development and the IT adventures it leads to.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
GUESTS:
Kelly Guimont, IT Coordinator and Founding Volunteer, App Camp For Girls [@verso]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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No feature is more controversial amongst Mac Admins than the new Privacy Preferences Policy Control, and who better to unpack it with than Rich Trouton, who needs no introduction. Learn about this new system feature with us!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Kevin White joins the pod this week to talk about the state of Apple training, the state of Apple at large, and the best place to watch the sport of kings.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf [@cedge318]
GUESTS:
Kevin M. White, Author, Trainer and Consultant
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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The inimitable Duncan McCracken joins the pod this week, talking about the bad old days before the Installer was well documented, and what it’s like to develop patch management in the age of 10.13. Charles admits he looks like a street fighter character.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Duncan McCracken, Apple Specialist / Developer / Solution Architect, Mondada
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Amanda Wuest and Chris Miller join us for a back-to-school focused episode, talking about the unique challenges of education IT and planning around the school calendar.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Amanda Wuest, Client Systems Administrator, Lower Merion School District
Chris Miller, Assistant Director of Technology Services, Eanes Innovative School District
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Shea Craig joins Charles and Tom to talk about contributing to open source, building, then leaving, the JSS Importer project, and olympic weightlifting.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
GUESTS:
Shea Craig, Senior IT Systems Engineer at SAS [@shea_craig]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Randy Wong, Chad Swartwout, Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Charles, Marcus and Tom talk at length about the new MacBook Pro, the T2 chip, and special guest Michael Lynn tells us what it all means for the future for Apple Admins.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge] Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Michael Lynn, Client Platform Engineer, Facebook [@mikeymikey]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Naveen Pitchandi and John Richard from VMware join the pod to talk about Workspace One, Munki, and what it’s like working with Open Source in the Commercial Realm.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
GUESTS:
Naveen Pitchandi, VMware Product Line Manager
John Richards, VMware Technical Product Manager
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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Greg Keller, Chief Product Officer for JumpCloud joins Tom and Charles to talk about secureToken, JumpCloud and the search for the right solution to a difficult problem involving users.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
GUESTS:
Greg Keller, Chief Product Officer, JumpCloud
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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Ross Derewianko from Ping Identity joins the podcast to talk about identity management, being a Mac admin for developers, and how best to “pony” your coworkers.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
GUESTS:
Ross Derewianko, Systems Configuration Engineer, Ping Identity [@pingrd]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Peter Wells of the Sydney Morning Herald and Swinburne University joins the pod to talk about what it’s like to cover Apple and WWDC as a technical columnist as well as
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge] Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@ marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Peter Wells, Mac Sys Admin at Swinburne University and technology columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald [@peterwells]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Bryson Tyrrell of Jamf joins us to talk about ODST, Amazon S3 and Lambda, the practices of good documentation, and what exactly a good birthday gift is!
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
GUESTS:
Bryson Tyrrell, Jamf Software
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
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Per Olofsson joins the pod to talk how he became a Mac admin at University Gothenburg, what exactly computational linguistics is, testing Mojave against the backdrop of labs, and DEP and Lab computing as a whole. Plus: video games, and that one time Per wrote an assembler.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318] Tom Bridge, Partner, Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge] Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
GUESTS:
Per Olofsson, IT Infrastructure Specialist, University of Gothenburg [@magervalp]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, William Smith, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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Live at Mac Dev Ops! Dana Campbell of Slack, Joel Rennich of Orchard & Grove, and Mat X of the Mac Dev Ops YVR conference join Tom Bridge and Diana Birsan to look at what we know so far about macOS Mojave.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Joel Rennich, Chief Instigator at Orchard & Grove [@mactroll]
PRESENTING SPONSOR: VMWARE WORKSPACE ONE
VMware Workspace ONE empowers you with full macOS lifecycle management. Get past the hassles of legacy imaging with faster modern onboarding. Easily deliver all your native Mac app packages as well as SaaS and virtual Windows apps, and empower users with one-click single sign on. Stay on top of your security needs with complete encryption management and rich conditional access. The recognized industry leading unified endpoint management solution is your one stop for all Apple devices and apps. Learn more at www.workspaceone.com
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include William Smith, Jonathan Spiva, Graham Gilbert, Justin Holt and Dan Collings. Thanks everyone!
