My organization is looking to rely less on local admin accounts. We mainly use admin accounts that exist in our IdP (Okta) to preform any tasks that needs hands on elevated permissions. We do have a managed admin account set up with LAPs to rotate a password, but prefer to avoid that if possible. The issue we run into if one of our admin accounts does not already exist on the machine we can not simply enter credentials if it needs elevated permissions. Is there a way, or has anyone made a script to prompt the Jamf Connect log in window if a user is already signed in? Something where this would create a user similar to a Windows experience with a UAC prompt.

I never configured a separate patch policy for Jamf connect I just went into Settings--Jamf Apps---Jamf Connect and have the Automatically Deploy and Update Jamf Connect configured.  Currently it shows the latest version and Minor\\Maintenace is selected. I notice that for some reason I only have a handful of devices that are on the current release and the others are on various older versions.    What triggers Jamf Connect to upgrade?   Where would I see why it is failing

We're looking at our options for patch management/app updates. Many of our apps are available in either the Mac Store or Jamf store so we could just use automatic updates. Is there a best practice? Is it better to use automatic updates or use patch management?

My district uses Jamf School to manage iPads.  We set wallpapers for each school and prevent students from changing the wallpaper.  Students found a couple of loopholes in iPadOS 17 that allowed them to change the wallpaper (via Focus and by setting a picture from the Photos app as background).  These loopholes are resolved, but some of the iPads still have the wallpaper students set.  The wallpaper hasn't reset to the assigned wallpaper after checking in or after reinstalling the profile that sets the wallpaper.  For some iPads we've tested, we can only get the wallpaper to reset after erasing the device. We can continue to erase iPads as needed to correct this (most could probably benefit from this anyway), but is there another solution we could try to force the wallpaper back to the assigned wallpaper?  

I don't know if this is possible, but does anyone have a way to create a smart group where the operating system has done a major version upgrade in the past 24 hours?   I'm prepping for a Sequoia rollout and want to have some idea of which machines upgrade each day.  I use an erase-install Self Service process for the upgrades but the policy never technically finishes as it gets killed when the Sequoia installer restarts, so I can't rely on policy logs.

Did anyone had luck getting Accessibility to "allow" for Microsoft Teams application?Tried using PPPC and allowed Accessibility for Teams but its not working. As a standard user, I'm not able to allow it.can anyone help to fix this.

Today we are releasing Jamf Pro 11.13; highlights include: Admin SSOAdministrators can use Admin SSO as a single sign-on (SSO) method to log in to Jamf Pro. Admin SSO, configured in Jamf Account, allows you to use a centralized configuration for each Jamf product instead of separate single sign-on integrations. Admin SSO allows you to log into Jamf Account using either a cloud-based identity provider (IdP) or your Jamf ID. Self Service+Self Service+ is an enhancement to the Self Service end user application for macOS that allows users to access content and updates that have been preconfigured in Jamf Pro. Using Self Service+, end users can now view security status via the home screen's Security dashboard if Jamf Protect is installed on the device.   For additional information on what's included in this release, review the release notes via the Jamf Learning Hub. See the latest release notes video for a brief overview of new features and enhancements.   To access new versio

We hare looking at setup manager to replace our Depnotify config as its not supported any more. We have setup an HTTPS distribution point on an IIS server with anonymous share access added the signed setup manager pkg, uploaded the manifest file to jamf and setup the prestage enrollment package to deploy setup manager. Setup manager launches and starts configuring and trying to deployment packages When trying to deploy packages (from another HTTPS distribution point with authentication required) the deployments fail. Is this the case that all packages you want to deploy with setup manager need to be setup on an anonymous share accessible to all? meaning licensed software can be downloaded by anyone that knows the URL (on campus at least) Maybe I am missing something but this seems like a bad idea? When I do enable anonymous share access and set authentication type to none on the distribution share the packages deploy.

Hi Everyone,After upgrading the operating system to Sonoma, I noticed that I could not see the Profiles section. I see the message in the screenshot below. Has anyone encountered this situation? Does anyone know the solution? 

Afternoon All So Im going through a process of removing a reduant local admin account from our fleet.It most cases I have been able to pass the secure token from one admin account to another admin account which I know the password for. This has worked in most cases.I assume there isnt a way to remove the secure token from that admin account only which then would alllow me to remove the admin account.I confused by most of these machines have another secure token user however they are not admin. Just trying to get my head around why I cant remove the admin account if another account also has a secure token. Machine in some cases have Filevault turn on and we do us jamf connect.Thanks

Hey, Macos 15 (and IOS 18) add support for controlling Safari extensions enablement using DDM - https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/safariextensionsettingsIs it supported on jamf already? didn't see anything about it in the recent release notes. If not, any plan to add jamf support for this configuration anytime soon?

We deploy our updates monthly and use autopkgr or installomator to install the updates. It seems we always have issues with Adobe Products updating. There is always a handful of devices that it fails to install on. I was using a script to check it was open and then close it and that seemed to help a little. These devices are getting other 3rd party updates just fine.  When I go to the policy log, it shows the below. Executing Policy Update Adobe Acrobat Downloading Adobe Acrobat DC-24.005.20320.pkg... Downloading https://xxx.jamfcloud.com/jcds/downloads/Adobe%20Acrobat%20DC-24.005.20320.pkg... Verifying package integrity... Installing Adobe Acrobat DC-24.005.20320.pkg... Installation failed. The installer reported: installer: Package name is Adobe Acrobat (24.005.20320) installer: Upgrading at base path / installer: The upgrade failed. (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. An error occurr

Our infrastructure is team is doing a bunch of upgrades to our PKI infrastructure. They are setting it up to have redundancy with different hosting sites. They are exploring putting Multiple the NDES severs behind a VIP but we are not sure if we will run into any issues. My thought is as long as the various NDES servers provide valid certs it should be accepted by our NAC ClearPass. Has anyone tried this or have experience with it? 

