Mac Admins Podcast

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Episode 458: Learning new things with Ulrik Aabye-Hansen Apr 21, 2026

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Ulrik Aabye-Hansen has made a career by teaching people in the Mac Admins Community, and his conference talks are both education and culture. This week, we're talking with him about learning philosophy and how he approaches this critical topic, so we can all learn just a bit more from him as well.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Ulrik Aabye-Hansen - LinkedIn

Links:

Friday the JQth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5uCXY21DAs
jsonlives.com

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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 457: Consulting Conferences with Justin Esgar Apr 14, 2026

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The ACES conference enters its 12th year this spring with a May event in Minneapolis. Targeted at those people who manage Macs as consultants and at managed service providers, this year's conference has a bunch of new events. Here to tell us all about it is conference founder and longtime Mac Admin Justin Esgar.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Justin Esgar - LinkedIn

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Episode 456: Patrick Wardle on iOS Security Apr 08, 2026

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iOS security is an important topic that we don't talk about nearly enough. The current moment is driving a lot of people to understand it better, though! Let's dive in on iOS Security! We wanted to talk about iOS security. There's been a lot of conversations lately about how our personal devices can sell us out, and how attackers can come after your mobile devices, both personal and corporate.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Patrick Wardle - LinkedIn

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Episode 455: Encyclopedia Bufftanica Apr 01, 2026

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There are some people in the workplace that you know you can always count on to have an answer for a really obscure question or a tool to point you in the right direction for finding those esoteric bits of knowledge. Someone where every time you talk to them they absolutely blow your mind with some new piece of information or fun new tool in the workplace. Today's guest is one of those people- someone whose every response prompts immediate note taking and bookmarking because some day - we'll need those obscure facts while troubleshooting a problem and they will have it.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Mark Buffington - LinkedIn

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Episode 454: Ten Year Podiversary Mar 23, 2026

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It was March 2016 when the first episode of the Mac Admins Podcast dropped, lead by the theme song that Adam Codega composed the first time he opened garage band. Hard to believe it! What's changed since 2016? What's the same? What do we think will be the same in 2036 if we're still doing this?

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn
James Smith - LinkedIn

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Episode 453: Mac Admins Europe Mar 18, 2026

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This April 30th, Mac Admins Europe launches for the first time in Leiden, Netherlands. Mischa van der Bent is here to tell us all about why this event exists, what to expect at the very first instance, and how the world is changing for Mac Admins.

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Mischa van der Bent - LinkedIn
Armin Briegel - LinkedIn

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Episode 452: ICEout.tech Mar 11, 2026

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JR Rasberry and Adam Solove on ICEOut.tech

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

JR Rasberry - LinkedIn
Adam Solove - LinkedIn

Links:

https://www.404media.co/marc-benioff-jokes-ice-is-watching-salesforce-employees-who-traveled-to-the-u-s/
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (https://www.ilcm.org/) and Unidos MN (https://unidos-mn.org/). Both orgs are providing critical support to low-income immigrants in MN
https://www.mnmad.org/ Minnesota Mutual Aid directory
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ - local gofundmes and mutual aid
Stand by Me x The People United https://bsky.app/profile/taylordahlin.com/post/3mdeijmip522z
Singing Resistance : https://linktr.ee/singingresistance
Cameron McCloud (Artist): https://www.instagram.com/cureforparanoia/#

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Episode 451: MacAD.UK 2026 Mar 04, 2026

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Liam Donnelly from Jigsaw24 joins us to talk about MacAD 2026!

Hosts:

Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Selina Ali - LinkedIn

Guests:

Liam Donnelly - LinkedIn

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Episode 450: Device Attestation and CAs in 2026 Feb 26, 2026

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PKI can be a real adventure, from dealing with minting certificates, to their whole lifecycle, all the way down to who trusts what and why. We're here this week with Smallstep's CEO Mike Malone to talk about device attestation, their latest projects, and everything about how we learn to better trust each other when we can, and what to do when we can't.

Hosts:

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

Guests:

Mike Malone - LinkedIn

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Episode 449: Just Us: Ai Ai Ai... Feb 19, 2026

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It's just us this week, and we're talking about AI - Apple Intelligence, "Apple" Intelligence, and Apple "Intelligence" - as we dive into a few key developments. The 26.3 group of releases is upon us, along with new Gemini models coming to Siri, and the hopes of new hardware!

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