July Meetup

We’re excited to welcome you to the next edition of our Berlin MacAdmins Meetup — this time at a very "Berlin like" location, right next to the world famous Berghain.

This time, not exactly in our common frequency, we are delighted to welcome Mr. Apple Security himself, Patrick Wardle, Founder of Objective-See.

Join fellow MacAdmins, IT professionals, and Apple ecosystem enthusiasts for an evening of knowledge-sharing and community exchange.

⚠️ This meetup will be on a Tuesday, and not on Wednesday like usual. ⚠️

💡 Talk 1: "Dangers of Dylibs" by Patrick Wardle

On macOS, advanced adversaries have long leveraged dynamic libraries for code injection, persistence, and other malicious techniques. Yet security tools have traditionally overlooked them because macOS lacked comprehensive mechanisms to enumerate and monitor loaded libraries. This talk introduces practical detection techniques that remain largely undocumented, including enumerating loaded libraries in running processes and using Endpoint Security to observe dylib loads in real time.

💡 Talk 2: "Making Mac Users More Productive: The Hard Case for Keyboard Shortcuts" by Nicolai Wirth

Every Mac Admin knows the type: the user who reaches for the trackpad to do something a two-key shortcut would handle in a fraction of the time. Multiply that across a whole organization, and the lost hours add up fast.

In this talk, Nicolai Wirth (Founder of Mac Business Coaching) makes the case that keyboard shortcuts aren't just a nice-to-have for power users — they're one of the most underrated levers for real productivity gains across a Mac fleet. Drawing on his work coaching Mac users in business environments, he'll dig into why shortcuts so often aren't known at all, what actually changes user behavior, and how IT teams can help their users work faster without turning every rollout into a training marathon. The talk focuses on the difficult task of actually teaching productivity: not just explaining features, but changing behavior.

Expect practical takeaways you can bring back to your own users — and maybe a few shortcuts you didn't know yourself.

🕖 Schedule

→ 19:00 – Doors open, drinks & networking
→ 19:20 – Welcome
→ 19:30 – Talk: “Dangers of Dylibs”
→ 20:15 – Talk: "Making Mac Users More Productive: The Hard Case for Keyboard Shortcuts"
→ ~21:00 – Q&A, open discussions, followed Networking with fellow Berlin MacAdmins

🔗 Community Links

Stay connected with the Berlin MacAdmins community:

• LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8971462/

• MacAdmins Slack (#berlin_mac_admins): https://macadmins.slack.com/archives/CFEUHA7D0

• Official Website: https://berlinmacadmins.github.io 

🙏 Thanks to our Sponsor 🙏

This meetup is proudly supported by Jamf, thanks for taking care of the location and, especially, the 🍻 snacks & drinks.