Mac Admins Podcast

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A rotating panel of Mac admins and consultants are joined by members of the Mac admin community to discuss the latest news, issues, and challenges of managing Apple devices. New episodes weekly. Join the community at macadmins.org.

  1. 6h ago

    Episode 477: Punk Rock Mac Lab

    Richard Glaser has been a Mac Admin for a long, long time, and we've got him on this week to talk about what it's like managing Macs for a whole university library system, the state of lab computing in 2026, and what's changed in more than 35 years of managing Macs at work! Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Richard Glaser - LinkedIn Links: Workbrew, Punk Shows to Patch Management: Richard Glaser's Mac Admin Career SLUG Magazine, New Band Spotlight: Road Frisbee SLUG Magazine, February's Cover Band: Road Frisbee SLUG Magazine, June 1990 Local/National Record and Tape Reviews Nabil Ayers, "Punk in '86, Metal in '87" Penguin Random House, Nabil Ayers bio / My Life in the Sunshine IMDb, Pat McKee IMDb public datasets, name.basics.tsv.gz and title.basics.tsv.gz YouTube, Richard Glaser channel IMDb, SLC Punk! University of Utah UIT, Dave Huth / first Macs at the U Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, October 2002 Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, December 2003 Archived macosxlabs.org about page, February 2002 Slashdot, "Mac OS X Labs Deployment Initiative," March 12, 2002 University of Utah, Mac OS X Deployment Overview University of Utah, RunRR AppleScript for RevRdist University of Utah, RevRdist ResEdit Hacks University of Utah, MacAdministrator overview University of Utah, Kerberos Authentication / MacAdministrator notes University of Utah, Integrating Mac OS X on Campus University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, March 21, 2001 University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 21, 2001 University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, December 19, 2001 University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, February 19, 2003 University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 17, 2004 University of Utah MacAdmins meeting category archive University of Utah, November 2020 MacAdmins Meeting University of Utah, NetBoot overview University of Utah, Setup NetBoot Service on Mac OS X 10.6.x Client University of Utah, Radmind single-user mode notes University of Utah, Automate ASR Image Creation Using Radmind & Scripts University of Utah, iTunes U Authentication & Authorization: AFP548, MacEnterprise.org Wireless Security Webcast, October 21, 2004 MacTech, "Mac OS X Client Lab Security" webcast notice WWDC 2004 Session 630, Network Administration Best Practices for Education Engadget, "Mac OSX Labs expands to Mac Enterprise" Archived MacEnterprise about-us page, February 2009 Archived MacEnterprise board announcement, May 2009 Archived MacEnterprise board nominations page, April 2009 MacAdmins Podcast Episode 199, Richard Glaser Talks Radmind, MacOSLabs Penn State MacAdmins 2013, OS X Terminal Services - Richard Glaser University of Utah UIT, Guest column: An update on the MacAdmin group Apple Support, Platform Single Sign-on for macOS Apple Developer Documentation, Platform Single Sign-on Apple Developer Documentation, Enrolling with Platform Single Sign-on MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Philip Rinehart MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Greg Neagle Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Jamf Nation Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

    Episode 477: Punk Rock Mac Lab
  2. Sep 12

    Episode 476: Chris Lo on Recruiting and Jobs

    Chris Lo was a Mac Admin for a long time before he started a recruiting practice. We're here to talk with him about the state of the job market, how AI has changed things for better and worse, and how to think about your next move. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Chris Lo - LinkedIn Links: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/08/27/a-record-number-of-crop-art-is-on-display-at-the-minnesota-state-fair  https://www.insidertechtalent.com/ Why some Mac Admins thrive (and others burn out) | Chris Lo AI and IT Staffing, or How to Blow Up a Hiring Pipeline | Erin Merchant dueling banjos ukulele tutorial www.insidertechtalent.com www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lo-itt Why some Mac Admins thrive (and others burn out) | Chris Lo The Apple IT career blueprint - building a future-proof career - Chris Lo Chris Lo - The 2nd Essence (Guitar Playthrough) https://youtu.be/KriBBPMSRdA?si=xeqJj8YIvxXklQKp Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

    Episode 476: Chris Lo on Recruiting and Jobs
  3. Jul 17

    Episode 470: What identity does an Agent have?

    A few weeks back, we talked with Jamf about identifying hallmarks of AI Use on device. However, on-device AI use is only part of the story these days. We welcome back Joel Rennich from JumpCloud to talk about what agent identity looks like in July of 2026. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Joel Rennich - LinkedIn Matt Slocum - LinkedIn Links: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-klrc-aiagent-auth-00.html  https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/wimse/documents/ https://spiffe.io/ https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe https://oauth.net/2/dpop/ RFC-8693 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8693 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8693.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/2006-throwback-took-down-telstra-national-phone-networ https://www.slate.auto/en Sponsors: Iru Fleet Device Management Workbrew Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email podcast@macadmins.org for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

    Episode 470: What identity does an Agent have?
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A rotating panel of Mac admins and consultants are joined by members of the Mac admin community to discuss the latest news, issues, and challenges of managing Apple devices. New episodes weekly. Join the community at macadmins.org.