Mac Admins Podcast

Episode 460: Live at MacAD.UK 2026

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Live at MacAD! We're talking about Apple Business, the MacBook Neo, and hopes & dreams going into WWDC Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected]...

Episode 459: MacDevOps YUL 2026

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mac Devops YVR becomes MacDevOps YUL this year as the popular conference makes a move to a new city thanks to the World Cup. We're here with conferenc...

Episode 458: Learning new things with Ulrik Aabye-Hansen

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ulrik Aabye-Hansen has made a career by teaching people in the Mac Admins Community, and his conference talks are both education and culture. This wee...

Episode 457: Consulting Conferences with Justin Esgar

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The ACES conference enters its 12th year this spring with a May event in Minneapolis. Targeted at those people who manage Macs as consultants and at ...

Episode 456: Patrick Wardle on iOS Security

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

iOS security is an important topic that we don't talk about nearly enough. The current moment is driving a lot of people to understand it better, thou...

Episode 455: Encyclopedia Bufftanica

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There are some people in the workplace that you know you can always count on to have an answer for a really obscure question or a tool to point you in...

Episode 454: Ten Year Podiversary

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It was March 2016 when the first episode of the Mac Admins Podcast dropped, lead by the theme song that Adam Codega composed the first time he opened ...

Episode 453: Mac Admins Europe

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This April 30th, Mac Admins Europe launches for the first time in Leiden, Netherlands. Mischa van der Bent is here to tell us all about why this event...

Episode 452: ICEout.tech

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guest...

Episode 451: MacAD.UK 2026

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Liam ...

Episode 450: Device Attestation and CAs in 2026

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

PKI can be a real adventure, from dealing with minting certificates, to their whole lifecycle, all the way down to who trusts what and why. We're here...

Episode 449: Just Us: Ai Ai Ai...

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's just us this week, and we're talking about AI - Apple Intelligence, "Apple" Intelligence, and Apple "Intelligence" - as we dive into a few key de...

Episode 448: Ben Greiner on smplify

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone wants to manage devices these days, and not just Macs. Being able to embed device management into the platform you're already building can pr...

Episode 447: pseudo and super in 2026

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin White is here with a bucket of spackle and some know how to make Platform Single Sign On a better experience. Plus, he's got updates for us on S...

Episode 446: Creating an App for Admins

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MDM, DDM, VPP, ABM, even MSCP - all the acronyms that help us to manage devices the way that we need to, providing the amazing end-user experiences th...

Episode 445: Observability and the Mac Admin

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As managing Macs evolves, it's no longer enough to just configure the devices we are responsible for. What happened after we configured them, are they...

Episode 444: Just Us - 2026 Predictions

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

2026 has begun. Lets look forwards and no backwards and talk about what we have in hope for the year. What are we hoping to see from a hardware perspe...

Episode 443: Managing in the Antarctic

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

2026 has begun. Lets look forwards and no backwards and talk about what we have in hope for the year. What are we hoping to see from a hardware perspe...

Episode 442: Just Us on 2025

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's the End of the Year Special! We're here to break down the 2025 year with all the goods and bads! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected]...

Episode 441: Device lifecycle management and buyback with Rippling

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the podcast, Rippling IT, who are working on a novel solution for full lifecycle management related to the devices that their platform enab...

Episode 440: Making your own tools

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Johnson's been building some incredible tools for Mac Admins of late, and we wanted to sit down with him and talking through Apple Policy Explore...

Episode 439: The history and present of SOTI

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SOTI is one of the Ur-management platforms, being one of the very first Android EMM tools on the market. How Android Management works is a unique expe...

Episode 438: Running a medical school on Apple

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like managing Apple Devices in a medical school? Brian Atkinson of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine joins us this week to take us t...

Episode 437: Mac Automation in 2025

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Automating our work load is a given in IT, and there are a lot of tools out there to help you accomplish streamlined workflows and reclaim time back i...

Episode 436: Float like a Jellyfish, sting like a Bee

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kandji has announced a new name, and some new products, and they are now Iru! Weldon Dodd joins us to talk about their move toward Identity, Cross-Pla...

Episode 435: Platform SSO (Okta's Version)

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple announced Platform Single Sign-on at the setup assistant in macOS 26, and it's been a race for Identity Providers and Device Management Services...

Episode 434: Learning New Lore with Kitzy

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Working at the same place for a long time can have some amazing benefits. Every conversation, meeting, or ticket solved is another person you met, ano...

