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The MacAdmins Conference is a premier event for professionals who deploy, manage, and support devices across the Apple ecosystem. For more than 15 years, we have delivered high-quality sessions and hands-on workshops led by trusted voices in the MacAdmins community. Attendees come together to share real-world experience, practical solutions, and build lasting connections.
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Tuesday, July 7
 

6:45am EDT

Conference Registration
Tuesday July 7, 2026 6:45am - 4:00pm EDT
Registration Desk I
Welcome to the MacAdmins Conference at Penn State! Once you are settled, come visit us at the registration desk to get your name badge and conference information.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 6:45am - 4:00pm EDT
Registration Desk I Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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7:30am EDT

Breakfast 🧇 ☕
Tuesday July 7, 2026 7:30am - 8:45am EDT
Presidents Hall
Breakfast for all conference participants.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 7:30am - 8:45am EDT
Presidents Hall Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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8:20am EDT

Conference Welcome - Workshop Day
Tuesday July 7, 2026 8:20am - 8:45am EDT
Presidents Hall
Welcome to Day One! Get oriented to our day with some morning updates from a member of the conference steering committee.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 8:20am - 8:45am EDT
Presidents Hall Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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9:00am EDT

The Fundamentals: Get Started with Apple Device Management for New MacAdmins
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
206
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New to Mac administration or Apple device management? This full-day workshop gives you a clear view of today’s Apple management landscape and the core concepts you need to succeed. We’ll cover macOS fundamentals, vendor-agnostic MDM and DDM principles, essential tools and workflows, best practices, and practical resources. You’ll leave with a solid foundation to confidently build and manage your macOS program.

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Speakers
avatar for Jarrod Coombes

Jarrod Coombes

Tag you're it!, Menlo Park City School District
Systems administrator and cyber security specialist and Menlo Park City Elementary School District, I've been passionate about technology for many years, and I am just paranoid enough to be good at the security stuff that it needed these days on the internet.
avatar for Adam Selby

Adam Selby

Enablement Engineer, Workbrew
Adam Selby is the Enablement Engineer at Workbrew, helping MacAdmins manage and support tool choice through Homebrew in their organizations. Adam was previously a Lead Platform Engineer for macOS in the Financial Services Industry after a decade as an Apple-focused Systems Engineer... Read More →
avatar for Ross Matsuda

Ross Matsuda

Apple Systems Engineer, Ntiva
Ross Matsuda is an Apple Systems Engineer with Ntiva, 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 professionally... Read More →
avatar for Jeremey Kenney

Jeremey Kenney

Technology and Integrations Manager, GlobalMac IT
Jeremey Kenney is an IT leader with 18 years of experience in leadership and 12 years specializing in the Apple ecosystem. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, he has supported Apple technology from multiple perspectives‚ first as a Senior AppleCare Advisor and later in the managed services... Read More →
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop

9:00am EDT

How to edit your terrible tech writing
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
205
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Everything you write as an engineer is technical writing — email, computer dialogs, how-to guides, presentations, or scripts.

Today, we’re fighting our audience’s short attention span to get our messages across. But whose fault is it if they don’t pay attention? Optimize your writing to give it impact.

In a workshop, I can’t teach you how to write technical documentation, but I can show you how to improve what you have.

There’s no such thing as good writing — only good editing.


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Speakers
avatar for William Smith

William Smith

Technical Enablement Manager, Jamf
Bill works with other Jamfs, partners, certified engineers, and consultants to provide training, support, and documentation related to delivering services for Jamf customers._x000D_
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He enjoys teaching and writing about technology — both digital and analog — and has spoken at Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC), MacIT, MacTech, Penn State MacAdmins and other conferences... Read More →
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   All Levels

9:00am EDT

Scripting for (Not Just) Beginner MacAdmins: Building Habits, Not Just Scripts
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 1
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Shell scripting is a core skill for MacAdmins, but it’s often learned piecemeal under pressure. This hands-on workshop covers scripting fundamentals with a strong focus on real-world macOS workflows and good reliable scripting habits. We’ll talk through common pitfalls, testing strategies, and best practices for writing and deploying scripts via MDM. Whether you’re brand new or filling in gaps, you’ll leave with practical skills and confidence.

