The MacAdmins Conference is the premier East Coast conference for anyone who deploys and manages devices in the Apple ecosystem. Over the last 15 years we featured hundreds of sessions and many workshops with top notch speakers in the MacAdmins community. MacAdmins offers an incredible level of expertise, value, entertainment, and a great opportunity to network with your fellow admins!
Join us for a captivating workshop led by two History majors turned IT professionals, as they share their journey and provide an inside look at what it takes to manage nearly 300 classrooms.
Ted Akin has been part of the Classroom Support Group at Florida State University for the past eight years, serving as the team's lead technician, supporting nearly 300 mixed-platform classrooms and over 800 computers. When not on the job, he enjoys spending time with his family and... Read More →
Martin has been working at FSU for three years, before which he wore many other hats as a middle school teacher, Apple Store Genius Admin, and a few other things. He helps manage a fleet of about 350 Mac devices used in University Classrooms in both lab-style setups and as part of... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT 206Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including education, government, research, and software development._x000D_ _x000D_ Rich has also written for Peachpit, Apress... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT Deans Hall 1Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
Over the past few years, Apple has been steadily integrating “identity” deeper and deeper into its operating systems. In this session, we’ll explore how user and device identities alike are transforming user experiences while radically improving security outcomes for organizations large and small.
WWDC25 introduced groundbreaking updates coming to Apple OS platforms. Join us to learn how we’re enabling IT with more insights to manage devices and organization-owned accounts, new features for Platform Single Sign-On, and device management migrations.
Learn how the University of Nebraska leverages Power Automate and Jamf Setup Manager to securely streamline macOS deployments. This process dynamically sets the device name, assigns the correct Jamf site, and applies risk classification, all while maintaining a single PreStage for the entire university. By using unique keys and API calls, this method ensures security without exposing credentials.
Quinn is an Endpoint Security Engineer at the University of Nebraska, specializing in macOS security and automation tools. Passionate about making complex systems more approachable, Quinn has presented at PSU MacAdmins and the Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC). She thrives on helping... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT 208Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
Your developers want access to Homebrew, but your security team are asking tough questions. Say yes to developers by leveraging Workbrew to provide all the missing security controls around Homebrew and impress your security team in the process. We’ll go over what the challenges with Homebrew are, and how Workbrew can solve them so that you can let developers use Homebrew with confidence.
John Britton is a developer, entrepreneur, and investor. As Co-Founder & CEO of Workbrew he‚Äôs on a mission to improve the way software is deployed and managed at organizations. He is an industry-leading expert in the realms of open source and developer-tools go-to market, and... Read More →
Brandon Valentine began his career in 2000 as a systems administrator managing large-scale fleets, quickly becoming an active contributor to open source package managers. Over the years, he expanded his expertise to include Ruby development, consulting, and professional sales. A devoted... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT 205Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
Need the lowdown on what's up with the latest version of macOS? This session will be your guide into the new features and changes coming in macOS 26, and how they'll affect you and your users, and what you can do to prepare!
As a former IT manager, consultant, Apple Certified System Administrator, and Apple Certified Trainer, I've been managing Macs since before the days of OS X. After 5 years managing the tens of thousands of Apple devices at SpaceX, sending 58 iPads to orbit with astronauts and cosmonauts... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT Deans Hall 2Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
This year we will journey into the exciting yet thankless world of bug reporting, and how best to fine tune your troubleshooting skills to ensure your fleet of Macs will continue running smoothly in the face of constant platform change.
As a follow-up to last year’s introduction on Managing Macs with Intune, join us to review new updates from Intune, new third-party tools, and how to successfully manage Macs in Intune. Microsoft Intune continues to be the hot topic for managing Macs due to cost savings, a single pane of glass, as well as its overall improvements as an MDM to manage Macs.
Sam is an Apple Client Platform Engineer at Alectrona, providing Mac and Jamf support for clients and partners. Prior to joining Alectrona, Sam spent 10+ years wrangling Macs in higher ed.
Andrew is a seasoned Mac Admin working within multiple MDMs, open-sourced MacAdmin tools, and just getting Macs into organizations. Before Alectrona, worked in higher education for over 10+ years.
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT 208Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
