/r/macsysadmin/

r/macsysadmin

53k members
r/macsysadmin is a subreddit with 53k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, struggling, jamf, apple, and management, and they frequently recommend/review mdm, mdm solution, and backup solutions.
A subreddit for all things related to the administration of Apple devices.

Popular Themes in r/macsysadmin

#1
Solution Requests
: "Looking for enterprise-grade macOS MDM (moving away from Jamf) – real-world recommendations?"
3 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Any books on Mac OS architechture and internals?"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Storage Issues on Shared iPads Creating Update Problems"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/macsysadmin

#1

Looking

20 posts
#2

Struggling

6 posts
#3

Jamf

4 posts
#4

Apple

3 posts
#5

Management

2 posts
#6

Annoying

2 posts
#7

Adobe

2 posts
#8

Script

2 posts
#9

Mdm

2 posts
#10

Setup

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/macsysadmin

Mdm

86 reviews
#1
Mosyle
4.5 from 26 reviews
#2
Addigy
4.8 from 9 reviews
#3
AppTec360
5.0 from 8 reviews

Mdm Solution

45 reviews
#1
Jamf
4.8 from 9 reviews
#2
Mosyle
4.6 from 7 reviews
#3
ManageEngine
5.0 from 4 reviews
#1
Time Machine
4.8 from 6 reviews
#2
Backblaze
4.5 from 4 reviews
#3
Borg
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/macsysadmin

#1
Open Source Tool
: "Microsoft 365 Reset (1.0.0)"
21 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "Enterprise PCs are unreliable, unpatched, and unloved compared to Macs"
20 posts
#3
Jamf
: "Introducing NoMAD-Classic - a NoMAD v1 Universal macOS App"
12 posts
#4
New To Mac Administration
: "Work productivity on Mac with Windows dependency when your job still needs Windows tools"
10 posts
#5
macOS Updates
: "SUMB (Software Update Menu Bar)"
6 posts
#6
Software
: "There is now a macOS and Linux version of Notepad++ - called NotePadNext."
4 posts
#7
ABM/DEP
: "New Apple Business is launched. Turning on built in MDM does NOT invalidate your existing MDM connections"
3 posts
#8
Plist Configuration
: "Teams for Mac fires up ~3 seconds after first-login and beats Company Portal's device registration. Anyone actually solved this?"
3 posts
#9
FileVault
: "How to deal with FileVault keep locking users out?"
3 posts
#10
Networking
: "New entitlement reenables MAC-Address lookup from arp in iOS 27"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/macsysadmin

Yearly
+7k members(15.8%)

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Last updated: July 26, 2026