MacAdmins Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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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9:00am EDT

Just Another JAMF Dashboard - Stay Organized & Keep Stakeholders In the Loop

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

Deans Hall 2

Feedback Survey

I was tasked with deploying JAMF for our Loaner Fleet as an initial proof of concept before a wider staff enrollment. I created this dashboard to keep myself organized during planning, development and launch phases. This quickly became an indispensable tool for my workflows and an efficient way to share the current state of the environment, both with my own team and other stakeholders. I will explain its features, give a live demo, and will provide a free link to a template for public use.

Speakers

Marc Helou

Workstation & AV Support Engineer II, Computing Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

I'm a hardware technician and systems administrator with over 14 years experience working in IT. My experience spans across a variety of industries including retail, educational, design & advertising, tech start-up, fin-tech, venture capital, medical, and governmental organizations... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Toolbox Device Management All Levels

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Tags Deployment, Toolbox, Device Management

9:00am EDT

From Mac to Windows: Expanding AutoPkg’s Reach

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

208

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Cloud powered sorcery unifies macOS and Windows package distribution with Autopkg

Speakers

Albert Koch

Client Platform Engineering, Yelp

I am a Software Engineer working out of Alameda CA and love solving problems at scale and designing tools and processes to automate resolutions. I've worked at Yelp for 12 years supporting both Mac and Windows devices, and all the services and toolsets in between that keep them secure... Read More →

Michael Kearns

Client Platform Engineering, Systems Engineer, Yelp

I'm a native Washingtonian who still lives in the city and has been working at Yelp for the past 7 years. Outside of work I love to read long science fiction novels, go on hikes, visit national parks, and take our two miniature longhaired Dachshunds on as long of walks as they pe... Read More →

Shoolin Saini

Software Engineer for CPE, Yelp

I'm a Software Engineer on the Client Platform Engineering (CPE) team at Yelp, where I build reliable, scalable platform solutions with a focus on Windows systems. My journey began in the VFX industry, where I developed a strong foundation in infrastructure and systems architecture... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
208 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Development Deployment Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-895506
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Tags Development, Deployment, Device Management

9:00am EDT

Dynamically Scaling macOS: How, When, and Why

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

207

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Dive into what it takes to get access to a Mac from anywhere at any time. Learn the differences between physical, virtual, and cloud Macs like Amazon EC2 Mac, how to best manage them with tools like Jamf, Kandji, or Addigy, and how to access remotely with apps like HP Anyware and Citrix VDA. Learn best practices around automation to dynamically scale your macOS fleet, integrating directly into development pipelines to seamlessly build, test, sign, and publish Apple apps.

Speakers

Dave Siederer

Specialist Solutions Architect, EC2 Mac, AWS

Dave Siederer has been a force in the Apple world for over two decades. These days, he's with AWS, specializing in Amazon's EC2 Mac instances. Prior to that, he led SHI's Apple technical practice for 12 years, creating ZeroTouch to automate iOS deployment. Dave lives in Central NJ... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Development Deployment Security Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-888026
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Tags Development, Deployment, Security, Device Management

9:00am EDT

Erase Macs At Scale

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

206

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Increasingly, large organizations, educational facilities and resellers are erasing new and repurposed Apple Silicon Macs at scale. Twocanoes has been involved many of these projects ranging from a few macs on a daily basis to thousands. Come to this session and see lessons learned and how to set up your own system to erase and install macOS (and software!) on macOS at scale.

Speakers

Timothy Perfitt

Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Device Management All Levels

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Tags Device Management

10:00am EDT

Working with Platform SSO

Thursday July 17, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Deans Hall 1

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Platform SSO is still in Public Preview, but it’s working great in real-world scenarios. Regardless of the MDM solution, the Profile works the same way: it makes it easy for users to sign in, change their password, or even start using Passkeys.

Note: This session will not be recorded.

Speakers

Christopher Scalise
ReSources, Mac Systems Administrator, PublicisGroupe
I've been a Systems Administrator for over ten years, working in both Higher Education and Business. I've also worked at Apple Inc as a Lead Genius at multiple Apple Retail Stores for almost 10 years. I have a Degree in Photography, and spent 9 years as an Editorial Photographer and... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-867995

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Tags Deployment, Device Management

11:15am EDT

MDM Migration Demystified: Best Practices for macOS Admins

Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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A practical guide to navigating MDM migrations from planning to execution—actionable insights for migrating macOS fleets of any size, with minimal disruption and maximum control.

Speakers

Kevin M. Cox
Manager, Client Platform Engineering, DoorDash
Kevin is the Client Platforming Engineering Manager at DoorDash where he leads a team managing tens of thousands of devices globally.

Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Device Management All Levels

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-894928

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Tags Device Management

1:15pm EDT

The Day After - Post-Installation Visibility Through Scripting

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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Managing an application is more than just installation and patching. Let's look at common ways to track, diagnose, and learn about the status of apps you've deployed. We're proud of you for pushing that app to the fleet, but don't forget that you're responsible for what you deployed yesterday.

