Mac Admins Podcast

Episode 471: Mac Admins LATAM

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 togetherness near and far. For this episode we wanted to highlight one of the community user groups and welcome Juan and Cesar to tell us more about Mac Admins Latin America. Hosts: * Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social [https://theinternet.social/@tbridge] * Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom [https://twitter.com/marcusransom] * Selina Ali - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/] Guests: * Juan Taveras, IT Leader - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/juantaveras/] * Cesar Santana, Sys Admin, Karat - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/santanacesar/] Links: * https://macadmins-latam.org/ [https://macadmins-latam.org/] Sponsors: * Iru [https://www.kandji.io/macadmins] * Fleet Device Management [https://fleetdm.com/gitops-workshop?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Workbrew [https://workbrew.com/free?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Watchman Monitoring [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&utm_source=sponsorship&utm_campaign=macadmin&utm_content=macadmin&utm_term=macadmin] 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 [https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast]! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign [https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast]! 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?

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 [https://theinternet.social/@tbridge] * Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom [https://twitter.com/marcusransom] * Selina Ali - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/] Guests: * Joel Rennich - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-rennich-5853a0b7/] * Matt Slocum - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattslocum/] Links: * https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-klrc-aiagent-auth-00.html [https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-klrc-aiagent-auth-00.html] * https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/wimse/documents/ [https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/wimse/documents/] * https://spiffe.io/ [https://spiffe.io/] * https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe [https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe] * https://oauth.net/2/dpop/ [http://oauth.net/2/dpop/] * RFC-8693 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8693 [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8693] * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8693.html [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.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/2006-throwback-took-down-telstra-national-phone-networ] * https://www.slate.auto/en [https://www.slate.auto/en] Sponsors: * Iru [https://www.kandji.io/macadmins] * Fleet Device Management [https://fleetdm.com/gitops-workshop?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Workbrew [https://workbrew.com/free?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Watchman Monitoring [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&utm_source=sponsorship&utm_campaign=macadmin&utm_content=macadmin&utm_term=macadmin] 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 [https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast]! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign [https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast]! 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 469: PSSO Updates with Okta

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 what method is appropriate for our use case, and what settings we should be attempting to configure? Arki and Dan from Okta are back again today to discuss what the current PSSO landscape looks like Hosts: * Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom [https://twitter.com/marcusransom] * Selina Ali - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/] Guests: * Arki Krowczynski * Dan Hefley - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-hefley/] Links: * Okta Blog: https://www.okta.com/blog/product-innovation/okta-platform-sso-macos-secure-enclave/ [https://www.okta.com/blog/product-innovation/okta-platform-sso-macos-secure-enclave/] * Arki's Blog: https://blog.iamarki.ai/step-by-step-deploying-platform-sso-with-secure-enclave-support/ [https://blog.iamarki.ai/step-by-step-deploying-platform-sso-with-secure-enclave-support/] Sponsors: * Iru [https://www.kandji.io/macadmins] * Fleet Device Management [https://fleetdm.com/gitops-workshop?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Workbrew [https://workbrew.com/free?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Watchman Monitoring [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&utm_source=sponsorship&utm_campaign=macadmin&utm_content=macadmin&utm_term=macadmin] 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 [https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast]! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign [https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast]! 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 468: AI Governance

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 are meeting the expectations of the people who are held accountable? Matt Vlasach is back to talk to us about AI Governance and how Jamf is tackling this in an authentically Apple way. Hosts: * Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social [https://theinternet.social/@tbridge] * Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom [https://twitter.com/marcusransom] * Selina Ali - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/] Guests: * Matt Vlasach - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvlasach/] Links: * https://www.jamf.com/solutions/ai-governance/ [https://www.jamf.com/solutions/ai-governance/] * Clankers: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Clanker [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Clanker] * The Talk Show at WWDC: https://daringfireball.net/2026/06/the_talk_show_live_from_wwdc_2026 [https://daringfireball.net/2026/06/the_talk_show_live_from_wwdc_2026] Sponsors: * Iru [https://www.kandji.io/macadmins] * Fleet Device Management [https://fleetdm.com/gitops-workshop?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Workbrew [https://workbrew.com/free?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Watchman Monitoring [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&utm_source=sponsorship&utm_campaign=macadmin&utm_content=macadmin&utm_term=macadmin] 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 [https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast]! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign [https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast]! 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 467: Trust but Verify

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 are requesting new tools that will lead them to the promised lands, how can we as IT teams ensure that the tools are actually what they say they are, and how can we measure their risk in our environments? Hosts: * Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social [https://theinternet.social/@tbridge] * Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom [https://twitter.com/marcusransom] * Selina Ali - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/] Guests: * Alex Smith - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aqmain87/] Links: * Apparency, Suspicious Package & Archaeology: https://www.mothersruin.com/ [https://www.mothersruin.com/] * Otool Man Page: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/otool-classic.1.html [https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/otool-classic.1.html] * Alex's Presentation at Mac Admins Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5DXOagVtpA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5DXOagVtpA] * LaunchControl: https://www.soma-zone.com/LaunchControl/ [https://www.soma-zone.com/LaunchControl/] * Mac Monitor: https://github.com/Brandon7CC/mac-monitor [https://github.com/Brandon7CC/mac-monitor] * DBVisualizer: https://www.dbvis.com/ [https://www.dbvis.com/] * Apple Github: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions [https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions] * Jonathan Levin's books at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jonathan-Levin/author/B008ZF7ZKK [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jonathan-Levin/author/B008ZF7ZKK] * Tyrrell P34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34] Sponsors: * Iru [https://www.kandji.io/macadmins] * Fleet Device Management [https://fleetdm.com/gitops-workshop?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Workbrew [https://workbrew.com/free?utm_campaign=macadmins_podcast] * Watchman Monitoring [https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&utm_source=sponsorship&utm_campaign=macadmin&utm_content=macadmin&utm_term=macadmin] 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 [https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast]! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign [https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast]! 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