Episode 433: Managing iOS is easy, right?

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alexandre Morin joins the podcast to talk all about iOS Management - ADUE, ADDE, ADE, BYOD, there's too many acronyms to mention. All of this is a kn...

Episode 432: Live from JNUC '25

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The gang went to Denver. Here's what happened next! Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Sam Johnson, Jamf - LinkedIn...

Episode 431: Just Us

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The new 26 OSes are here! How has the first week gone so far? Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Al...

Episode 430: mSCP 2.0 & Tahoe Support

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here with an update about mSCP 2.0, some format changes, and new functionality, are Bob Gendler, Allen Golbig, and Dan Brodjieski! The macOS Security ...

Episode 429: Enterprise IT and the '26 releases

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's back to talk about the 26 release cycle, new APIs and plenty of great work that we can get excited about.  Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@thei...

Flashcast 16: Awe Dropping

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's released a gaggle of new hardware today. What's on the release list? What do we make of the new models? Let's dive in and figure it out. Hosts...

Episode 428: Live from X World '25

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marcus and (sorry)James live from X World in Melbourne Hosts: Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom James Smith - LinkedIn Guests: Tony Gray - LinkedIn Jam...

Episode 427: AI's not for everything

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Confer from Risotto joins the pod this week to discuss IT career development and what it's like to move to the world of startups. The conversatio...

Episode 426: Virtualization in 2025

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple Silicon provides so many different opportunities with virtualisation, but many of us still miss the intel days when we could snapshot and use se...

Episode 425: App Auto-Patch and Beyond with Robert Schroeder

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The MacAdmins Community has a long, vibrant history of solving problems together usually through open source projects that become essential tools in o...

Episode 424: Feeling Vulnerable with Arek and Matt

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arek and Matt joined us in March of 2025 to talk about Vulnerability Management, and they're back to share their progress, as well as a look at the fu...

Episode 423: Writing the book on Threat Hunting macOS, with Jaron Bradley

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Macs are safe - they don't get malware. We used to hear this all the time and whilst Apple has done a wonderful job of building a secure by design ope...

Episode 422: Live from MacAdmins at Penn State

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're live at the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State, talking about the week's events, the state of the community, and what it's like being at this ve...

Episode 421: Just Us, now with Selina Ali

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're at Beta 3 and at least a third of the way through the beta season. How are things going, what have we discovered so far and what are we still lo...

Episode 420: Avoiding "careering" off the road, with Tony Young

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be a Mac Admin in the year of jobs 2025? Long gone are the days of having to explain that no, that isn't something that macs can ...

Episode 419: Device Compliance with Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion join us to talk about device security & compliance, as well as how to handle the necessary access control issues th...

Episode 418: Looking at PSSO after WWDC, with Michael Epping & Joel Rennich

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have all enjoyed seeing Apple make the noticeable shift to embracing modern cloud identity with the integrations we have seen over the past few yea...

Episode 417: WWDC Wrap and First Look at Betas

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're into the beta season! Apple has released a bunch of documentation, as well as a full suite of betas to go with everything we talked about last w...

Episode 416: DDM with Bryce from Addigy

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Declarative Device Management is just as easy as turning on the protocol, accepting the messages, and then responding over the new channel, right? Sho...

Flashcast 15: WWDC 25

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With WWDC announced for June 9 through 12 this year, we're all looking forward to whatever new device management capabilities we get to see. Toss a co...

Episode 415: Codesigning and Building Software in 2025

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joel Rennich's back with us to talk about code signing certificates, Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom G...

Episode 414: The Why of Mac Admins Conferences

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of incredible conferences out there for Mac Admins to attend - MacSysAdmin, MacAdmins Conference at Penn State, X World, Objective by ...

Episode 413: Live from MacAD.uk 2025

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom & Marcus are in Brighton this week with three friends: Neil Johnson, Cat McDonald, and Liam Donnelly. MacAD.UK 2025 was full of great talks, so le...

Episode 412: Just Us - Latest News and Stuff

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Merchant's back with the Mac Admins Podcast to help us get caught up with the latest news and events. We're talking macOS 15.4 (and 15.4.1), the ...

Episode 411: The Art of Mac Malware Volume 2

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Wardle's a busy guy, and 2025 is no exception! No Starch Press just published volume two of the Art of Mac Malware on Detection, including a f...

