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
The world is changing, often violently, and maybe not for the better? The move toward LLMs and artificial intelligence is definitely doing a number on the profession and this week, we're talking with Erin Merchant from Risotto about her 2026 Mac AD talk on the state of hiring and jobs in the IT industry.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusranso...
This week, it's just us hosts! We're catching up on everything that's come down the pike during beta season: new payloads, new DDM functionality, and bugs of course. We'll also talk about how Siri might be good now, how everything's more expensive, and more.
Hosts:
- Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
- Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
- Selina Ali - LinkedIn
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Anyone who has spent any time in our Apple world knows that the Mac Admins Community is a unique and special place for us to collectively celebrate our wins, mourn our lows, and help each other out when we are faced with a tricky problem. Within that community there are user groups that are all over the world - these are community run and led by volunteers focussed on fostering a sense of togethernes...
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:
Platform Single Sign-on comes in several different flavours, and each of them offers a different user experience, and solves for Identity Security in a different way. Password Sync, Secure Enclave, and don't forget Smart Card (can anyone who manages them ever forget Smart Card?). There are very strict delineations between features available for one type, and not for another. How do we work out ...
AI has been a constant in tech buzzword bingo for some time now, and the tide has very much changed from "how do we block this" to "how do we use it for the things that make sense". As the constraints have been loosened, and the token costs go up… how do we get a clear understanding of exactly what is being used in our environment, what the AI agents and harnesses are doing, and ensuring we ar...
It seems like every day there is a new tool or product out there that is promising our end users abilities on par of turning lead into gold. With just this one tool, our end users can do anything! If only their pesky IT team would let them install it, then they could generate endless shareholder value, become super efficient, and actually this exact tool is critical for their job and how dare you question it!
When end users a...
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
Guests:
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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
Guests:
Links:
- 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
Links:
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
Guests:
Sponsors:
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
Guests:
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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...
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