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glennuJamf Heroes

From Dinner to Data Breach, A Tale of Tech Support at HomeBlog

The Dinner Table Tech DeskLet’s be honest, we’ve all been there - so let me paint the picture. It’s the holidays, everyone is gathered around the table, you’ve managed to dodge most of the argument inducing conversations and you’re about to take that

SimpleSkyeNew Contributor

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Password Expiration Date Incorrect

Hello everyone!On every mac using JC3 / SS+, the “Local Account Password Expires” counter never shows a correct days number, no matter what I try.-Kerberos is valid.-Signed out and back into SS+.-Changing the PW using the integrated workflow WILL cha

SteebieNew Contributor

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Microsoft's New Platform SSO with registration during Automated Device Enrollment on MacOS

Hi everyone! Looks like Microsoft may have finally released a compatible version of Company Portal for simplified platform SSO to work with JamfPro and Intune :). I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s been keeping an eye out for Microsoft to release

FerrisBNAContributor

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Jamf Connect, Kerberos Error 4, and Password Expires in X days not updating

Happy Monday! So I just came across this issue. When a user tries to change their password using Jamf Connect, they get this Kereberos error 4.So they go into Okta and change it there. Later Jamf prompts them that the Local Password and Network pas

LysetteBCommunity Manager

🚨 Live Workshop May 27th: Make your Keynote slides stand out!

Hey Jamf Nation! 👋 🎤 Free live workshop: Keynote tips and tricks for your best presentation yet.👉🏼 May 27. Register now → https://jamf.it/JamfNationEvents Here's the deal. 👇Whether you just found out you're speaking at JNUC (congratulations!) or you

MarveHarriNew Contributor

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VPP Assigned Apps asking for Apple Account sign in whenever opened

I am suddenly having an issue with JAMF deployed apps. I’m only seeing the issue happening on 3 apps that are paid for. The apps deploy properly to the iPads but are now prompting the user to sign in to an Apple Account whenever the app is opened on

_gsmValued Contributor

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OS Update Policies

I’m curious to know how other organizations are handling OS updates. Not so much in terms of applying them but more so in terms of testing. How long do you typically defer updates in your environment? What is your testing methodology and criteria for

talkingmooseCommunity Manager

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New feature: How to change your Jamf Pro timeout

Hi folks!Here’s a nice little quality-of-life improvement released just yesterday.If you’re a Jamf Cloud customer and want to change the 20-minute timeout period for Jamf Pro, now you can manage it by integrating with Jamf Account — using just a Jamf

red_beardValued Contributor

K-12 EDU Admins

Looping app installs or repeated update requests on macOS via Jamf Teacher

Two things are happening to our Macs as we try and bring them into Jamf School.installing app updates in Jamf Teacher, the user is prompted to install the same updates again and again. Never ending app install spinners. Seems to be related at times t

paczo_xyzVisitor

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Designing a scalable Jamf architecture for multiple macOS device types

Hey folks! I am looking for some real-world architecture advice from people managing more segmented Jamf environments.In previous companies, my Jamf setup was relatively straightforward:- one main device type,- mostly shared configurations,- common a

SimpleSkyeNew Contributor

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Password Expiration Date Incorrect

Hello everyone!On every mac using JC3 / SS+, the “Local Account Password Expires” counter never shows a correct days number, no matter what I try.-Kerberos is valid.-Signed out and back into SS+.-Changing the PW using the integrated workflow WILL cha

FerrisBNAContributor

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Jamf Connect, Kerberos Error 4, and Password Expires in X days not updating

Happy Monday! So I just came across this issue. When a user tries to change their password using Jamf Connect, they get this Kereberos error 4.So they go into Okta and change it there. Later Jamf prompts them that the Local Password and Network pas

MarveHarriNew Contributor

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VPP Assigned Apps asking for Apple Account sign in whenever opened

I am suddenly having an issue with JAMF deployed apps. I’m only seeing the issue happening on 3 apps that are paid for. The apps deploy properly to the iPads but are now prompting the user to sign in to an Apple Account whenever the app is opened on

red_beardValued Contributor

K-12 EDU Admins

Looping app installs or repeated update requests on macOS via Jamf Teacher

Two things are happening to our Macs as we try and bring them into Jamf School.installing app updates in Jamf Teacher, the user is prompted to install the same updates again and again. Never ending app install spinners. Seems to be related at times t

AndixonContributor

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Enrolling with management server Failed (502)

Hi,I really hope that someone here can help me with this. We have had this error for a few weeks now and I am getting a little desperate here. Jamf and Apple support have not been able to provide a solution either.Some of our Macs are getting the “En

nickconway1New Contributor

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Issues with Jamf Connect/Self Service+

Running into these messages when trying to log into Self Service+ 2.21.0. No changes have been made in Okta or in Jamf. Its also saying my password isn out of sync when no changes have been made there either. Wondering if this is a bug considering 2.

user-jsNuMFKrwVNew Contributor

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New Simplified Setup for Platform Single Sign-On on MacOS 26

Hi,with MacOS 26 Tahoe Apple introduced the new Simplified Setup for Platform Single Sign-On. Both Jamf Pro and Jamf School support this new feature in theory, but I was not able to get it working with Jamf School using Microsoft Entra.Jamf School su

joseuNew Contributor

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Issues with Automated Enrollment

Hi All, Is anyone else having issues with enrolling MacBooks in their Jamf Pro environments? Every time we've tried to enroll a new MacBook Pro this week we're getting hit with "Enrolling with management server failed. Unexpected error (MDMRespo

ckrausehVisitor

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Getting data out of a json file from an API call

Hello there, Im a bit rusty so any help would be appreciated.Im writing a script in jamf pro which uses the computers-inventory API to grab info on a specific computer. So far I have thiscomputerID=$(sudo jamf recon | grep computer_id | cut -f2 -d '&

ThomMJamf Heroes

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Automate recalculating Jamf App Catalog titles?

I know this has been a “feature, not a bug” for a while with Jamf App Catalog titles but it’s becoming enough of a problem that I would REALLY like a better solution. The problem:Macs fall into a Smart Group being used for scoping of Jamf App Catalo

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