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WWDC starts this week! Our roundtable is focused on Apple’s 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, and what Apple might be releasing for macOS, iOS and more.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
James Smith, IT Administrator, Culture Amp [@smithjw]
Marcus Ransom, Senior Apple Systems Engineer, CompNow [@marcusransom]
Charles Edge, Director of Marketplace, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
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The Mac Admins Podcast is sponsored this week by Spoke and Uptycs
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It’s a roundtable episode of the Mac Admins Podcast, as Pepijn has some news to share, and the team talks about all manner of things. Join us for a very special episode of the Mac Admins Podcast
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!
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Mac Automation Pioneer & Powerhouse Sal Soghoian joins the pod to talk about everything from Otto the Automator Mascot, to how the Mac needs the command line to always exist.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!
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Josh Wisenbaker from Orchard & Grove (makers of NoMAD and NoMAD Login) joins the pod to talk about engineering at the Login Window level, modern security, and more!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!
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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, William Smith, Jonathan Spiva and Graham Gilbert. Thanks everyone!
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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our patrons this month include Weldon Dodd of Rewind Technology, Christopher Collins, Martin Neumann, Patrick Gallagher, Reid Blondell, Bart Reardon, Damien Barrett, Rick Heil, and our first even patron, Joe Mielke. Thanks everyone!
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Charles, Pepijn and Tom talk some more about macOS 10.13.4, iOS 11.3 and follow-up to last week, then some discussion about dealing with difficult people.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Utah Apple Admins will meet on April 18th at 11am Mountain time at the Marriott Library on the campus of the University of Utah.
Greater Philadelphia Apple Admins will meet at the Apple Store on Walnut Street on Thursday April 19th at 6pm.
Seattle Apple Admins will meet on the 19th at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union
Austin Apple Admins will meet on April 25, at 6:30pm at TruSource Labs in Tech Ridge in Austin.
MacDeployment Meetup will meet on April 25th at Calgary Public Building at 5th Floor, 205 8 Ave SE (Calgary Public Building)
MacAdmins PDX will meet at Adidas on Thursday April 26th at 6pm.
The Chicago Jamf Nation User Meetup will happen at 5pm on Thursday April 26th at Hireology on East Upper Wacker Drive. Friend of the Pod Joel Rennich is speaking.
Pepijn, Charles and Tom are here with a roundup of 10.13.4 and iOS 11.3, as well as some conversation about the state of some of the bugs, as well as the latest release of Server which isn’t as threadbare as we once thought.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Thomas Reed from Malwarebytes comes back on the pod to talk about Graykey, a tool advertised to law enforcement to unlock any iOS Device. We talk about the ethics of a tool like this, how it might work, and what the future of iOS Security is around a device like the Graykey.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Gretchen, Joshua and Rusty from the Penn State University Mac Admins Conference join the pod to talk about the upcoming PSUMA 2018 Conference! The hosts talk about news and events afterward.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
The Hosts cover what little we know about Apple Business Manager, some news about the iMac Pro, SCEP in 10.13.4, Munki in Airwatch, and SAML vulnerabilities, then we welcome Diana Birsan of Shopify and Bryson Tyrrell of Jamf to talk about MacADUK!
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Utah Apple Admins will meet at University of Utah’s Marriott Library at 11am on March 21st.
[Houston Apple Admins] will also meet on the 21st at Conservatory in Downtown Houston at 6pm. Check the #houston channel in Slack for more information.
Sydney Apple Admins will meet on March 27th at 5:45pm, check the site for more details.
MacDeployment Meetup will happen at 1025 10th St SE in Calgary Alberta on March 28th at 6:30pm.
