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.
Episodes
This week, we learned a lot about the 2027 series of releases from Apple. We've been testing and exploring since the events of the Keynote, and here's everything we've got so far…
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Anthony Reimer - Blog
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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference covers all new things Apple, and we're here to talk you through everything announced at WWDC 2026!
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Brands are things that I never really thought about when I was younger. I knew and trusted certain brands based on some reputation that I subliminally learned from…somewhere. Sure I've set up non profits, I've represented businesses professionally around the world, I have been a part of a larger brand that someone worked hard to create. But as someone with zero marketing finesse, I was shocked when I was intervi...
This year's Apple Enterprise Report Card is out, and we're talking with Jason Snell and someone from Iru!
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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- Report Card Link: https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/05/apple-in-the-enterprise-a-2026-report-card/
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This episode is a little bit different than our usual live recordings. Usually our live recordings are on stage, in front of an audience- with guests that follows a very similar format to what we usually do.
This episode is not that - it has many guests- who will introduce themselves, a hazy plotline, and was recorded with a stolen microphone, unofficially, guerilla style at the first ever MacAdmins Europe conference. Follow ...
This week we're talking about Apple Business and all the changes that Apple's made of late! We're deep into the APIs and promises that exist in this critical platform.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Live at MacAD! We're talking about Apple Business, the MacBook Neo, and hopes & dreams going into WWDC
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Mac Devops YVR becomes MacDevOps YUL this year as the popular conference makes a move to a new city thanks to the World Cup. We're here with conference founder Mat X to talk about what to expect, what's on tap, and who should make the trek to Montreal
Hosts:
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Mat X - LinkedIn
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Ulrik Aabye-Hansen has made a career by teaching people in the Mac Admins Community, and his conference talks are both education and culture. This week, we're talking with him about learning philosophy and how he approaches this critical topic, so we can all learn just a bit more from him as well.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selin...
The ACES conference enters its 12th year this spring with a May event in Minneapolis. Targeted at those people who manage Macs as consultants and at managed service providers, this year's conference has a bunch of new events. Here to tell us all about it is conference founder and longtime Mac Admin Justin Esgar.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Rans...
iOS security is an important topic that we don't talk about nearly enough. The current moment is driving a lot of people to understand it better, though! Let's dive in on iOS Security! We wanted to talk about iOS security. There's been a lot of conversations lately about how our personal devices can sell us out, and how attackers can come after your mobile devices, both personal and corporate.
...There are some people in the workplace that you know you can always count on to have an answer for a really obscure question or a tool to point you in the right direction for finding those esoteric bits of knowledge. Someone where every time you talk to them they absolutely blow your mind with some new piece of information or fun new tool in the workplace. Today's guest is one of those people- someon...
It was March 2016 when the first episode of the Mac Admins Podcast dropped, lead by the theme song that Adam Codega composed the first time he opened garage band. Hard to believe it! What's changed since 2016? What's the same? What do we think will be the same in 2036 if we're still doing this?
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina A...
This April 30th, Mac Admins Europe launches for the first time in Leiden, Netherlands. Mischa van der Bent is here to tell us all about why this event exists, what to expect at the very first instance, and how the world is changing for Mac Admins.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
Guests:
JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026!
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Liam Donnelly - LinkedIn
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PKI can be a real adventure, from dealing with minting certificates, to their whole lifecycle, all the way down to who trusts what and why. We're here this week with Smallstep's CEO Mike Malone to talk about device attestation, their latest projects, and everything about how we learn to better trust each other when we can, and what to do when we can't.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridg...
It's just us this week, and we're talking about AI - Apple Intelligence, "Apple" Intelligence, and Apple "Intelligence" - as we dive into a few key developments. The 26.3 group of releases is upon us, along with new Gemini models coming to Siri, and the hopes of new hardware!
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
Everyone wants to manage devices these days, and not just Macs. Being able to embed device management into the platform you're already building can provide a seamless experience for your users. Open source projects like NanoMDM are free, but the resources required to set them up and maintain them are not. Smplify is a new player on the market who provides the infrastructure to manage devices so you c...
Kevin White is here with a bucket of spackle and some know how to make Platform Single Sign On a better experience. Plus, he's got updates for us on Super.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
Guests:
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Kevin White - LinkedIn
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