When I try and remove Cisco AMP version 1.14.0 or newer the way I would with pre 1.14.0 version by running the uninstaller package in /Applications/Cisco AMP (now moved to /Applications/Cisco AMP for Endpoints) the user gets prompted for admin credentials. I've even tried running as root on the command line like I did before: /usr/sbin/installer -verbose -pkg /Applications/Cisco AMP for Endpoints/Uninstall AMP for Endpoints Connector.pkg -target / but it still prompts. I've also looked at the steps listed here https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/amp-endpoints/216232-manual-uninstall-procedure-for-amp-for-e.html to manually uninstall but again there are some steps which produce the prompts: /Applications/Cisco AMP for Endpoints/AMP for Endpoints Service.app/Contents/MacOS/AMP for Endpoints Service deactivate endpoint_security Enter password when prompted. For macOS versions 10.15.5 and newer: /Applications/Cisco AMP for Endpoints/AMP for Endpoints S

We have a requirement where users need to enable/disable the Automatic Proxy Configuration without requiring admin credentials. From the developer documentation, I found the "object NetworkProxyConfiguration.Proxies," but I am unable to modify it via a script. Could you please guide me on any alternative methods, such as using a configuration profile, to achieve this?  

We have created Sites in our Jamf instance and are now planning to delete all of them. Before proceeding, I would like to ensure that none of the sites are currently being used by any policies, groups, or configuration profiles. Could you suggest the best way to gather detailed information on their associations?  

Is anyone having issues packaging the additional content for Logic Pro X 11?I've tried twice, and my normal method isn't playing ball.In short, 'Composer' a whole installation, Also move related receipts to /Library/Receipts and add that to Composer. Build the PKG, PKGchunk up the 60-80GB file, upload and test deploy.If I remember correctly, the Logic Pro X 10 receipts used to appear in the users library and had to be moved. Now they're arriving in /Library/Apple/System/Library/Receipts - this seems to be a protected location. Any sudo ditto commands to that location result in 'Operation not permitted'.Anyone had any success getting Logic to register all the installed content?

Hi,I'm wondering if iBeacons are still a thing as they don't appear to have any effect on devices, no matter what policy is set.Documentation refers to Location Services and the Self Service app but the Jamf Self Service app doesn't appear to have any hooks in to Location Services and permissions can't be set for it.Were iBeacons something that Apple created but are now deprecated? Is anyone actually using them in 2024? If so, how did you manage that?!

Hello friends,I have recently deployed Forticlient version 7 through a package and then a policy, however, it is installed on the computers but appears blank. Does anyone have a solution? 

Hello, I would like to know if you've encountered the following issue with the (Flat) Adobe packages generated via the Adobe Admin Console. When we generate an Adobe flat package and upload it to the JSS to make it available via self-service, during installation, it shows as "completed" in the self-service, even though it is still being installed. Therefore, if we create a JSS policy with multiple product packages, preferences, and scripts, including Adobe products, it considers the Adobe application installed and moves on to the next item. This poses a problem because often these are Adobe plugins or preferences that need to be installed after the Adobe product. We experience the same behavior if we incorporate the flat pkg into a package generated with Composer, along with a post script to install the flat package. We don't have this issue with non-flat Adobe pkgs, but apparently, it's become mandatory for Sequoia. Additionally, the installation of Adobe flat packages is much slower

Hi all, I was wondering if I'm the only one no longer able to load the https://macadmins.software/ site that was previously hosted by Microsoft? When I go there now from any device I get a GoDaddy page, so it looks like they didn't renew the site hosting perhaps? I used this site all the time to get the most recent packages for Microsoft software. Is everyone else seeing the same thing as me? If so, has anyone heard anything about this, if this will be coming back or if that's it? I know for a while now while the links all pointed to the most recent versions of software, the version numbers listed on the site were stuck on some old version from many months back, but it was still working to download the most current releases as early as this month.

Hi!First of all I know close to nothing about MDM..I work at a school in Sweden where our students have managed Apple IDs on their iPads.The thing is that when they try to log in to Game Center they get the message that the managed Apple ID won’t allow this.is there any way to turn this feature on? I looked at the profile for our devices and the box that said “allow Game Center” is checked but it won’t work.. it it that our devices allows Game Center but the Apple IDs don’t? If that’s the case how do I change it..?(if you have an answer please explain it to me like I was 5 years old because I’m very new to all of this)Thank you.

hi does any one know how to force safe search in google for ios. ie automate the ticking of the safe search box in google settings on the ipads? or is a one by one process, i have a fleet of 500 and need to do it by the end of the day..yay

Hello,Need to force some extensions on our fleet via MDM. I've already done so with most of our enabled browsers but can't find anything on Safari on how to do that.Is there any way to force them on it?

I remember from the 2024 JNUC, there was commentary about Apple allowing users to continue using their purchased software with their managed Apple IDs, rather than forcing *everything* to personal (for situations in which a user has already purchased company software using their company email address as their Apple ID). Is there any documentation on that somewhere, particularly a timeline on when that's supposed to be implemented? I've been dragging my feet on implementing Managed Apple IDs in the meantime, and leadership wants to know the holdup.