Tim Perfitt joins the pod to talk about SecureBoot, the iMac Pro, the future of securing everything, and the history of BootRunner and other products at Twocanoes.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
David Acland of MacADUK gives us the brief preview of MacADUK for 2018, followed by Patrick Wardle of Objective-See and Digita joining the pod to talk about Mac and iOS security, the state of admin tools for security, and the very best TI-83 Calculator games.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
The pod talks about the changes to macOS Server, why Fax machines just won’t die, all the new beta material, and why everyone’s getting 5 HomePods (hahahaha, no, just Charles.)
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Tom’s Eulogy for macOS Server: Friends, Mac Admins, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Server, not to praise him. The evil that people do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones. So let it be with Server. The noble Mac Admin Hath told you Server was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Server answered it. Here, under leave of Server and the rest— For the Mac Admin is an honorable person; So are they all, all honorable people— Come I to speak in Server’s funeral. Server was my friend, faithful and just to me. I speak not to disprove what some Mac Admin spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love them once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for them?
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Arek Dreyer’s back this week to talk about his new book, macOS Support Essentials 10.13! He joins us to talk about everything that’s in his new volume, a great discount code for listeners, and more. In news this week, Apple updates their business-facing documentation, some interesting security problems in BitTorrent and two new vulnerabilities discusses via Patrick Wardle’s research.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
With High Sierra and the new iMac Pro, how does the management of Mac Labs change? What’s the role of a Mac lab in the modern era? Lab specialist Neil Martin from the University of East London joins the pod to talk about his thoughts and what they’re currently doing.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Brian Best from Solarwinds MSP comes on the pod to talk about what it’s like to sell a product, change companies twice, and keep the development mindset going.
YOUR HOSTS:
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services, Jamf Software [@cedge318]
Marcus Ransom, Professional Services Manager, Education Advantage [@marcusransom]
GUEST:
Brian Best, Founder/Chairman, BestMacs & Apple Strategist, SolarWinds MSP
Mike Lynn of Facebook and Rich Trouton join the pod’s very first Flashcast to talk about the #iamroot situation, a serious privilege escalation in Mac 10.13.0 – 10.13.2 beta 5 that allows password-free access to the root account. Solutions are discussed, as well as mitigation strategies for situations like this in the future.
François Levaux-Tiffreau joins the Pod to talk about SplashBuddy, being an open source contributor, and what it’s like consulting at the Enterprise level.
Franken Macadmins meetup on November 22nd at 6:30pm at Grüner Brauhaus Fürth at Theresienstrasse Ein, in Fürth, Germany. For more information, visit #franken-macadmins on the Mac Admins Slack.
Currently would prevent those devices added by, say, a QuickAdd in Jamf Pro, from being opted into SKEL environments. Has to be either a DEP device enrollment, or a user-permitted onboarding NOT via package, but by accepted Profile. If you use both Jamf Pro QuickAdd AND Kernel Extensions, there is a bug to dupe because you may be affected.
Franken Macadmins meetup on November 22nd at 6:30pm at Grüner Brauhaus Fürth at Theresienstrasse Ein, in Fürth, Germany. For more information, visit #franken-macadmins on the Mac Admins Slack.
Eric Williams, Engineering & Infrstructure Manager for the Mac@IBM team, joins our hosts live on the stage at the Jamf Nation User Conference. Taped in front of a live audience on October 24th.
CEO of Jamf Dean Hager joins the team to discuss what it’s like to write printer operating systems, oh, and also what it’s like to run one of the largest makers of Mac Management Software.
After the October 24th live recording at JNUC, we’ll be hosting an After Party at Brit’s Pub, sponsored by Duo Security, Technolutionary and NoMAD! Come out and join us at Brit’s afterward for a beverage and some light refreshments.
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Conference Sites
JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017 Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018 MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 8-9, 2018
James Ridsdale and Ben Toms (The Mac Mule) of datajar ltd join us to discuss what it’s like combining open source software with commercial products, scaling a consultancy at enterprise levels, and how to cope with buzzword bingo.
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Marcus Ransom [@marcusransom], Professional Services Manager at Education
GUESTS
Ben Toms, Technical Director, datajar ltd [@macmuleblog
James Ridsdale, Managing Director, datajar ltd
AFTER PARTY AT BRIT’S PUB!
