Archive for category: PSU MacAdmins

This year many attendees of the Penn State Mac Admins Conference likened the experience to summer camp. I described it as the feeling of gluttony, and as I’m a bit of an enthusiast, I’m still recovering from intellectual overload. It felt different than previous years – personally that may be […]

Interrupting the offseason, here’s a discussion we recorded between Tim Perfitt and Dave Test, live at the 2014 Penn State Mac Admins Conference. Tim gives a little background about how iBeacon and Passbook were utilized at the conference, and Dave talks about the integration between them and the impossible-to-pronounce sched.org. Hope this […]

Thanks to all the great presenters at PSU MacAdmins this year and @frogor (Michael Lynn) on twitter, here is a partial list of presenter slides that were posted to Twitter under the #psumac hashtag:   Modular Image Creation Beyond the Thunderdome: Managing OS X without OS X Automate yourself out […]

Have experience on a Mac or iOS system administrator topic and want to share? We are looking for engaging, well-crafted sessions that showcase the latest tools and strategies for managing Macs and iOS devices. If you are interested in the opportunity to present a session or two, please submit your […]

The slides and videos for this year’s PSU MacAdmins is now available.  You can find them here. Nate WalckNate is a Systems Reliability Engineer at Dropbox, Inc in San Francisco, CA. He runs afp548.com along with Sam Keeley and is one of the founding members of the ##osx-server IRC channel […]

Here are some notes from my recent sessions at PSU MacAdmins: More Munki Tricks Slides Examples   Practical Python for Mac Admins Slides Bonus Material   It was a fantastic year at PSU MacAdmins and I look forward to next year. Nate WalckNate is a Systems Reliability Engineer at Dropbox, […]

These are some resources from my Security session at PSU MacAdmins 2013: Slides – PSU MacAdmins 2013 Security Web resources: Managing OS X – Payload Free Package template Matt’s Mac Blog – Making use of the /etc/authorization file in Lion / 10.7.x Scripts: https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/1060089beca35ae77bc7 https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/fab1280165ba9c51d017 https://gist.github.com/keeleysam/9de97f29698725675afd Samuel KeeleySamuel Keeley can frequently be […]

The PSU MacAdmins Conference tweeted that the schedule is now available.  You can check out the schedule here.  This year is full of great sessions and has something for everyone.  Both Sam Keeley and I have sessions at the conference, which we look forward to seeing you at! Nate WalckNate […]

The session listing for PSU MacAdmins 2013 has been posted.  There are a ton of great sessions this year with something for everyone.  There are sessions that are suited for beginners and others that even veteran Mac Admins will get a lot out of.  PSU MacAdmins has quickly become a must-attend for […]

The PSU MacAdmins 2013 Call for Proposals has been open for around a month, so get your proposals in before it is too late.  If you are not sure what to talk on, take a look at their Call for Proposals page to get an idea for a session.  If […]