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Speakers
avatar for Adam Codega

Adam Codega

Senior IT Engineer
Adam gets excited by powering organizations to run with the best technology safely and securely. No, really. In IT since 2012, he has experience in consulting and Internal IT, and has stood up IT departments at multiple startups.
avatar for Trevor Sysock

Trevor Sysock

Second Son Consulting
Trevor is a Los Angeles based Apple Consultant. He is the author of the macOS open source projects Baseline and Renew, a member of the Installomator team, and a contributor to many other macOS open source projects.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   All Levels

9:00am EDT

I Didn't Want To Learn PowerShell, And So Can You!
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
207
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Charles is not a PowerShell advocate. He doesn't even like it very much. But even he will admit, PowerShell for macOS does what it says on the tin: It is, in fact, a command line shell with some considerable power, and it does a pretty good job automating tasks on macOS. Whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool bash scripter, or you've never ventured into the Terminal beyond pasting in "defaults write" commands, if you're PowerShell curious, this hands-on workshop is for you. It may even surprise you.

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Speakers
avatar for Charles Mangin

Charles Mangin

Bash scripts in a trenchcoat
Charles Mangin enjoys setting up camp at the intersections of his divergent interests: Analog and digital, creative and analytical, the old and the new. He’s been working with Macs for over three decades, having transitioned into IT by way of graphic design and web development... Read More →
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Fundamental

9:00am EDT

Automate Anything! Create AutoPkg Processor from scratch. / macOS GitOps: Building Secure and Versioned macOS Script Repos
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
208
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This full-day workshop combines two half-day workshops.

In the morning:
Automate Anything! Create AutoPkg Processor from scratch
This workshop will walk through the steps of creating an AutoPkg processor from start to finish. It will also cover testing the processor and creating example recipes from it.

In the afternoon:
macOS GitOps: Building Secure and Versioned macOS Script Repos
I once accidentally committed a sensitive API key to GitHub, and I only realized it when Security reached out to me. That is the reason I built Shikomi (https://github.com/maparker/shikomi), an open-source tool I built to help Mac Admins build scripts that are secure and versioned. We will use it as a framework to automate things like versioning, security scanning, and GitHub Actions.

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Speakers
avatar for James Stewart

James Stewart

DevOps Automation, BigFix
Systems Administrator, Software Developer, BigFix Expert
avatar for Matt Parker

Matt Parker

IT Engineer - Mac Systems, Performance Predictions
Matt Parker is an IT Engineer with 20+ years of experience, specializing in Apple-based systems. His career spans higher education, banking, MSPs, and startups. He is dedicated to providing expert support and solutions for Mac users.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
208 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Intermediate

9:00am EDT

mSCP 2.0: The Quest for More Compliance
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 2
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This session will educate admins on the changes and the process of developing and deploying a working security baseline with version 2.0 of the macOS Security Compliance Project. We'll cover what's new from 1.0 and, similar to our session in 2023, have you build your own baselines live. Note: You did not have to be at the 2023 session to know what's going on here.

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Speakers
avatar for John Mahlman IV

John Mahlman IV

Board Member, Mac Admins Foundation
I have over 15 years of platform engineering experience mainly with macOS but recently with Linux as well. I am a contributor to the macOS Security Compliance project and the macOS CIS Benchmarks and very active within those communities. I have been a planning member of the Greater... Read More →
avatar for Matt Woodruff

Matt Woodruff

VP Solutions, MBS
Happily at MBS, formerly Jamf & Apple corporate, co-author JCE, helper on mSCP
avatar for Cody Keats

Cody Keats

Senior Endpoint Engineer, Coursera
Senior Endpoint Engineer at Coursera with deep experience managing Apple and Linux systems across higher education, government, and high-compliance environments, focused on streamlining workflows, securing endpoints, and advancing open-source tooling for macOS compliance.Lead developer... Read More →
Tuesday July 7, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Workshop   Intermediate

12:00pm EDT

Lunch 🥪
Tuesday July 7, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
Presidents Hall
Lunch for all conference participants.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
Presidents Hall Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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4:45pm EDT

Speaker's Meeting
Tuesday July 7, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Deans Hall 2
MacAdmins? Speakers ONLY
Meeting for MacAdmins' Speakers to meet the conference staff, get room orientation, and Q/A.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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5:00pm EDT

Conference Opening and Dinner
Tuesday July 7, 2026 5:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Presidents Hall
Kick off the conference with dinner and a great opportunity to network with colleagues, speakers, sponsors, and the conference staff.

Join us in Presidents Hall for dinner and opening remarks and special presentations. Later, enjoy dessert, games, and great conversation in the Penn Stater Courtyard. An on-site bar will be available and accepts both cash and card.
Tuesday July 7, 2026 5:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Presidents Hall Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
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