After the October 24th live recording at JNUC, we’ll be hosting an After Party at Brit’s Pub, sponsored by Duo Security, Technolutionary and NoMAD! Come out and join us at Brit’s afterward for a beverage and some light refreshments.
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Call for Presenters
Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018
Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017 Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018 MacDevOps YVR in Vancouver, June 8-9, 2018
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will meet on 10/10 at Google in New York and by Google Hangout.
Denver Mac Admins will meet on 10/12 at Rewind Technology in Centennial.
Chris Miller of Eanes ISD in Texas joins the team to talk about the current state of education technology, the role of the Mac and iOS, and how everything comes together. Later, we talk with Pepijn Bruienne of Duo Security about his latest paper on EFI firmware.
Tom Bridge, Partner at Technolutionary LLC [@tbridge]
Dr. Emily Kausalik, Systems Engineer, The Home Depot [@emilyooo]
James Smith, IT Administrator at Culture Amp [@smithjw]
GUESTS
Chris Miller, Asst Director for Tech Services, Eanes ISD [@edtechchris]
AFTER PARTY AT BRIT’S PUB!
After the October 24th live recording at JNUC, we’ll be hosting an After Party at Brit’s Pub, sponsored by Duo Security, Technolutionary and NoMAD! Come out and join us at Brit’s afterward for a beverage and some light refreshments.
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Call for Presenters
Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018
Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will meet on 10/10 at Google in New York and by Google Hangout.
Denver Mac Admins will meet on 10/12 at Rewind Technology in Centennial.
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Call for Presenters
Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018
Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will meet on 10/10 at Google in New York and by Google Hangout.
Denver Mac Admins will meet on 10/12 at Rewind Technology in Centennial.
Sarah Edwards joins us to talk about Digital Forensics on the Mac, and using system tools, special software, and all kinds of other cool tools to do forensic research on iOS devices and Macs.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
Mac Admins Podcast listeners can get started today — by setting up the first 3 devices for free. Add more, for just two bucks a month, per device. Create your free account today at jamf.com/macadmins.
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Call for Presenters
Mac AD UK in Leicester Square, February 20-21, 2018
Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 28th September at REA #franken-macadmins Meetup in Nuremberg, Germany, next meeting is on 9/28, for more info visit us over at #franken-macadmins Netherlands Apple Admins will meet Thursday 9/28 at 1:30, at LAI in Schiedam, the Netherlands Apple Admins of Seattle will meet on 9/28 at Synapse. Mac Admin Monthly will meet on 10/10 at Google in New York and by Google Hangout.
Ed Marczak of Google joins us to talk about his story as a Mac Admin, as well as the many projects that Google has built, and also a lot of great history about MacTech Conference
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
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Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Mac DMV 16th of September at noon at Tunnicliff’s Tavern in DC University of Utah Mac Admins Wed, Sept 20th @ 11am MT in the Marriott Library, room 1705a. Atlanta Apple Admins Thursday 21st September – venue TBD Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 28th September at REA #franken-macadmins Meetup in Nuremberg, Germany, next meeting is on 9/28, for more info visit us over at #franken-macadmins Netherlands Apple Admins will meet Thursday 9/28 at 1:30, at LAI in Schiedam, the Netherlands
Lisa Davies, a Senior System Engineer from Oath – a Verizon subsidiary of 50+ media and tech brands including Yahoo and AOL – joins us to talk about adventures in machine compliance, 10.13 testing, CIS compliance, and her career as a senior Mac admin at Oath – formerly Yahoo and AOL and a number of other media brands now part of Verizon.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
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Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will meet September 12th at 4:30pm at Google in New York. London Apple Admins 14th of September which will be held at MullenLowe’s offices in Old Street, from approx 7-9pm Mac DMV 16th of September at noon at Tunnicliff’s Tavern in DC Atlanta Apple Admins Thursday 21st September – venue TBD Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 28th September at REA #franken-macadmins Meetup in Nuremberg, Germany, next meeting is on 9/28, for more info visit us over at #franken-macadmins Netherlands Apple Admins will meet Thursday 9/28 at 1:30, at LAI in Schiedam, the Netherlands
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Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Austin Apple Admins will meet September 6th at Eanes ISD in Austin, TX. Perth Apple AdminsWednesday 6th September @ 5:30pm Upstairs at The Loft in Perth Australia. Mac Admin Monthly will meet September 12th at 4:30pm at Google in New York. London Apple Admins 14th of September which will be held at MullenLowe’s offices in Old Street, from approx 7-9pm Mac DMV 16th of September at noon at Tunnicliff’s Tavern in DC Atlanta Apple Admins Thursday 21st September – venue TBD Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 28th September at REA #franken-macadmins Meetup in Nuremberg, Germany, next meeting is on 9/28, for more info visit us over at #franken-macadmins
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Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Austin Apple Admins will meet September 6th at Eanes ISD in Austin, TX. Mac Admin Monthly will meet September 12th at 4:30pm at Google in New York. London Apple Admins 14th of September which will be held at MullenLowe’s offices in Old Street, from approx 7-9pm Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 28th September – at REA
Allister Banks joins the Podcast for an episode focused around the current state of macOS, as well as conversations about life in many different IT contexts, open source software, and many other events.
