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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!

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Wednesday, July 16
 

9:00am EDT

API and Data Basics
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 3
APIs are fun and powerful! Have you ever wished you could have a way to “push that button a hundred times” or search the data in your management systems in ways that the built-in search just can’t do? APIs are a great way of doing this, and many of the systems you already use come with them built-in! The goal of this session is to give a very basic understanding of APIs, how they may be discovered and used, and some strategies for working with the data you may get back.
Speakers
avatar for Reid Blondell

Reid Blondell

Platform Engineer, Rochester Institute of Technology
I have always loved bending technology to my will. After a high school friend I met through our mutual abuse of Radio Shack computers got a Mac, my path was forever changed. I've been managing Macs in one way or another since System 6. I'm currently a Mac and Integration/Automation... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Toolbox   Fundamental

9:00am EDT

Networking: The Play!
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 4
Learn the fundamentals of networking by either being an observer or participant in a play that has people acting as the elements of an IP network. From ARP to VPN we will learn it all!
Speakers
avatar for Ben Greisler

Ben Greisler

Owner, Kadimac Corp.
Over a quarter century in the tech world building, fixing, writing, training and still always learning.
avatar for John Soward

John Soward

Research IT, Dataseam & University of Kentucky
John has been working in IT since 1988, spending most of it with Unix-like systems including NeXTSTEP and MacOS. He's worked in startups in the insurance, VR and film industry, and spent over 20 years in higher ed. He currently teaches computers science at the University of Kentucky... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Fundamental

10:45am EDT

Celebrating AutoPkg with a new Runner
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 4
The first official AutoPkg release was almost 12 years ago and the famed autopkg_tools.py was first released 8 years ago. I'm here to present a new runner to the landscape that is built from the ground up to support CI/CD pipelines, download caching, and it does it all faster than you thought possible.
Speakers
avatar for Scott Blake

Scott Blake

Senior Client Platform Engineer, Flywire
Scott is a longtime Apple Admin with over 20 years experience in IT. He is currently working for Flywire where he and the rest of the team manage a fleet of 1300 Apple devices across the globe. He spends most of his evenings enabling his kids to do great things in soccer, tennis... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   All Levels

10:45am EDT

One PreStage to Rule Them All: Secure macOS Deployment with Power Automate
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2
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.
Speakers
avatar for Quinn Harouff

Quinn Harouff

Security Engineer, University of Nebraska
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
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Security   Toolbox   Device Management   Intermediate

10:45am EDT

Basic Git for non-Programmers
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 3
Introduction to Git version control software. Learn basic concepts, common commands, GUI apps & command-line usage, important caveats, and interaction with common Git services (eg GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket)
Speakers
avatar for Chris Carr

Chris Carr

Infrastructure Engineer, Michigan Software Labs
Started in IT/HelpDesk, worked at the Apple Store, went back for a CS degree, got into mobile app development at a small company, then returned to IT/DevOps as the org grew (from 3 to 40+ folks).As a dept. of one there's a wide range of tasks including DevOps, IT/HelpDesk, AV, and... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Toolbox   Fundamental

1:30pm EDT

swiftDialog for Overworked Mac Admins
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 4
You've used swiftDialog-based projects like Nudge, or erase-install, or Setup-Your-Mac. You'd like to use similar notification or action windows for your user-facing scripts, and you have no idea where to start! Come and see my approach to using swiftDialog for my scripts, as a person with no particular scripting expertise. Beginner and intermediate admins should get something useful here; advanced scripters, probably not.
Speakers
avatar for Beth Johnson

Beth Johnson

Endpoint Architect & Desktop Systems Administrator, Cat Herder
I came to tech support and computer administration after a career as a postpartum doula and childbirth educator. (When you think about it, they're not that different.) Now I work in higher education, where I architect our workstation management, as well as administer the applications... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   All Levels

1:30pm EDT

Effective Troubleshooting and Bug Reporting
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 3
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.
Speakers
avatar for Joseph Chilcote

Joseph Chilcote

Client Platform Engineer, Meta
Joe manages Macs at a large tech company, and is based in Seattle.
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Device Management   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

Create AutoPkg recipes for Mac/Win/Linux from scratch
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 3
Learn how to create AutoPkg recipes for MacOS, Windows, and Linux from scratch. AutoPkg can be used to automate the distribution of software updates from vendor websites to your distribution tool of choice, saving many hours a week. It is recommended to be comfortable on the command line, but previous knowledge of AutoPkg is not strictly required. AutoPkg itself is written in Python, but writing python code is not required to write recipes.
Speakers
avatar for James Stewart

James Stewart

DevOps Automation Lead, BigFix
Systems Administrator, Software Developer, BigFix Expert
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Deployment   Toolbox   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

Maximizing macOS: EVEN MORE Insider Tips for Efficient Mac Administration
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 4
Have you ever watched a conference presenter or YouTube tutorial about a topic, but while the presenter is talking, you notice them do some keyboard shortcut magic to complete a task that normally takes you 3 times as many steps? In this session, we hope to teach you some of those shortcuts, tools, tips, and tricks to help you be a more efficient Mac Admin.
Speakers
avatar for Dennis Wurster

Dennis Wurster

Associate Director of Computing, Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester
Dennis provides Apple-focused expertise in his role as Associate Director of Computing at Eastman School of Music. He has written for technology journals and presented at several conferences. Away from the keyboard, Dennis enjoys cycling, automotive technology, and travel.
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Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   All Levels
 
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