#477September 19 · 1 hr 10 min
Richard Glaser has been a Mac Admin for a long, long time, and we've got him on this week to talk about what it's like managing Macs for a whole university library system, the state of lab computing in 2026, and what's changed in more than 35 years of managing Macs at work!
Hosts:
Tom Bridge - @tbridge@theinternet.social
Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom
Selina Ali - LinkedIn
Guests:
Richard Glaser - LinkedIn
Links:
Workbrew, Punk Shows to Patch Management: Richard Glaser's Mac Admin Career
SLUG Magazine, New Band Spotlight: Road Frisbee
SLUG Magazine, February's Cover Band: Road Frisbee
SLUG Magazine, June 1990 Local/National Record and Tape Reviews
Nabil Ayers, "Punk in '86, Metal in '87"
Penguin Random House, Nabil Ayers bio / My Life in the Sunshine
IMDb, Pat McKee
IMDb public datasets, name.basics.tsv.gz and title.basics.tsv.gz
YouTube, Richard Glaser channel
IMDb, SLC Punk!
University of Utah UIT, Dave Huth / first Macs at the U
Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, October 2002
Archived macosxlabs.org participants page, December 2003
Archived macosxlabs.org about page, February 2002
Slashdot, "Mac OS X Labs Deployment Initiative," March 12, 2002
University of Utah, Mac OS X Deployment Overview
University of Utah, RunRR AppleScript for RevRdist
University of Utah, RevRdist ResEdit Hacks
University of Utah, MacAdministrator overview
University of Utah, Kerberos Authentication / MacAdministrator notes
University of Utah, Integrating Mac OS X on Campus
University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, March 21, 2001
University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 21, 2001
University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, December 19, 2001
University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, February 19, 2003
University of Utah Mac Managers meeting notes, November 17, 2004
University of Utah MacAdmins meeting category archive
University of Utah, November 2020 MacAdmins Meeting
University of Utah, NetBoot overview
University of Utah, Setup NetBoot Service on Mac OS X 10.6.x Client
University of Utah, Radmind single-user mode notes
University of Utah, Automate ASR Image Creation Using Radmind & Scripts
University of Utah, iTunes U Authentication & Authorization:
AFP548, MacEnterprise.org Wireless Security Webcast, October 21, 2004
MacTech, "Mac OS X Client Lab Security" webcast notice
WWDC 2004 Session 630, Network Administration Best Practices for Education
Engadget, "Mac OSX Labs expands to Mac Enterprise"
Archived MacEnterprise about-us page, February 2009
Archived MacEnterprise board announcement, May 2009
Archived MacEnterprise board nominations page, April 2009
MacAdmins Podcast Episode 199, Richard Glaser Talks Radmind, MacOSLabs
Penn State MacAdmins 2013, OS X Terminal Services - Richard Glaser
University of Utah UIT, Guest column: An update on the MacAdmin group
Apple Support, Platform Single Sign-on for macOS
Apple Developer Documentation, Platform Single Sign-on
Apple Developer Documentation, Enrolling with Platform Single Sign-on
MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Philip Rinehart
MacTech, MacEnterprise articles by Greg Neagle
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