YOUR HOSTS:
Charles Edge, Director of Professional Services at JAMF Software, That Guy at Krypted.com [@cedge318]
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Conference Sites
Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 2017 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26, 2017 MacTech Conference in Los Angeles, CA on November 15-17 2017
Meet-ups
Austin Apple Admins will meet September 6th at Eanes ISD in Austin, TX. Mac Admin Monthly will meet September 12th at 4:30pm at Google in New York. London Apple Admins 14th of September which will be held at MullenLowe’s offices in Old Street, from approx 7-9pm Melbourne Apple Admins for Thursday 21st September – venue to be announced soon
Episode 46: Hot Sauce Talk with Allen Hancock of Watchman Monitoring
SYNOPSIS
Allen Hancock of Watchman Monitoring joins the Podcast to talk about what it’s like to transition from consulting to SaaS-provider, as well as the history of the product.
A 2 hour course and certification for people looking to promote the proactive support they provide. Next events in Orlando, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in conjunction with MacTech events
BackupMinder – Watchman Monitoring offers a tool to trim backups which might otherwise fill a hard drive. Released with an MIT license
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Conference Sites
CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
MacDMV will meet August 15th at ID.me in Tysons Corner, Virginia Mac Admin Monthly will meet August 8th at Google in New York, and via Google Hangout. Philly Mac Admins August meet up on the 17th at the Walnut street apple store @ 6pm Austin Apple Admins will meet September 6th at Eanes ISD in Austin, TX.
Mac Admins Podcast, Episode 45: Things Get Loopy When The Rock Shows Up
SYNOPSIS
The team talks the end of conference season for a little bit, iOS 10.3.3 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and the associated critical security update, a bit about testing iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, and then things get a little loopy when The Rock and Siri show up.
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Conference Sites
CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
MacDMV will meet August 15th at ID.me in Tysons Corner, Virginia Mac Admin Monthly will meet August 8th at Google in New York, and via Google Hangout. Philly Mac Admins August meet up on the 17th at the Walnut street apple store @ 6pm Austin Apple Admins will meet September 6th at Eanes ISD in Austin, TX.
Tom and Pepijn record a live episode at the PSU Mac Admins Conferenceto talk about careers and jobs in the Mac Admin world, as well as a discussion of current events.
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Conference Sites
CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Twin Cities Mac Admins will be hosting a meetup at Target Commons in Minneapolis on Wednesday, July 19th. Seattle Apple Admins Meetup Thursday July 20th at Nordstrom in Seattle Auckland Mac Admins Meet up 28 July at 7pm NZST. For more information, visit #anzmac in Slack. Melbourne Apple Admins on the 27th of July at Seek
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Conference Sites
PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 with workshops on the 8th Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will be happening July 11th at Google in New York at 4:30pm, or also by video conference! East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University Twin Cities Mac Admins will be hosting a meetup at Target Commons in Minneapolis on Wednesday, July 19th.
