/r/macsysadmin/

r/macsysadmin

52k members
r/macsysadmin is a subreddit with 52k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, macos, struggling, ddm, and jamf, 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
: "Any recommendations for mdm solution for laptops pricing"
13 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Company wants Addigy MDM + Kolide on my personal MacBook. Looking for advice."
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Single user has borked five(!!!) MacBooks Pros running macOS updates"
6 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Looking for a Mac IT apprentice in Pittsburgh."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/macsysadmin

#1

Looking

20 posts
#2

Macos

: "Macos Security Logs Collector"
9 posts
#3

Struggling

8 posts
#4

Ddm

: "Ddm OS Reminder (1.0.0)"
8 posts
#5

Jamf

: "Jamf goes from public to private in $2.2B acquisition deal"
6 posts
#6

Apple

3 posts
#7

Mdm

: "Okta + macOS Enrollment"
3 posts
#8

Macos Tahoe

: "On October 31, 2025, the Apple Device Support and Apple Deployment and Management courses will be replaced with new versions that cover iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and Macos Tahoe."
3 posts
#9

Platform Sso

: "macOS Platform Sso Band-Aid®"
3 posts
#10

Management

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)"
26 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "How Apple manage their own devices"
17 posts
#3
Jamf
: "Jamf goes from public to private in $2.2B acquisition deal"
13 posts
#4
macOS Updates
: "DDM OS Reminder (1.0.0)"
8 posts
#5
New To Mac Administration
: "Work productivity on Mac with Windows dependency when your job still needs Windows tools"
5 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
Scripting
: "macOS Security Logs Collector"
3 posts
#9
Packaging
: "It's 2025, how do you manage mac Apps with MDM?"
3 posts
#10
Plist Configuration
: "Teams for Mac fires up ~3 seconds after first-login and beats Company Portal's device registration. Anyone actually solved this?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/macsysadmin

Yearly
+7k members(15.9%)

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Last updated: July 1, 2026