Reverse mobileconfig Settings from AIR CB Secure Tester

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Morning All!I have setup computer-based testing in my district for years, but this will be the first "high stakes" test we give on 1:1 Macbooks. I have it rolled out on testing clients fine - AIR (College Board) provides a dmg with app, and a mobileconfig to assist in locking down all the necessary shortcuts a student could potentially use to break the rules. Problem is that the mobileconfig seriously hoses trackpad gestures, lookup, mission control, and more! I am trying to find the easiest way to reverse the changes it makes, so students can click to run in Self Service. Best idea I have so far is manually editing the mobileconfig and re-packaging, then run a script to install the new profile over the old one, then remove it from client, then reboot (to make all settings take effect). As far as editing settings back to useable, would I just change anything marked "false" to "true", and "0" to "1"? EA121912/9/2014 --> PayloadContent PayloadContent com.apple.symbolichotkeys Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings AppleSymbolicHotKeys 28 enabled value parameters 51 20 1179648 type standard 29 enabled value parameters 51 20 1441792 type standard 30 enabled value parameters 52 21 1179648 type standard 31 enabled value parameters 52 21 1441792 type standard 181 enabled value parameters 54 22 1179648 type standard 182 enabled value parameters 54 22 1441792 type standard 184 enabled value parameters 53 23 1179648 type standard 164 enabled value parameters 65535 65535 0 type standard 79 enabled 0 value parameters 65535 123 262144 type standard 80 enabled 0 value parameters 65535 123 393216 type standard 81 enabled 0 value parameters 65535 124 262144 type standard 82 enabled 0 value parameters 65535 124 393216 type standard PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.2 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID 2E6C0DC3-8A76-4187-B00B-514FBADE48D3 PayloadVersion 1 PayloadContent NSGlobalDomain.ByHost Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings com.apple.trackpad.fiveFingerPinchSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.fourFingerHorizSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.fourFingerPinchSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.fourFingerVertSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.threeFingerDragGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.threeFingerHorizSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.threeFingerTapGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.threeFingerVertSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.twoFingerFromRightEdgeSwipeGesture 0 com.apple.trackpad.version 5 PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.3 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID 7AC55E0C-1F09-49F8-8B4B-C15CF04E0268 PayloadVersion 1 PayloadContent com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings TrackpadFiveFingerPinchGesture 0 TrackpadFourFingerHorizSwipeGesture 0 TrackpadFourFingerPinchGesture 0 TrackpadFourFingerVertSwipeGesture 0 TrackpadThreeFingerHorizSwipeGesture 0 TrackpadThreeFingerTapGesture 0 TrackpadThreeFingerVertSwipeGesture 0 TrackpadTwoFingerFromRightEdgeSwipeGesture 0 UserPreferences version 12 PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.4 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID 3F272FED-B9EA-4EA0-B4F5-851C67A73B71 PayloadVersion 1 PayloadContent com.apple.AppleMultitouchMouse Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings MouseTwoFingerDoubleTapGesture 0 MouseTwoFingerHorizSwipeGesture 0 UserPreferences PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.5 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID FF578A93-6742-43F6-8FF9-E765DDEDF531 PayloadVersion 1 PayloadContent com.apple.dock Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings mcx-expose-disabled showDesktopGestureEnabled showLaunchpadGestureEnabled showMissionControlGestureEnabled showAppExposeGestureEnabled PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.6 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID EBC5E9B3-3B1C-4CB5-937A-7D311FFDB61B PayloadVersion 1 PayloadContent .GlobalPreferences Set-Once mcx_data_timestamp 2020-12-05T15:51:33Z mcx_preference_settings com.apple.keyboard.fnState com.apple.trackpad.forceClick PayloadEnabled PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.7 PayloadType com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences PayloadUUID 16403BF6-6E41-4B0D-BB30-856278B5EE73 PayloadVersion 1 PayloadDescription Common settings required for assessment applications. NOTE: Applies all settings, once, to all users on machine. Removing this profile and re-pushing it will cause settings to be overwritten if they were changed. Some settings require a restart before they take effect. PayloadDisplayName Common Assessment Application Settings PayloadIdentifier com.apple.commonassessmentsettings.1 PayloadOrganization Apple PayloadRemovalDisallowed PayloadScope System PayloadType Configuration PayloadUUID A18A0DE9-0A79-4422-9316-04CF2223F695 PayloadVersion 1

cboatwright · Answer

In case anyone runs a Google search here is my "resolution" which is just okay...
Created a second mobileconfig file reversing true/false and 0/1 on every key but PayloadEnabled, then packaged that up to deploy to clients putting both the original and new mobileconfig files in a tmp location for use by a script.
Script first does a profiles -R -F /location/of/original.mobileconfig
Then follows with profiles -I -F /location/of/new.mobileconfig
After a reboot all the changes that were made are reversed, and users have the option to set their own preferences for hotkeys, functions, gestures, siri, etc.

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