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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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Tuesday, July 15
 

9:00am EDT

"I'm still standing" (Thanks, Elton)
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 2
Coping with unemployment or planning to leave your job? You need tools for the long haul. In this workshop we’ll talk about how to plan for and survive this wacky job market. In the morning we’ll define strategies for: creating your “Customer Market Fit”, writing resumes (including AI prompts), linkedin zhuzhing, and networking. In the afternoon, the group will dig in and write, critique, and edit your resume or LinkedIn. Come prepared to share one or both.

Any prerequisites: None needed.

Remember: You've already selected your workshop during registration. Adding this workshop to your sched agenda does not count.
Speakers
avatar for Pam Lefkowitz

Pam Lefkowitz

Presently Unemployed Director of IT Operations
Pam has spent more years working and socializing in the Mac admin community than she's willing to admit. Since being laid off, she spends her time job hunting, lifelong learning, working out, visiting her kids and grandkids across the country, caring for her aging mother, and being... Read More →
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Career   Fundamental

9:00am EDT

Apple Device Administration Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide/ Best Practices Deploying & Managing Apple
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 5
This full-day workshop combines two half-day workshops.

In the morning:
Apple Device Administration Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide
New to Apple device management? This hands-on workshop covers the essentials—setting up Apple Business Manager (ABM), working with resellers, choosing an MDM, onboarding devices, and establishing a minimum security baseline. Learn how to integrate IDPs, deploy apps, and align with Apple’s ecosystem for smooth management. Whether you’re starting fresh or refining your setup, this session provides practical, MDM-agnostic guidance to build a scalable, secure Apple device environment.


In the afternoon:
Best Practices Deploying & Managing Apple
Best Practices Deploying & Managing Apple in the enterprise or education

Remember: You've already selected your workshop during registration. Adding this workshop to your sched agenda does not count.
Speakers
AE

Apple Education

Apple Education, Apple
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
GS

Goetch Stone

Director of IT
Goetch Stone serves as the Director of IT at Saybrook Home, a premier furniture retailer in Connecticut. With over 20 years of experience in IT, he began his career at a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and was an Apple Product Professional back when Apple had an actual reseller program... Read More →
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Fundamental

9:00am EDT

Ready, Set, Go: From Hello to Mac Deploy - Flow / Auto Deploy: Automate Your Jamf Pro Deployments
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 3
This full-day workshop combines two half-day workshops.

In the morning:
Ready, Set, Go: From Hello to Mac Deploy - Flow
Fundamental - Hands-on
Join us in exploring Golang on macOS. Albert and Carlos from Yelp will take you on a journey starting @ HelloWorld and finishing with a signed package.

Any prerequisites: Yes – but optional
– Access to macOS
– Homebrew
– Developer Account (optional, but recommended)
– Github account in case of API limits

In the afternoon:
Auto Deploy: Automate Your Jamf Pro Deployments
All Levels - Hands-on
Join us for a live workshop of Auto Deploy, a powerful tool that automates Jamf Pro deployment of your favorite tools and workflows. Learn how to streamline your workflow and reduce manual errors, saving valuable time. We'll walk through real-world examples, highlight customization, and show you how to manage deployment with ease. Whether you're new to Jamf Pro or a seasoned pro, discover best practices that will revolutionize your deployment process.

Any prerequisites: Yes – its required
Access to a Jamf Pro Server
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Schasse

Christopher Schasse

Owner & Lead Engineer, Rocketman Tech
Christopher has been managing Jamf Pro servers since 2015. He started on the Pro Services team and Jamf delivering Jumpstarts (now called Service Engagements) and in 2017 he started Rocketman Tech, with a mission to help companies succeed with Jamf. Since that time, he has helped... Read More →
avatar for Albert Koch

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 →
avatar for Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez

Client Platform Engineering, Yelp
I am Carlos Hernandez, aka HurricaneHrndz. I am a self-professed Tech Fanatic who loves to learn and share knowledge. What‚Äôs more, I have been fortunate to do so for over 20 years. For the last four, it has been as a Software Engineer with Yelp and its amazing CPE team who taught... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Blackmore

Patrick Blackmore

Director of Product & Development, Rocketman Tech
Patrick Blackmore is the Director of Product & Development at Rocketman Tech, where he leads the development of tools that streamline Jamf Pro workflows. With a focus on product strategy and user-driven solutions, he works closely with engineering teams to deliver efficient, scalable... Read More →
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Fundamental

9:00am EDT

Scripting FUNdamentals for Mac admins
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 4
GUIs, menus, and buttons make computers do our bidding. But they’re not as powerful as a well-crafted script. Scripting is a fundamental skill for anyone managing a fleet of Macs.
With a hands-on approach and short exercises building on each other, we’ll:
– Unravel mysteries of the Terminal
– Decode strange symbols that hold enormous power
– Speak languages older than most of us
– Make ancient and powerful technology do our bidding
If you’ve ever wanting to start scripting, now is the time.