Episode 410: The 2025 Apple in the Enterprise Report Card

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Snell and Weldon Dodd are back on the Mac Admins Podcast to discuss this year's Apple in the Enterprise Report Card. How did the last year go fo...

Episode 409: What's a VAR for?

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin English and Tom Rice from SHI join the pod this week to talk about Value Added Resellers and their role in the Apple Ecosystem. Ever wonder how ...

Episode 408: Turning Frameworks into Functionality

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With WWDC announced for June 9 through 12 this year, we're all looking forward to whatever new device management capabilities we get to see. Toss a co...

Episode 407: A New Conference, Mac Admins India

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

India doesn't just have the largest population of any country in the world, it also has a thriving community of Mac Admins who are becoming more and m...

Episode 406: An App Catalog in the Cloud, with Root3

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Root3 is joining us this week to talk about patch management and building a catalog of applications, and their support app. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbri...

Episode 405: Just Us

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's just us this week, as we talk through the March beta cycle, the iPhone 16e, what we hope is coming any day for the MacBook Air, and everything el...

Episode 403: Graham Gilbert on the Path to Staff Engineer

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Career progression in IT can feel a bit unclear at times. Start as a Helpdesk, get to be a CPE, what happens next? How does development actually work?...

Episode 402: Vulnerability Management with Kandji

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arek Dreyer from Kandji is back to talk through some updates to Kandji's platform focused on Security, and he's brought a friend, Matt Day. From Vulne...

Episode 401: Robert Hammen on Making Changes

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jobs are great, and we're not just talking Steve here. Some of us are even fortunate enough to have a job. In the current economic climate, changing j...

Episode 400

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who doesn't like a nice round number? Much like watching the odometer on the car tick over, we decided to make something special of episode 400, even ...

Episode 399: Omnissa in 2025

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt from Omnissa joins the Mac Admins team to talk about Omnissa's latest developments for Workspace ONE, and life after the Broadcom divestment. Hos...

Episode 398: App Installers and Jamf Pro

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple has done a great job of providing first-party applications to achieve pretty much anything you would want to do using their devices. From iMovie...

Episode 397: Software Bill of Materials with Workbrew

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The team at Workbrew has been focused on getting into full production, and they've gotten a huge head of steam going in 2024. They're with us today to...

Episode 396: CrashPlan's Andrew Orrison talks Backup

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Orrison from CrashPlan joins the pod to talk about a couple topics: how they've moved to be their own organization from being part of Code42, a...

Episode 395: iMazing is Amazing

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ari from iMazing joins the podcast to talk about iMazing Profile Editor, a tool near and dear to Mac Admins for its wide understanding of the MDM Spec...

Episode 394: Family Device Control, Part 2

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Collin Elliott is back to talk to more about controlling the family devices in your midst. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Becky Sco...

Episode 393: Good bye and good riddance 2024

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lets look back on 2024 and remember the year that was. There will be lots of laughing, maybe some eye rolling. Probably also some tears. Hosts: Tom B...

Episode 392: Michael & Mark on Entra ID

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Entra ID is the current inheritor of the mantle of Active Directory. No, don't be afraid, we're not going to do any binding on this show. We're going ...

Episode 391: Mac Admins Foundation

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This year, the Mac Admins Foundation is hosting a fundraising drive to build the future of the organization and shore up the financial future of the f...

Episode 390: Patrick Wardle on Objective for the We, DoubleYou, & More

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Wardle from DoubleYou and the Objective See Foundation joins us to talk about their recent event in Kyiv, as well as everything Mac Security, ...

Episode 389: North Pole Security & Santa

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Santa's got new digs up at North Pole Security! Join us as we talk with Russell and Pete from North Pole about what Santa's move means, how it's devel...

Episode 388: Behind the Masque of Network Relays with Matt Vlasach

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who loves VPNs? Folks in the network security team, please put your hands down - we weren't asking you… Wouldn't it be great if there was a way that...

Episode 387: Neurodiversity in the Workplace with Rowan Quigley

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you find that life is like trying to understand code without comments? Many of us are discovering later in life that there is a word that explains ...

Episode 386: The Art of Conferencing

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With JNUC and Macsysadmin last week, conference season is behind us for 2025. Tom and Marcus look back on the conference year that was and discuss how...

Episode 385: Fall 2024 Releases with Apple

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Butcher returns to the Mac Admins Podcast to talk about this Fall's releases of new operating systems, a bit on Apple Intelligence, and how Mac...