Nick McSpadden is on to talk about a new open source toolkit out of Facebook CPE designed to work with Adobe Creative Cloud, easing deployment for admins that use Named Licenses.
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Conference Sites
PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Mac Admin Monthly will be happening July 11th at Google in New York at 4:30pm, or also by video conference! East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University Twin Cities Mac Admins will be hosting a meetup at Target Commons in Minneapolis on Wednesday, July 19th.
SimpleMDM’s Taylor Boyko joins us to talk about the ever-growing world of Mobile Device Management, what it was like to start an MDM back in 2011, and the future of the Mac and iOS as part of the MDM world. A discussion of current events occurs to follow.
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Conference Sites
X World in Sydney, Australia Jun 28-30 17 PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Sydney Mac Admins Meetup on Wednesday 28th June in conjunction with X World – venue TBC. MacDMV Meetup on Wednesday 28th June at Denizens Brewing Company in Silver Spring. East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Mac Admin Monthly will meet at Google in NYC on July 11th at 4:30pm. Also available by Google Hangout! Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University Utah Mac Managers will meet on July 19th.
He’s been mentioned more than anyone else who’s never been on, so it’s past time we got Mosen on the Podcast to talk about MDMs, workflows, his origin story, and more. Some news discussion follows, roping in issues from WWDC and beyond.
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Conference Sites
MacDevOps:YVR in Vancouver, Canada Jun 4-6 17 MacDeployment in Calgary, Canada Jun 8-9 17 X World in Sydney, Australia Jun 28-30 17 PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Boston Macadmins 22nd June at Broad Institute 415 Main St, Cambridge, MA Sydney Mac Admins Meetup on Wednesday 28th June in conjunction with X World – venue TBC. MacDMV 28 June at Denizens Brewing in Silver Spring, MD East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University
After the first day of MacDevOps YVR and WWDC, Tom and Pepijn sit down with Clay Caviness, Graham Gilbert and Joel Rennich, and Marcus and Charles join by video conference, to talk about the keynote, and the first day of MacDevOps.
Seattle Apple Admins June 15, 2017 at Offer Up Mac Admin Monthly June 13th at Google in New York, or online at their website. Austin Apple Admins is hosting a happy hour to celebrate the group’s second anniversary on June 14th. Boston Macadmins 22nd June at Broad Institute 415 Main St, Cambridge, MA East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New Macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University
Ahead of Monday’s WWDC Keynote, the team talks about predictions and wish lists for the Apple platforms we all know and love. A discussion of the relative merits and vitamin payloads of breakfast drinks also ensues.
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Conference Sites
MacDevOps:YVR in Vancouver, Canada Jun 4-6 17 MacDeployment in Calgary, Canada Jun 8-9 17 X World in Sydney, Australia Jun 28-30 17 PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 CMD-D Conference in Santa Clara, CA August 9 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26
Meet-ups
Denver Macadmins WWDC Viewing Event – June 5th @ Rewind Technology Seattle Apple Admins June 15, 2017 at Offer Up Mac Admin Monthly June 13th at Google in New York, or online at their website. Austin Apple Admins is hosting a happy hour to celebrate the group’s second anniversary on June 14th. Boston Macadmins 22nd June at Broad Institute 415 Main St, Cambridge, MA East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017. Milwaukee Area Macadmins – New Macadmins group starting! Initial meetup July 12 Marquette University
Mac Admins Podcast, Episode 37: F/OSS MDMs with Victor Vrantchan and Jesse Peterson
SYNOPSIS
What’s it like to build your own MDM from scratch? Can it be done successfully? The answers, and more, with Victor Vrantchan and Jesse Peterson of the Micro MDM project.
Twin Cities MacAdmins May 23rd at Jamf’s offices in Minneapolis. Details at or in the mspmacadmins channel on Slack. Seattle Apple Admins June 15, 2017 at Offer Up Mac Admin Monthly June 13th at Google in New York, or online at their website. East Midlands Apple Admins meet up which will be taking place at Nottingham Trent University on July 12th 2017.
