2026 MacAdmins Conference: Grid

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.

Registration is now OPEN!

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Registration Desk I

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How to edit your terrible tech writing / Troubleshooting Inclusion: Leveraging Neurodivergent Strengths for Effective Collaboration 9:00am - 4:30pm

Scripting for (Not Just) Beginner MacAdmins: Building Habits, Not Just Scripts 9:00am - 4:30pm

I Didn't Want To Learn PowerShell, And So Can You! 9:00am - 4:30pm

The Fundamentals: Get Started with Apple Device Management for New MacAdmins 9:00am - 4:30pm

mSCP 2.0: The Quest for More Compliance 9:00am - 4:30pm

Automate Anything! Create AutoPkg Processor from scratch. / macOS GitOps: Building Secure and Versioned macOS Script Repos 9:00am - 4:30pm

Speaker's Meeting 4:45pm - 5:15pm

Breakfast 🧇 ☕ 7:30am - 8:45am

Conference Welcome - Workshop Day

Lunch 🥪 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Conference Opening and Dinner 5:00pm - 7:45pm

Conference Registration 6:45am - 4:00pm

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Sponsor Session: Alectrona 9:00am - 10:15am

Sponsor Session: Workbrew 10:45am - 12:00pm

Sponsor Session: Addigy 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Sponsor Session: Ninja One 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Breakfast 🍊🫖 7:30am - 8:45am

Conference Welcome 8:20am - 8:45am

Lunch 🥪 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Lunch and Visit our Sponsors 12:30pm - 1:15pm

Conference Registration 7:30am - 4:00pm

Permissions, Perils, Pedantry, and Configs: The Basics of PPPC 9:00am - 10:15am

Session Coming Soon 10:45am - 12:00pm

An Introduction to SNMP 1:30pm - 2:45pm

macOS Compliance for the Busy Admin 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Platform SSO State of the Union 9:00am - 10:15am

Get and set default apps with Utiluti 10:45am - 12:00pm

The "Day One" Standard: Frictionless Onboarding with Okta 1:30pm - 2:45pm

What's New in Munki 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Terminal Survival Kit: CLI Skills for New Mac Admins 9:00am - 10:15am

macOS 27: What You Need To Know 10:45am - 12:00pm

Maximizing macOS: EVEN MORE Insider Tips for Efficient Mac Administration 1:30pm - 2:45pm

MUSKY: Help Desk tools for Students and Faculty 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Imposter Syndrome, Anxiety, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves 9:00am - 10:15am

Real-World Parenting for the Mac Admin 10:45am - 12:00pm

The Remote System Admin: Thriving Without Burning Out 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Session Coming Soon! 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Python vs zsh for MacAdmins 9:00am - 10:15am

Jamf as Code: Managing Scripts and Extension Attributes with GitLab CI 10:45am - 12:00pm

Everyday Git for Overworked MacAdmins 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Automate Anything! AutoPkg Processors for Everything 3:15pm - 4:30pm

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Sponsor Session: Twocanoes 9:00am - 9:45am

Sponsor Session: Parallels 10:00am - 11:00am

Sponsor Session: Fleet 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Sponsor Session: Console 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Sponsor Session: Mac Admins Foundation 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Breakfast 🥞 🥛 7:30am - 8:45am

Lunch and Visit our Sponsors 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Lunch and Visit our Sponsors 12:30pm - 1:15pm

MacAdmins AMA! 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Conference Registration 7:30am - 4:00pm

Managing the Unmanageable: How Snap Inc. (Snapch... 9:00am - 9:45am

Managing Student Media Makers 10:00am - 11:00am

From recipe to reality: Automating software depl... 11:15am - 12:00pm

Apple Intelligence & Private Cloud Compute 1:15pm - 2:15pm

MDM Migrations - Intune Edition 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Mobile Device Management - Working to Get it Right 4:15pm - 5:15pm

From Chaos to Follow-Me: Implementing PaperCut M... 9:00am - 9:45am

Seamless Endpoint Branding at Scale: Dynamic Customization for m... 10:00am - 11:00am

How Root went Mac First 11:15am - 12:00pm

Rock the Cache-Bar! Apple Content Caching Explained 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Applying AI to Log Analysis 2:50pm - 3:50pm

S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N. is Back Again 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Wait, We Have to Be What? Making Sense of Compli... 9:00am - 9:45am

What’s New for IT 10:00am - 11:00am

The Mac Admin Playbook – From First Device to Fu... 11:15am - 12:00pm

The Journey of Apple Issue Escalation 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Mac Administration and the basics 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Put Down the MDM Config for a Minute: Let’s Fall Back in Love wi... 4:15pm - 5:15pm

How to Chat with Sponsors 9:00am - 9:45am

Transforming Asset Management with SwiftDialog and APIs 10:00am - 11:00am

FileVault 101 11:15am - 12:00pm

Seven Reasons Why You Should Store Metadata on Your Macs 1:15pm - 2:15pm

TCP/IP Networking Foundations 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Apple Platform Security 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Support as Relationship: How Human-Centred IT Bu... 9:00am - 9:45am

Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture 10:00am - 11:00am

Open Source Contributions Don't Have to Be Code 11:15am - 12:00pm

Security Called: How I Turned a Scripting Disaster into a GitOps... 1:15pm - 2:15pm

Not broken, just different: Working with ADHD, anxiety, and neur... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Navigating LGBT Challenges and Building Support in IT a year lat... 4:15pm - 5:15pm

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Sponsor Session: Company to Be Announced 9:00am - 10:15am

Sponsor Session: Company to Be Announced 10:45am - 12:00pm

Breakfast 🥐 7:30am - 8:45am

Lunch and Conference Wrap-up! 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Conference Registration 8:00am - 11:00am

Intune my Mac 9:00am - 10:15am

Dr. Strangeprofile or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Legacy Profil... 10:45am - 12:00pm

The Evolution of macOS Identity: PSSO, Network Relay, and What’s Next 9:00am - 10:15am

Rosetta's Retirement Party: How to Prepare 10:45am - 12:00pm

The Secret-Free Fleet: A Security-First Approach to JIT Admin and MDM Automation 9:00am - 10:15am

Discover The Troubleshooting Tools in Your Mac, Gilligan's Island Edition 10:45am - 12:00pm

AI Got Good: Now What? 9:00am - 10:15am

LARPing LAPS with Jamf 10:45am - 12:00pm

Create your own PowerShell Module 9:00am - 10:15am

From Manually Run Scripts to Automation: GitHub Actions for Mac Admins 10:45am - 12:00pm

2026 MacAdmins Conference

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