Mac Admins Podcast

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Episode 389: North Pole Security & Santa Nov 19, 2024

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Santa's got new digs up at North Pole Security! Join us as we talk with Russell and Pete from North Pole about what Santa's move means, how it's developing in the future, and what's coming next for this powerful Mac Security Tool.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Pete Markowsky , North Pole Security - LinkedIn
Russell Hancox, North Pole Security - LinkedIn

Links:

MacSysAdmin 2024 - Santa Past, Present, and Future - A Christmas Carol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUyIcr1XoWs
Google & Operation Aurora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora
https://github.com/northpolesec/santa
https://northpolesec.com
https://northpole.dev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRl1yu5OEs

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The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson

Episode 388: Behind the Masque of Network Relays with Matt Vlasach Nov 16, 2024

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Who loves VPNs? Folks in the network security team, please put your hands down - we weren't asking you… Wouldn't it be great if there was a way that we could offer privacy and protection out there in that wretched hive of scum and villainy we call the internet? Wouldn't it be even better if it was baked into the operating system so each vendor wasn't just making things up as they go? Apple announced iCloud private relay in 2021, and in 2023 we got what I guess you could call the "Enterprise version" - Network Relays. Today we have Matt Vlasach here to talk about why Network Relays are awesome and how we can use them to make Apple devices more secure and useable

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Matt Vlasach - LinkedIn

Links:

MASQUE Protocol IETF https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-schinazi-masque-02.html
WWDC 2023 - Protect App Traffic with Network Relays https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10002
https://reg.jnuc.jamf.com/flow/jamf/jnuc2024/home24/page/jnuc24sessioncatalog
https://blog.cloudflare.com/masque-building-a-new-protocol-into-cloudflare-warp/

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Episode 387: Neurodiversity in the Workplace with Rowan Quigley Nov 07, 2024

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Do you find that life is like trying to understand code without comments? Many of us are discovering later in life that there is a word that explains why the unwritten rules of life just don't seem to make sense. Rowan Quigley recently presented at JNUC in Nashville around how workplaces can embrace Neurodiversity, catering for neurodivergent folks as well as neurotypicals.

Hosts:

Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Rowan Quigley - @rquigley

Links:

Fern Brady https://www.tiktok.com/@cultofpinky/video/7230743131581353242
Piratesoftware - https://www.tiktok.com/@brainystreamers/video/7422629711127334177
Penn State - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_p0kKe6IE
Embracing Neurodiversity in IT: Building Inclusive Workplaces for All

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Episode 386: The Art of Conferencing Oct 29, 2024

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With JNUC and Macsysadmin last week, conference season is behind us for 2025. Tom and Marcus look back on the conference year that was and discuss how to get the most out of these awesome events

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

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Episode 385: Fall 2024 Releases with Apple Oct 16, 2024

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Jeremy Butcher returns to the Mac Admins Podcast to talk about this Fall's releases of new operating systems, a bit on Apple Intelligence, and how Mac Admins should be preparing for these latest releases.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Emily Kausalik-Whittle - @emilyooo

Guests:

Jeremy Butcher - LinkedIn

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Episode 384: Live from MacSysAdmin Gothenburg Oct 10, 2024

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Join Tom & Guests live from MacSysAdmin in Gothenburg Sweden 2024

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social

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Episode 383: Beth Johnson on Compliance Oct 01, 2024

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Beth Johnson's talk at MacAdmins this year was all about bringing Compliance routines to her organization, and we wanted to spend some time getting her to share more about the process, the tools, and most importantly, the philosophy behind her efforts. And we'll get into her incredibly beautiful slides, also.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Beth Johnson

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do8bxvpl7bA

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Episode 382: An API for Harmonized Tariff Codes, with Diamond Assets Sep 25, 2024

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Device Lifecycle is a massive topic for Mac Admins – what's the right length? how do you purchase? what devices keep their value? – and we're excited to have Kris Roesken from Diamond Assets here to tell us how their customers are approaching this interesting subject.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Kris Roesken - LinkedIn
Jeremy Egger - LinkedIn

Links:

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Episode 381: Enforcing minimum OS with Bushrat Chowdhury Sep 20, 2024

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Software Updates is a subject that is dear to the heart of all Mac Admins. Traditionally this was a task that we could only perform after devices were enrolled. Beginning with macOS 14, Automated Device Enrollment began to support the requirement of a Minimum OS Version, which allows us to mandate that the device is updated before we allow it to enroll into our device management system. This week, we'll talk with Bushrat Chowdhury of Jamf about the adaptation of this feature into the product.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom

Guests:

Bushrat Chowdhury - LinkedIn

Links:

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Episode 380: Jamf Setup Manager Sep 10, 2024

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It seems like it's onboarding assistants all the way down at the moment. Everyone has embraced the idea of ensuring our users are kept informed about what is going on when their device is being configured, but most of them share one thing in common - they run once the user has arrived at the desktop. Today we are going. to discuss Jamf Setup Manager, which runs before the setup assistant during enrollment.

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