Mac Admins Podcast
A rotating panel of Mac admins and consultants are joined by members of the Mac admin community to discuss the latest news, issues, and challenges of managing Apple devices. New episodes weekly. Join the community at macadmins.org.
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Episode 442: Just Us on 2025
12/23/2025
Episode 442: Just Us on 2025
It’s the End of the Year Special! We’re here to break down the 2025 year with all the goods and bads! Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 441: Device lifecycle management and buyback with Rippling
12/17/2025
Episode 441: Device lifecycle management and buyback with Rippling
Welcome to the podcast, Rippling IT, who are working on a novel solution for full lifecycle management related to the devices that their platform enables. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Selina Ali - Guests: Zaafir Kherani - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 440: Making your own tools
12/09/2025
Episode 440: Making your own tools
Neil Johnson’s been building some incredible tools for Mac Admins of late, and we wanted to sit down with him and talking through Apple Policy Explorer and some others. What’s it like building tools these days, where do you start? Who is the right audience to design for? We’ll dive deep on his process here this week, as well as talk about what’s going on at Microsoft. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Neil Johnson, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 439: The history and present of SOTI
12/02/2025
Episode 439: The history and present of SOTI
SOTI is one of the Ur-management platforms, being one of the very first Android EMM tools on the market. How Android Management works is a unique experience to the Apple management ecosystem. We’re here to learn more about SOTI the company, as well as what they’re doing in the Apple Ecosystem. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Selina Ali - Guests: Mikhail Ishkanov, SOTI, Senior Director Product Strategy and Sales Enablement Youssef Mohamed, SOTI, Product Manager Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 438: Running a medical school on Apple
11/26/2025
Episode 438: Running a medical school on Apple
What’s it like managing Apple Devices in a medical school? Brian Atkinson of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine joins us this week to take us through the challenges of running their whole environment on Apple products. From Macs to tablets to even the Vision Pro! Let’s dive in and take a look. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Brian Atkinson - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 437: Mac Automation in 2025
11/19/2025
Episode 437: Mac Automation in 2025
Automating our work load is a given in IT, and there are a lot of tools out there to help you accomplish streamlined workflows and reclaim time back in your day. Something the Mac Admin Community excels at is its open source mindset and providing tools to others to lend a helping hand. In today’s episode we won't be focusing on a specific automation or a tool set, but the stories and problems behind them - and how these problems were solved by a member of our community - Dave- welcome to the podcast! Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Dave Siederer - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 436: Float like a Jellyfish, sting like a Bee
11/11/2025
Episode 436: Float like a Jellyfish, sting like a Bee
Kandji has announced a new name, and some new products, and they are now Iru! Weldon Dodd joins us to talk about their move toward Identity, Cross-Platform Device Management, Security, and Compliance products. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Weldon Dodd - Links: They’re good rectangles: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 435: Platform SSO (Okta's Version)
11/04/2025
Episode 435: Platform SSO (Okta's Version)
Apple announced Platform Single Sign-on at the setup assistant in macOS 26, and it’s been a race for Identity Providers and Device Management Services to wrap their heads around the changes and implement it. Okta recently released their implementation and we are joined by Arki and Dan to talk about what this changes, what was involved in getting it to work, and what is still to come. We are also going to discuss how Platform Single Sign-on is just a small part of what is required for a securing your users. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Arki Krowczynski, Principal Product Acceleration Specialist, Okta Dan Hefley, Senior Product Manager, Okta - Links: Arki’s blog post on PSSO: Okta Blog post: Mac Admins Slack: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 434: Learning New Lore with Kitzy
10/28/2025
Episode 434: Learning New Lore with Kitzy
Working at the same place for a long time can have some amazing benefits. Every conversation, meeting, or ticket solved is another person you met, another piece of knowledge you have that you didn’t have before and another piece of the huge puzzle that is slowly getting assembled inside your brain. Institutional knowledge can be an amazing thing, and we all love that person we work with who seems to have been there right from the beginning and just.knows.stuff. But does having too many puzzle pieces assembled in your mind prevent you from getting overly curious, for fear of tipping everything over? What about the excitement of starting a new job, meeting new people and discovering new ways of doing things? Today we are so happy to welcome Kitzy back to the Mac Admins podcast after a very long time to talk about rediscovering curiosity and what it’s like to walk away from being the keeper of the lore. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Kitzy - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 433: Managing iOS is easy, right?
