Hello Jamf Nation!We have several exciting new features including new Login functionality, Managed Software Updates enhancements, Packages page redesign, and more! You can find more information in the release notes when you enroll.Starting with the J... View more
Started testing Dockutil recently as I wouldn't mind getting some of our users Docks setup with some of our critical apps. It was working as I believe it should until I started getting apps placed into the "persistent-others" section of the dock, wit... View more
I am using a login script with dockutil to give my users an initial Dock. But "dockfixup" puts extra items such as Siri, Map, Photo and iBooks into the Dock. (See https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/16945/anti-dockfixup-measures) Is there a ... View more
I have created a plist to set the default dock but the items that I have added can not be removed. I can add and remove other items, but the initial items that I added seem persistent. What do i need to add to make it full customizable after initial ... View more
Hi Everyone, Is there a graphical interface for creating app layouts for different profiles? Going through all the apps and having to search by name to organize is a pain. Attached is an example of something I am talking about. View more
I want to have all accounts setup with a default dock so I am modifying a dock and then running the following command ( i don't want to use dockutil or any other utility like that). I did the 'Dock' payload in a policy but it only modifies the dock o... View more
I have a policy that installs Google Drive File Stream, and add the dock item to the dock (the .pkg also add the icon to the desktop). I noticed that the dock icon does not work but the desktop icon does work. When I drag the icon to the 'volumes' se... View more
I have an issue with my computers where after restarting, the dock policy I have executes on login like normal, but for the first login for any user, the applied dock is the default apple dock. Each subsequent login for an individual user will apply ... View more
So after talking to Jamf support, they suggested I make a discussion here about how you guys manage your dock on a guest account. We use guest accounts for a lot of our non-personal computers( Library, labs, etc) and have always had a history of stru... View more
We are trying to set the dock for new users that get created and still give them the ability to customize afterwards. Normally, we would use the User Template for this, but then a few issues come up such as Apple adding in their extra apps for every ... View more
I've read through forums and on the web and have seen a lot of different ways to do this, but I don't understand why I can't get the Self Service Icon to pop up in the Dock by using a simple policy with a Dock Item. The only thing I have had show up ... View more
When I am trying to create Dock Apps to add via Config profiles, the selection always defaults back to Activity monitor for some reason. I added several to try to test, and then select different items such as system pref., or whatever from the drop d... View more
In my testing with a base OSX system (10.12.5 and 10.13) I have noticed that the regular I had of configuring the Dock items is now broken in High Sierra. Using a mobileconfig file (https://github.com/opragel/profiles/blob/master/macOS%20-%20Dockfixu... View more
Hi, I came across a new feature in iOS 11 yesterday enrolling a new Student iPad. It seems Apple added a new Settings option under the 'General' tab which is "Multitasking & Dock". in here you are able to allow / prevent the following: -Allow Multipl... View more
Hi all, I am looking for a way to visually refresh the Dock without resorting to this command: killall Dock Reason being, the black Desktop that appears before the Dock comes back is sometimes jarring for end users. Thanks! View more
We are imaging using dockutil to setup our User Templates with new Dock icons. We are installing an empty Dock.plist gathered with Composer as the results were extremely unreliable without an existing .plist in the User Template folder. We have our d... View more
Hi, i just beginning with this so please forgive me my ignorance!Ok, i need some help with this: (in this) i want to add some like Documents to the dock. It's working as long as i use the following: _CFURLString /Users/Me/Documents _CFURLStringType ... View more
Scraping from some scripts here on Jamf Nation I have a small script attached to a policy that executes at login and sets the dock using dockutil. I want it to execute at login so it adds the user's Documents folder to the dock: echo "Adding Document... View more
Hello, I am trying to build a Custom Default Dock within El Capitan that would be presented to all networked Active Directory users when logging into a lab environment. I have read many posts on this and other forums regarding this and have gathered ... View more
So in the past, I've used commands like this to remove an app from LaunchPad: sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='APPNAME';" && killall Dock And that has worked. But a couple things have happened. That datab... View more
I would like to remove 4 built in apps on our student Mac docks: FaceTime, AppStore, Email & Messages. When I go to Policies>Dock Items>Configure the only option available is to add dock items that I believe were already added using Casper Administra... View more
I have created a .inetloc shortcut to launch a specific pool within our VDI environment that I pushed to /Users/Shared and then have created a Configuration Profile to add this file to the Dock of a set of lab computers. The dock item is created with... View more
Now that I have been running JAMF in production for a few months, Im planning a "Phase II" that includes getting rid of a legacy monolithic User Template folder that I have been using since my pre-JAMF days. Its a crusty boat anchor that I want to ki... View more
I copied (select line 1 to last line 678 and copy) the dockutil.py from here https://github.com/kcrawford/dockutil/blob/master/scripts/dockutil put it in textwrangler, called int dockutil.py and placed it in /usr/local/bin (El Capitan), dragged it in... View more
is it possible to change the name (in Casper Admin) associated with a Dock Item ? if so how ? for example; application is named Pumpkin.app but I want the dock item to be named 'Pump' NOT Pumpkin View more