Any prerequisites: None needed.

Remember: You've already selected your workshop during registration. Adding this workshop to your sched agenda does not count.
Speakers
avatar for William Smith

William Smith

Technical Enablement Manager, Jamf
Bill is a Technical Enablement Manager with Jamf. He provides training, documentation, and support to other Jamfs, partners, certified engineers, and consultants who deliver in turn support for Jamf customers. He enjoys teaching and writing about technology and history‚ both digital... Read More →
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Fundamental
 
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

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

3:15pm EDT

Apple Security Overview
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 2
Overview discussion of security technologies implemented in Apple's platforms and devices
Speakers
AE

Apple Education

Apple Education, Apple
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
Wednesday July 16, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security   Fundamental
 
Thursday, July 17
 

10:00am EDT

Accessibility is For Everyone
Thursday July 17, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 3
Accessibility tools are for everyone. This session will explore some of the more hidden tools and accessibility options in Apple's operating systems -- macOS, iPadOS/iPhoneOS, and VisionOS.
Speakers
avatar for Damien Barrett

Damien Barrett

Mac Platform Engineer, F500 Company
Damien has been supporting Macs for more than 25 years in corporate, small business, and education environments. He currently works as the Apple Platform expert at at Fortune 500 company.
Thursday July 17, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   Fundamental

2:50pm EDT

Clavis Arcana Māla: Configuration profile concepts
Thursday July 17, 2025 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
TBA 3
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
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Device Management   Fundamental

4:15pm EDT

You are Here - and How to Get to There!
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 5
Just starting out in IT and don't know where to turn? Hear from somebody who has been in your shoes and learn about the tools, resources, and lingo to help get you started as a new Mac Admin!
Speakers
avatar for Mark Laslo

Mark Laslo

Senior IT Director, (add)ventures
Mark is an experienced IT leader who enjoys connecting people and technology. Day to day he oversees a lean IT team responsible for all IT operations at a large New England based advertising agency, _x000D_ _x000D_ Before stepping into IT full time, Mark honed his technical skills... Read More →
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Career   Fundamental
 
Friday, July 18
 

9:00am EDT

Homebrew: How to Unite Developers, IT Administrators, and Security Professionals
Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 3
Join Workbrew's Brandon Valentine, a long-time Homebrew devotee and contributor, as he shows off the #1 Mac App Store for developers from the perspective of an IT admin. We'll discuss the fundamentals of Homebrew, and how embracing it can become an asset to IT and security - not a liability. It's already helping your developers be productive, but there are some surprising ways it can help your overall fleet management story beyond the developer community.
Speakers
avatar for Brandon Valentine

Brandon Valentine

Technical Account Manager, Workbrew
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 →
avatar for John Britton

John Britton

Co-Founder & CEO, Workbrew
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 →
Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   Device Management   Fundamental

10:45am EDT

Preparing for the unexpected in K-12 Education
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 5
If there is anything we can plan for in schools, it's that quick pivots, rapid deployments and changes to environments are inevitable. This session will cover techniques to be successful for these situations.
Speakers
avatar for Randy Saeks

Randy Saeks

Network Manager, Glencoe School District 35
Randy is an Apple Distinguished Educator with over 20-years experience supporting Apple Technologies in K-12 education. With a technical background initially focused on system integration, he brings a unique viewpoint on how using a goal-focused approach can lead to successful partnerships... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career   Deployment   Device Management   Fundamental

10:45am EDT

Let’s Build Something with swiftDialog
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 3
For folks new to Mac management and/or haven’t added swiftDialog to their toolbox. In real time, we’ll build a message to appear to end users with AirDrop enabled for “Everyone”, learning many of the configuration options for swiftDialog along the way.
Speakers
avatar for Casey Scruggs

Casey Scruggs

Endpoint Engineer, Western Kentucky University
I've worked at the same organization, Western Kentucky University, for nearly 20 years; first at the help desk for 10 years, then 4 years as an in-person tech, and currently in my fifth year as the Endpoint Engineer for non-lab org-owned Macs.
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Device Management   Fundamental
 
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