Speakers

Ross Matsuda
Apple Systems Engineer, Ntiva
Ross Matsuda is an Apple Systems Engineer in the MSP space with 15 years of experience in the Apple ecosystem. His work with clients in dozens of industries, along with his time spent as a stage director, lends him a unique perspective in developing user-experience-focused support... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-852317

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Tags Deployment, Device Management

1:15pm EDT

AutoAutoPkg - Manage your AutoPkg with GitHub Actions

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

206

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Have you ever wanted to run AutoPkg in GitHub? Well, this is the session for you! We’ll go through the basics of GitHub Actions, we’ll use Jon Crain’s Autopkg_tools.py to run AutoPkg, and Gusto’s autopromote to promote items through our Munki repo. If that sounds fun to you, you’re at the right conference, and this is the right session for you!

Speakers

Adam Anklewicz
Manager, IT Endpoint Engineering, Thumbtack
Adam is part of the IT team at Thumbtack. He's manages a fleet of macOS, Chrome OS, Windows, and Linux devices. Adam helps organize meetups for Toronto Mac Admins. He lives and works in Whitestone, Ontario with his wife and cat.

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Development Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-887206

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Tags Development, Device Management

2:50pm EDT

Wouldn’t it be great if you could refresh a mobile device… in a single tap?

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

206

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could refresh a mobile device… in a single tap?

Speakers

Adam Derrick
Apple macOS and iOS Professional, Jamf
Hi there! I started using a Mac while in school back in the early 90s. I have always had an interest in Apple devices since. Currently I am a solutions engineer focused on Healthcare and Life Sciences at Jamf! I've spent the last 15 years wearing many hats supporting Apple devices... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Toolbox Device Management All Levels

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-888460

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Tags Deployment, Toolbox, Device Management

2:50pm EDT

S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. Optimizes the macOS Update Experience

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

Deans Hall 2

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S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. (or just super) is an open-source script that provides administrators with a comprehensive solution to encourage and enforce macOS minor updates, macOS major upgrades, Jamf Pro Policies, or enforced system restarts. This session will demonstrate how to best leverage the super workflow to keep your Mac fleet up to date.

Speakers

Kevin White
Instigator, Macjutsu
Kevin M. White has dedicated his career to mastering Apple technologies so he can share them with the world. Through his company, Macjutsu, Kevin provides professional consulting for Apple's education and enterprise customers. Kevin also develops open source software focusing on automation... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Security Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-856034

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Tags Security, Device Management

2:50pm EDT

Clavis Arcana Māla: Configuration profile concepts

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

207

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The Hidden Keys to Apple: Basics, less common incantations, and quirks of configuration profiles.

Speakers
JS
Joshua See
Campus Technology Support Professional, University of Wisconsin - River Falls.
I've been doing care and feeding of macOS and iOS for the University of Wisconsin - River Falls since 2003.

Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Toolbox Device Management Fundamental

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4:15pm EDT

A Brief History of Password Syncing

Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

Deans Hall 2

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A look at the history and evolution of centralized accounts and password syncing, starting with NIS and NetInfo, moving to LDAP and Active Directory, passing through Mobile Accounts, continuing with cloud identity providers, and winding up with Apple's PlatformSSO. Along the way we'll encounter problems, solutions, and tradeoffs. We'll look at tools from both Apple and third-parties to help with some of this.

Speakers

Greg Neagle
Staff Systems Engineer, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Greg has been deploying and managing macOS machines for over two decades at Walt Disney Animation Studios, a studio with a long history of family entertainment reaching back to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and forward to our latest film, "Moana 2". Greg is the creator and lead... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Deployment Security Toolbox Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-888637

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Tags Deployment, Security, Toolbox, Device Management

4:15pm EDT

Managing macOS with Intune and Lessons Learned

Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

208

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This session will cover how to manage Macs using Intune and share valuable lessons learned from working with customers. Topics will include enrollment, policy assignment, configuration, apps, and scripts.

Speakers

Chris Kunze
CAT PM - Intune, Microsoft
Chris's first laptop was a PowerBook 520, purchased in 1994 for $2,270. While he has not always used a mac, he has recently been involved in managing macs with Intune, helping customers manage their devices and collecting feedback on the experience. Chris has worked for Microsoft... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
208 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Device Management Intermediate

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-888019

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Tags Device Management

6:45pm EDT

NanoMDM Hack-A-Thon

Thursday July 17, 2025 6:45pm - 8:00pm EDT

105

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Have you always been interested in trying out NanoMDM but never knew where to start? We have you covered! Show up with your laptop, setup some VMs and dive into NanoMDM/KMFDDM, try it out and even hack on it a bit. We will go through enrolling a VM into NanoMDM, sending some commands, getting the response back and even diving into Declarative Device Management...maybe even on the macOS betas. Everyone is welcome to join, no prior knowledge necessary.

Speakers
NW
Nate Walck

Thursday July 17, 2025 6:45pm - 8:00pm EDT
105 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Development Career Device Management All Levels

Feedback Link https://bit.ly/psumac25-932055

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Tags Development, Career, Device Management

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