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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

Build a Command-line App with Swift
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 1
Let’s build a command-line application with Swift. You’ll need the latest version of macOS and Xcode.

Any prerequisites: Yes – its required
You must have a computer with the latest version of macOS, with the latest version of Xcode installed.

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

Weldon Dodd

Distinguished Solutions Engineer, Kandji
Weldon Dodd began his career running a campus Mac lab and NeXT lab at the University of California. He then went to wireless telecom just as digital networks and the Internet came to mobile. The next stage was automating large Apple deployments and running the Apple Authorized Training... Read More →
Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Intermediate   Hands-on
 
Wednesday, July 16
 

10:45am EDT

Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager Best Practices
Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1
From enrolling to federation, this session will provide best practices for your Apple School/Business Manager setup
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 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

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

1:30pm EDT

Sponsor Session - Alectrona LLC
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 6
A conference session by a conference sponsor.  Additional details coming soon.
Wednesday July 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA 6 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   Deployment   Intermediate

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
 
Thursday, July 17
 

9:00am EDT

Making Macs Feel Like Macs: User-Centric IT Management
Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 4
The session should progress by highlighting our 10,000-foot journey to modernization in our environment. Where we've added automation, we've also added user interactions. We were looking to strike a balance in Mac management for devices used by developers. Specifically we've like to highlight our use of Swift Dialog as our primary user-interaction tool.
Speakers
avatar for Nakib Mashrur

Nakib Mashrur

MacOS Systems Engineer
I am junior admin/engineer beginning my journey with Mac Platform Engineering. Learning how to navigate the space, but infinitely curious.
Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   Intermediate

9:00am EDT

From Mac to Windows: Expanding AutoPkg’s Reach
Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 5
Cloud powered sorcery unifies macOS and Windows package distribution with Autopkg
Speakers
avatar for Shoolin Saini

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 →
avatar for Michael Kearns

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 →
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 →
Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

9:00am EDT

Dynamically Scaling macOS: How, When, and Why
Thursday July 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 2
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
avatar for Dave Siederer

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
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Deployment   Security   Device Management   Intermediate

10:00am EDT

Working with Platform SSO
Thursday July 17, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 1
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.
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Scalise

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
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

11:15am EDT

Bring Your Own IdP to ABM
Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2
Apple recently added a feature in Apple Business Manager (ABM) that allows you to federate with a custom IdP in addition to previously available Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace options. We will walk through everything in the process including initial planning & discovery, custom IdP configuration, security considerations, migrating mission critical services like developer accounts & APNs, reclaiming accounts, and living with Managed Apple Accounts (MAAs) in 2025.
Speakers
avatar for Nicholas Larson

Nicholas Larson

Sr. Client Platform Engineer, Okta
Nick has managed hundreds of thousands of endpoints across macOS, iOS, and Windows over the past 12 years. He has a passion for building solutions that are security-forward while also keeping the end user experience front of mind and reducing friction. In his free time, he enjoys... Read More →
Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Security   Intermediate

11:15am EDT

WiFi troubleshooting from your Mac
Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 4
In this hands-on session, discover how to diagnose and resolve common wireless issues using tools like WiFi Explorer, Airtool, and Wireshark. You’ll leave empowered to confidently diagnose common wireless issues even if you are a beginner.
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Forrest

Jeff Forrest

IT Director, New Life Church, Colorado Springs
With over 25 years of IT experience in large Fortune 500 companies as well as non-profits, Jeff Forrest has brought solutions and education to clients in a way that is easy to understand. Jeff fell in love with with a G4 Macintosh because he could edit video and also administer an... Read More →
Thursday July 17, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Toolbox   Intermediate

1:15pm EDT

The Day After - Post-Installation Visibility Through Scripting
Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
TBA 1
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
avatar for Ross Matsuda

Ross Matsuda

Apple Systems Engineer, Ntiva
Ross Matsuda is an Apple Systems Engineer in the MSP space, where he manages a fleet of thousands of Apple devices across hundreds of organizations in dozens of industries. He also authors a technology blog focusing on the Apple platform, Sudoade. He has worked in the Apple ecosystem... Read More →
Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

1:15pm EDT

AutoAutoPkg - Manage your AutoPkg with GitHub Actions
Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
TBA 3
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
avatar for Adam Anklewicz

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
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Development   Device Management   Intermediate

1:15pm EDT

Sponsor Session 🎁 📎
Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
TBA 6
A 75 minute conference session by a conference sponsor

This is a template schedule, this is not the actual schedule for 2025
Thursday July 17, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
TBA 6 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   Intermediate

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
TBA 2
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
avatar for Kevin White

Kevin White

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
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security   Device Management   Intermediate

4:15pm EDT

A Brief History of Password Syncing
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 2
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
avatar for Greg Neagle

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

4:15pm EDT

Rocketman Command Center: A Utility for Jamf Pro
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 4
Discover how Rocketman Command Center (RCC) transforms Jamf Pro macOS management by consolidating best practices and automating common Jamf Pro workflows into one free, modular toolkit.
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 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 →
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Toolbox   Intermediate

4:15pm EDT

Managing macOS with Intune and Lessons Learned
Thursday July 17, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 1
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
avatar for Chris Kunze

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
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Device Management   Intermediate
 
Friday, July 18
 

9:00am EDT

Deep Dive Into Declarative OS Updates and Upgrades
Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 1
Dive deep into the logging, MDM commands, and Declarations for OS Updates on Apple devices. Learn how they are initiated and run via MDM commands, and now Declarations. Know the details of Enforcement Specific and the now Global Settings Declarations. Decipher the new Machine Learning for updates introduced at WWDC 2024. Decode the logging and Declarations device side, and how regardless of MDM vendor they act. Leave knowing you can use OS Updates fully and provide feedback to Apple and MDMs.
Speakers
avatar for Bryce Carlson

Bryce Carlson

Senior Product Manager, Addigy
After my family's iMac G4 in 2002 changed the course of my life to focus on Mac management I have worked for K-12 and Higher Education organizations in macOS and iOS deployment, and evolved that into directly working in the MDM sector. First, at Jamf in 2016 and now Addigy since... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Device Management   Intermediate

10:45am EDT

Automate all the things - fully automated OS and App patching
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2
A presentation on how we automate patch management for both applications and operating systems at Mollie, using open-source tools like AutoPkg, Munki, munki-promoter, and nudge-auto-updater.
Speakers
avatar for Jacob Burley

Jacob Burley

Staff Engineer, Mollie
Currently Staff Engineer at Mollie, I started managing Macs (like almost everyone else) at a local university. There, I was introduced to the concept of devops, and developed an interest in automating as much as I could regarding device management.In my free time, I love going for... Read More →
Friday July 18, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment   Security   Device Management   Intermediate
 
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