10/22/2025
Episode 433: Managing iOS is easy, right?
Alexandre Morin joins the podcast to talk all about iOS Management - ADUE, ADDE, ADE, BYOD, there’s too many acronyms to mention. All of this is a known, totally easy piece of cake, right? There’s no challenges here. Oh, but what about cellular? eSIM? Different use-cases? dedicated devices locked into single app usage? It’s not so straight forward, is it? Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Alexandre Morin - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 432: Live from JNUC '25
10/14/2025
Episode 432: Live from JNUC '25
The gang went to Denver. Here’s what happened next! Hosts: Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Sam Johnson, Jamf - Anna Noel, Jamf Nation Giving Foundation - Matt Vlasach, Jamf - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 431: Just Us
10/08/2025
Episode 431: Just Us
The new 26 OSes are here! How has the first week gone so far? Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Links: Looking for deferral profile collisions - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 430: mSCP 2.0 & Tahoe Support
10/01/2025
Episode 430: mSCP 2.0 & Tahoe Support
Here with an update about mSCP 2.0, some format changes, and new functionality, are Bob Gendler, Allen Golbig, and Dan Brodjieski! The macOS Security Compliance Project concluded their first ever Developer Conference earlier this year, where they met with stakeholders from the community, vendors, and a number of other interested parties to talk about the future of the project. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Bob Gendler, Mac Specialist, NIST - Allen Golbig, macOS Threat & Detections Researcher, Jamf - Dan Brodjieski, Apple Systems Engineer - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 429: Enterprise IT and the ‘26 releases
09/24/2025
Episode 429: Enterprise IT and the ‘26 releases
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 - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Jeremy Butcher - Links: Swift Connect Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Flashcast 16: Awe Dropping
09/15/2025
Flashcast 16: Awe Dropping
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: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 428: Live from X World '25
09/10/2025
Episode 428: Live from X World '25
Marcus and (sorry)James live from X World in Melbourne Hosts: Marcus Ransom - James Smith - Guests: Tony Gray - James White - Robert Hammen - Phill Wade - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 427: AI's not for everything
09/04/2025
Episode 427: AI's not for everything
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 conversation also touches on how to evaluate what AI is good for in 2025 including what’s practical, what’s not, and how to put things together. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Alex Confer - Links: The Katering Show - Hot Wet Rice Form follows function - Alex on the Mac Admins slack - @aconfer Avoiding brainrot and keeping mental friction: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 426: Virtualization in 2025
08/27/2025
Episode 426: Virtualization in 2025
Apple Silicon provides so many different opportunities with virtualisation, but many of us still miss the intel days when we could snapshot and use serial numbers to automate device enrollment. Tools like Tart provide opportunities to build workflows that allow us to configure and enhance the way we virtualise macOS. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Rob Potvin, Senior Consulting Engineer, Jamf - Links: MacADUK presentation Rob’s Blog - Tart - Virtual Buddy - Bushel - Orka - Anka - UTM - Great resource for VMs Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 425: App Auto-Patch and Beyond with Robert Schroeder
08/21/2025
Episode 425: App Auto-Patch and Beyond with Robert Schroeder
The MacAdmins Community has a long, vibrant history of solving problems together usually through open source projects that become essential tools in our workflows. Whatever challenge you’re facing, chances are there’s already a project, or a group of passionate people, tackling something similar. But with so many options, the path forward isn’t always clear. Do you adopt an existing open source tool? Invest in a polished, commercial solution? Or roll up your sleeves and build something totally new? Today we’re diving into one admins journey into this struggle, and their path as they decided to build their own solutions for automating application and software patching in their organization. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Selina Ali - Guests: Rob Schroeder - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 424: Feeling Vulnerable with Arek and Matt
08/12/2025
Episode 424: Feeling Vulnerable with Arek and Matt
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 future. Then we’ll dive in on the week’s news. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Selina Ali - Guests: Arek Dreyer - Matt Day - Links: Release notes - Support article - The Failure Mode of Clever - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 423: Writing the book on Threat Hunting macOS, with Jaron Bradley
08/05/2025
Episode 423: Writing the book on Threat Hunting macOS, with Jaron Bradley