Episode 384: Live from MacSysAdmin Gothenburg

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Tom & Guests live from MacSysAdmin in Gothenburg Sweden 2024 Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Sponsors: Kandji 1Password Watchm...

Episode 383: Beth Johnson on Compliance

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Beth Johnson's talk at MacAdmins this year was all about bringing Compliance routines to her organization, and we wanted to spend some time getting he...

Episode 382: An API for Harmonized Tariff Codes, with Diamond Assets

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Device Lifecycle is a massive topic for Mac Admins – what's the right length? how do you purchase? what devices keep their value? – and we're exci...

Episode 381: Enforcing minimum OS with Bushrat Chowdhury

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Software Updates is a subject that is dear to the heart of all Mac Admins. Traditionally this was a task that we could only perform after devices were...

Episode 380: Jamf Setup Manager

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It seems like it's onboarding assistants all the way down at the moment. Everyone has embraced the idea of ensuring our users are kept informed about ...

Episode 379: Just Us on 2024 Fall Releases

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With major Apple platform releases and a live event around the corner, Tom, Marcus, and Emily round up for a look back at Sonoma and iOS 17, an anxiet...

Episode 378: Henry, Allister, & Graham join us on the Mac Admins SOFA

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Death, taxes and software updates… We deal with a constant stream of updates: Minor, major, N, N-1, N-2. Why do we even have updates? Because softwa...

Episode 377: Rebecca Latimer on Getting Folks to use Stuff

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rebecca Latimer join us to tell us everything she's been up to since Episode 197! We'll be talking about managing users' expectations, as well as how ...

Episode 376: Family Device Control with Collin Elliott

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Family Device Control is a hot topic in the world, and we've never touched on it. Joining us this week is Collin Elliott to talk about how to manage y...

Episode 375: Managing Macs at MSPs with Ross Matsuda

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ross Matsuda joins the Podcast from Ntiva, where he manages a ton of Macs in a ton of different systems and ways. This episode is going to cover the c...

Episode 374: MacStadium and Orka, with Chris Chapman

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Chapman joins us from MacStadium, returning after 200 episodes, to tell us all about Orka Desktop, help us understand VMs that can be defined in...

Episode 373: PSU Mac Admins

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Tom and Marcus live from the Penn State MacAdmins Conference. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Gue...

Episode 372: Mike Boylan on Kandji Assignment Maps

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Boylan from Kandji joins the pod to talk about Kandji's new approach to configurations management as part of their new Assignment Maps feature. H...

Episode 371: Just Us (& Joel Rennich)

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's just us this week, as we prepare for Penn State Mac Admins, as well as start the Beta Season. Here's everything we're thinking about as we get re...

Episode 370: Jedda Wignall on Managed Device Attestation

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trust is a subject we regularly discuss with our guests. How do we trust our users, how do we trust the software they want to run, how do we trust the...

Episode 369: Zach Wasserman, Fleet, & Osquery

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Wasserman from Fleet DM joins the podcast this week to talk about software updates, osquery, DDM, and more! This wide-ranging conversation will c...

Episode 368: The Latest on MITRE ATT&CK with Cat Self

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we'll talk about security, ATT&CK, and the changing landscape of Mac security with one of our favoritest guests, Cat Self. Hosts: To...

Flashcast 14: WWDC 2024 Live

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So it feels like we should all be wearing white jumpsuits with awesome rainbow stripes, preparing to jump out of a perfectly good aeroplane… It's be...

Episode 367: Vision Pro Redux

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Six Months into the Vision Pro, where are we? What's working? What's not? How are people thinking about this new technological innovation? Hosts: Tom...

Episode 366: WWDC 2024 Predictions, Part 2

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Tom, Marcus, and Emily finish off their predictions for next week's Apple World Wide Developer Conference. This conversation was made possib...

Episode 365: Live at MacADUK 2024

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom hosts a live episode directly from the MacAD conference stage in Brighton as part of this year's event! Catriona McDonald, Elliot Jordan, and Liam...

Episode 364: WWDC 2024 Predictions, Part 1

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Tom, Marcus, James, and Emily round up for what they assume is part one of their Apple World Wide Developer Conference predictions for 2024....

Episode 363: Evaluating New Tech, Part II

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New tech comes and goes faster than ever. In today's episode we'll look at evaluating when it's time to come to users with plans and/or products to he...