Mac Admins Podcast

Jan 29 2025 100 ep. 74 mins 79
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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.

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Episode 397: Software Bill of Materials with Workbrew

Jan 29 2025 84 mins  
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 talk about SBOMs - Software Bill of Materials - and security in your work environments. Patching remains a really integral part of doing Mac Admin work right, and this critical concept is one we’re going deep on. Hosts: Tom Br

Episode 396: CrashPlan's Andrew Orrison talks Backup

Jan 24 2025 59 mins  
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, and how they use the Mac Admins Slack as a way to support the community. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Andrew Orrison - LinkedIn Links: Mac Admins Slack Vendor Guidelin

Episode 395: iMazing is Amazing

Jan 15 2025 61 mins  
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 Specification and ability to create signed profiles easily for distribution in the MDM of your choice. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Becky Scott - LinkedIn Guests: Ari Leviatan - LinkedIn Links: https://github.co

Episode 394: Family Device Control, Part 2

Jan 06 2025 65 mins  
Collin Elliott is back to talk to more about controlling the family devices in your midst. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Becky Scott - LinkedIn Guests: Collin Elliott - LinkedIn Links: Episode 376: https://podcast.macadmins.org/2024/08/14/episode-376-family-device-control-with-collin-elliott/ https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/228006487-Famil

Episode 393: Good bye and good riddance 2024

Dec 30 2024 107 mins  
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 Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom James Smith - LinkedIn Links: Management profile settings and OS upgrade implications | Der Flounder Episode 359: Mac@Cisco – A Mac Admins Perspective Episode

Episode 392: Michael & Mark on Entra ID

Dec 17 2024 78 mins  
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 to give you the brass tacks for what Microsoft is using Entra for, how Mac Admins should think about it, and how it fits into the modern world for Mac Admins. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @mar

Episode 391: Mac Admins Foundation

Dec 04 2024 61 mins  
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 foundation. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Guests: John Mahlman - LinkedIn Rebecca Latimer - LinkedIn Erin Merchant - LinkedIn Chris Dawe - LinkedIn Links: https://www.macadmins.org/ https://xkcd.com/979/

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

Dec 02 2024 75 mins  
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, along with Mikhail, his collaborator at DoubleYou. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Patrick Wardle - LinkedIn Mikhail Sosonkin - LinkedIn Links: Art of Mac Malware, Volume 2: h

Episode 389: North Pole Security & Santa

Nov 19 2024 82 mins  
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 developing in the future, and what’s coming next for this powerful Mac Security Tool. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Guests: Pete Markowsky , North Pole Security - LinkedIn Russel

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

Nov 15 2024 58 mins  
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 we could offer privacy and protection out there in that wretched hive of scum and villainy we call the internet? Wouldn’t it be even better if it was baked into the operating system so each vendor wasn’t just making things up