2026 MacAdmins Conference: Full Schedule

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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1:15pm EDT

Security Called: How I Turned a Scripting Disaster into a GitOps Pipeline

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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I once accidentally committed a sensitive API key to GitHub, and I only realized it when Security reached out to me. That "Oh, no!" moment was the reason I built Shikomi, (https://github.com/maparker/shikomi). This session introduces my open-source framework designed to help Mac Admins move away from risky, manual script management. I'll show you how to use Shikomi to automate an efficient process that handles things like versioning, security scanning, and GitHub Actions with secret prevention.

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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.

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Automation / DevOps & Scripting Intermediate

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1:15pm EDT

The resume of the new Apple admin

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

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You know FileVault, configuration profiles, and DDM. But can you name their Windows and Linux counterparts? IT teams are getting leaner and more AI-augmented, and the admins who thrive are the ones who can manage anything — not just Apple. Broaden your platform expertise and you broaden your career. This session translates the Apple concepts you already know into Windows and Linux equivalents, so you can make yourself invaluable at any company across every OS.

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Kitzy

Customer Solutions Architect, Fleet

Kitzy is a Customer Solutions Architect at Fleet and co-founder of The Mac Admins Slack. With 15+ years in Mac administration and device management, they've built tools like FleetImporter and spoken at conferences including X-World, MacADUK, and Penn State Mac Admins. They've previously... Read More →

Harrison Ravazzolo

Solutions Consultant, Fleet Device Management

Harrison is a Solutions Engineer for Fleet Device Management. He’s passionate about improving IT workflows and approaching problems and solutions through a lens of security. Before entering tech, he was a sourdough bread baker in San Francisco.

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Sponsor Tools / AI & Practical Solutions / Automation / DevOps & Scripting / Device Management & MDM Intermediate

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2:50pm EDT

Prompt, Don't Script: Designing Agentic IT Automation You Can Trust

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

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Every Mac admin has written a script that works great — until it hits the one weird case you didn't plan for. This session looks at a different approach: plain-language playbooks that an AI agent reasons through at runtime. Instead of locking automation into code, you describe the workflow, test it, see where it breaks, and refine — the same describe-build-debug loop you'd know from an agentic coding tool, brought to IT.

Speakers

Clint Guerrero

Engineer, Console

Clint Guerrero is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Console and a Mac user of 20+ years. He spent years as an engineer at Twitter and Meta, building systems at Twitter that automatically resolved nearly half of inbound support requests, and partner integration and payments tooling at... Read More →

Mateo Davis

Engineering Lead, Console

Mateo is an engineering lead at Console, where he works on identity governance and administration and agentic IT automation. He spent years in access governance at Veza, an identity security startup later acquired by ServiceNow, building systems that helped enterprises manage who... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Sponsor Intermediate

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2:50pm EDT

Applying AI to Log Analysis

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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Manually inspecting log messages can be a time-consuming task. This emphasizes a need for automated techniques. AI systems can help automate the process of log analysis. By seeing a detailed approach to analyzing logs with AI automation, the goal is attendees will understand how they can enhance their workflows with higher accuracy and save time in the process.

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Gabriel Jordan

Mac and iOS Administrator

Gabriel has worked at New Life Church for nearly 7 years. As a Mac admin, he has a Master's in Computer Science and received certifications in ITIL 4 Foundation and Apple Certified Support Professional.

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Tools / AI & Practical Solutions Intermediate

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4:15pm EDT

S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. is Back Again

Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

Deans Hall 1

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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 the latest features of the super update workflow.

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Kevin White

Instigator, 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 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Deans Hall 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Tools / AI & Practical Solutions Intermediate

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