Mac Admins Podcast, Episode 36: Fleetsmith with Jesse Endahl
SYNOPSIS
What’s it like to re-think Mac management from the ground up? We ask Jesse Endahl, Chief Security Officer and Chief Product Officer for Fleetsmith in a wide-ranging interview.
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Twin Cities MacAdmins May 23rd at Jamf’s offices in Minneapolis. Details at or in the mspmacadmins channel on Slack. Mac Admin Monthly June 13th at Google in New York, or online at their website. Seattle Apple Admins June 15, 2017 at Offer Up
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 35: Into the Past with Chip Pearson
SYNOPSIS
What were the olden days like? We ask Chip Pearson of Jamf Software about what it was like to be in Mac support before any of the tools existed, what it’s like to build tools from a clean slate, and what kind of dungeonmaster he is.
T-SHIRT!
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Aces Conference in Phoenix, AZ May 31 – June 1 MacDevOps:YVR in Vancouver, Canada Jun 4-6 17 MacDeployment in Calgary, Canada Jun 8-9 17 X World in Sydney, Australia Jun 28-30 17 PSU Mac Admins in State College, PA July 11-14 Macsysadmin in Gothenburg, Sweden October 3-6 17 JNUC in Minneapolis, MN October 24-26 → CFP: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/23980/jnuc-2017-call-for-presenter-proposals-and-ideas
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 34: Munki + Centrify with Peter Havens
SYNOPSIS
What’s it like to integrate an open-source project into a commercial product? What’s it like for a commercial product to contribute back to the open-source community as a whole? This week, Pepijn, Marcus and Tom sit down with Peter Havens from Centrify to talk about how they’re working with the Munki open-source project to contribute code and to benefit from what the community has helped create. A discussion of malware, MDMs, and new Chrome security options follows.
After a roundtable on Punycode, SSL Certificates, and the AppleSeed Program, the team talks to Armin Briegel, freelance consultant and author of Packaging for Apple Administrators and Property Lists, Preferences and Profiles for Apple Administrators
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 32: iOS 10.3 and Classroom 2.0 with Fraser Speirs
SYNOPSIS
This week we welcome iOS Admin/Luminary Fraser Speirs to the pod to talk about the new iOS Admin features in iOS 10.3, Classroom 2.0 with ad-hoc classes, and the future of iOS for admin uses.
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 31: So That’s Why We Have Slack, with Caleb Coy
SYNOPSIS
A sitdown with Caleb Coy of Blurb to talk about where the Mac Admins Slack came from, what it’s like to move between positions, and a digression into what it’s like to use Fleetsmith as an admin. Some conversation about Mac Pros ensues.
With no guests this week, the team talks about Wikileaks and Security, as well as the new iOS Security Guide, some new hardware options, and the best nail polish to use on the screws of your machines to make tampering evident.
Episode 28: Canadian Conferences, DEP + InstallApplication = Great MDM Options
SYNOPSIS
In our first two-segment show, the Mac Admins Podcast talks with the organizers of MacDevOps YVR and MacDeploy to showcase two upcoming conferences in Western Canada this summer, as well as Erik Gomez of Pinterest about a new integration between Apple’s Device Enrollment Program and Chef, Puppet or Munki made possible by a popular MDM vendor you may have heard of.
In between, we launch the Community Calendar! Got an event we should announce on the show? Email us at podcast@macadmins.org.
From Erik, to do this in vfuse: vfuse -i something.dmg -s “C00A00ZVXXXX” –hw-model “MacBookAir5,2” (Added as of December 2016 to vfuse)
From Charles, to do this without vfuse pop these into your vmx: serialNumber.reflectHost = “FALSE” serialNumber = “C00A00ZVXXXX” (replace serial number with your DEP enabled Mac’s SN) hw.model.reflectHost = “FALSE” hw.model = “MacBookAir5,2” (replace with proper hardware identifier) smbios.reflectHost = “FALSE”
MacAdmins.org Podcast, Episode 27: Graham Gilbert, Writing & Contributing to Open Source
SYNOPSIS
The Panel talks with Graham Gilbert, former consultant, now in-house systems engineer at Airbnb in San Francisco about writing and contributing to Open Source, amongst other things.