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 operating system, there are still threats out there we need to protect ourselves against. It’s also no surprise that macOS is not Windows. And it’s further and further away from behaving like UNIX these days. So how do we know what to look for, and where to even go looking for it? Jaron Bradley from Jamf Threat Labs joins us to talk about his new book: Threat Hunting macOS - Mastering endpoint security Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Guests: Jaron Bradley - Links: SpriteTree Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 422: Live from MacAdmins at Penn State
07/29/2025
Episode 422: Live from MacAdmins at Penn State
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 very special conference. We’ve got great guests, and a good chance to have a wonderful conversation. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Guests: Erin Merchant - Greg Neagle - Jacob Burley - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 421: Just Us, now with Selina Ali
07/22/2025
Episode 421: Just Us, now with Selina Ali
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 looking to find out? There are also plenty of other things happening in the Mac Admin community - lets talk through some of those things and get excited for what we are able to do now that we couldn’t do before! Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Selina Ali - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 420: Avoiding "careering" off the road, with Tony Young
07/15/2025
Episode 420: Avoiding "careering" off the road, with Tony Young
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 integrate with. Instead we have all had to become experts in so many different silos within the modern IT organisation, from Identity, Security, Networking and Certificates. Being able to embrace and understand these concepts has also led to opportunities in career growth. Gone are the days where hoping for a small windowless room and the opportunity to get some new hardware to test once in a while was seen as a good deal. The growth of macOS in the enterprise has meant that our skills are incredibly attractive to large organisations, especially if we are able to combine technical prowess with the negotiation and collaboration required to drag Windows-centric teams towards the path of righteousness when it comes to a cross-platform or employee choice environment Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Tony Young - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 419: Device Compliance with Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion
07/08/2025
Episode 419: Device Compliance with Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion
Sriram & Preetham from Scalefusion join us to talk about device security & compliance, as well as how to handle the necessary access control issues that can come from it. Whether it’s SSF, app management, identity management, there’s always knock-on effects. How can folks handle them? Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Sriram Kakarala, CPO, Scalefusion - Preetham Gurram, VP of Product, Scalefusion - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 418: Looking at PSSO after WWDC, with Michael Epping & Joel Rennich
07/01/2025
Episode 418: Looking at PSSO after WWDC, with Michael Epping & Joel Rennich
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 years. From modern authentication at enrollment, Single Sign on extensions through to Federation of Managed Apple accounts and Platform Single Sign-on. The announcements at WWDC this year gave us more reasons to be excited, with a whole bunch of new capabilities announced. What does this really mean and can I start using this in production tomorrow? Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Michael Epping - Joel Rennich - Links: Parallelipiped: The Great Disnub Dirhomboidodecahedron: Klein Bottle: Apple and Emory Healthcare: Microsoft FIDO Alliance Case Study: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 417: WWDC Wrap and First Look at Betas
06/25/2025
Episode 417: WWDC Wrap and First Look at Betas
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 week on the Flashcast. We’ll be talking PSSO, MDM Migration, and the AxM APIs. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 416: DDM with Bryce from Addigy
06/16/2025
Episode 416: DDM with Bryce from Addigy
Declarative Device Management is just as easy as turning on the protocol, accepting the messages, and then responding over the new channel, right? Should be a couple weeks' work for any MDM, right? Well, we’re going deep on DDM’s nuts and bolts with Bryce from Addigy on their journey to DDM management. Let’s see how it really went? Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Bryce Carlson - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Flashcast 15: WWDC 25
06/10/2025
Flashcast 15: WWDC 25
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 coin to your MDM vendors (o' valley of plenty) for they are the ones that need to turn these wonderful new frameworks and features into something that we as Mac Admins can integrate into the workflows we need to create the magical end user experiences we strive for. Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Selina Ali - Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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Episode 415: Codesigning and Building Software in 2025
06/02/2025
Episode 415: Codesigning and Building Software in 2025
Joel Rennich’s back with us to talk about code signing certificates, Hosts: Tom Bridge - Marcus Ransom - Guests: Joel Rennich - Links: Sponsors: If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're ! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a ! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson
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