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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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Wednesday, July 8
 

9:00am EDT

Python vs zsh for MacAdmins
Wednesday July 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Deans Hall 2
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Comparing python and zsh pros and cons for macadmin utility scripts and packaging
Speakers
avatar for Adam Wickert

Adam Wickert

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, USAA
I've been doing IT support since high school when I stumbled into fixing the Macs in our computer labs because the IT staff didn't know what to do with them. I’ve spent the last decade or so working in Mac enterprise management and presenting at conferences like Penn State MacAdmins... Read More →
avatar for Oscar Rodriguez

Oscar Rodriguez

Infrastructure Engineer
Oscar Rodriguez is an Infrastructure Engineer and Jamf Certified Expert specializing in macOS automation, software packaging, and CI/CD pipelines. He has helped lead a large-scale software distribution platform migration, built deployment automation in shell and python saving 1,000... Read More →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Automation / DevOps & Scripting   Intermediate

9:00am EDT

Permissions, Perils, Pedantry, and Configs: The Basics of PPPC
Wednesday July 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
207
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Privacy Preferences Policy Controls are Apple's attempt to balance automation, access, and users security. By updating the Transparency Control and Consent database, they manage access to sensors, services, and sensitive data. This session will cover the basics of their structure, capabilities, limitations, tools for building them, and considerations in deployment.
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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.
Wednesday July 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security & Compliance   Intermediate

10:45am EDT

Jamf as Code: Managing Scripts and Extension Attributes with GitLab CI
Wednesday July 8, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
207
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Managing Jamf scripts and Extension Attributes through the UI doesn’t scale. This session demonstrates how to treat Jamf objects as source-controlled code by syncing scripts and scripted computer Extension Attributes from Git into Jamf Pro using GitLab CI and the Jamf API. We’ll cover repository structure, safe update patterns, lifecycle handling, and production lessons learned.
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan Blasingame

Jonathan Blasingame

IT Support Systems Administrator, Missouri S&T
I am a systems administrator focused on Apple device management and automation. I work with Jamf Pro, APIs, and CI/CD tooling to scale macOS management through source-controlled workflows. My work emphasizes treating infrastructure and management content as code to improve reliability... Read More →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Automation / DevOps & Scripting   Intermediate

10:45am EDT

Get and set default apps with Utiluti
Wednesday July 8, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
208
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When just installing a desired app isn't enough, meet Armin Briegel's Utiluti, a flexible command-line tool for assessing and setting the default apps to be used by different file types. We'll review how file types are managed in macOS and how to use this tool in self-service and automated workflows.
Speakers
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 →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
208 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Tools / AI & Practical Solutions   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

Automate Anything! AutoPkg Processors for Everything
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 1
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This will cover what AutoPkg processors are, their importance in AutoPkg recipes, examples, and custom processors that I have made. It will also cover my best practices for creating new AutoPkg processors in general.
Speakers
avatar for James Stewart

James Stewart

DevOps Automation, BigFix
Systems Administrator, Software Developer, BigFix Expert
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Automation / DevOps & Scripting   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

FileVault 101
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 2
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This session discusses various topics related to Apple's FileVault 2 encryption on macOS, including information on how FileVault 2 works on Apple Silicon Macs and virtual machines, how to use Apple's fdesetup tool for managing FileVault 2 from the command line and how to use device management solutions to manage this encryption solution.
Speakers
avatar for Rich Trouton

Rich Trouton

Principal Client Engineer, Jamf
Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including university, government, medical research, advertising and enterprise software development. His current position is at... Read More →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Deans Hall 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security & Compliance   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

macOS Compliance for the Busy Admin
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
207
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Let’s use the new macOS Security Compliance (mSCP) 2.0 together to create and customize a security baseline. Then, I’ll show how to automate compliance using some management systems.
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 →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security & Compliance   Intermediate

3:15pm EDT

A Different Kind of Device Management: Simple, Unified Apple Management at Scale
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
205
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Your Apple device management tool isn’t the real problem. It sits inside a broader endpoint sprawl — multiple tools, multiple consoles, multiple sources of truth. And even within your Apple tooling, complexity piles upon complexity. In this session, Josh Schofield, NinjaOne's VP of Product Management, walks through a fundamentally different approach: unified policy management that works consistently across your entire Apple fleet, from zero-touch enrollment to ongoing compliance.

Note: This session will not be recorded.
Speakers
avatar for Josh Schofield

Josh Schofield

NinjaOne
Josh Schofield is the VP, Product Management at NinjaOne. With 20+ years of experience in technology, his expertise centers around helping IT practitioners automate and improve cyber hygiene. With a foundation in systems engineering and a passion for driving innovation, Schofield... Read More →
Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   Intermediate
 

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