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Fastest way to redeploy and image?

Hey all, I was wondering what your process(s) is to wipe and reinstall a MacBook? We currently use a script to download the newest OS version and run the installer from there. Anyone know of any faster ways? Thanks!  View more

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Disable Screen Lock in MacOS

We have several general use computers with automatic login, and the fact that Screen Lock (aka: "Require Password after screen saver begins") is killing us. Every reference I have found to disabling Screen Lock either refers to the plist from when it...  View more

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Dual Boot Catalina / Windows 10 Deployment Workflow

Greetings fellow Jamf-ers (yes that is a technical term). I come to the community today to once again revisit that daunting workflow of a Dual Boot MacMini. We all now lots has changed over the past few years. A lot more has moved to the cloud more t...  View more

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macOS Big Sur and Pre-Stage Enrollment

I have run into an issue with brand new Mac with Big Sur. They will not pick up the management profile from our Pre-Stage Enrollment so it will not prompt the user to acknowledge that the device is managed by our district and install the profile. I h...  View more

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Jamf Dock Policy to Run 100 Percent of the time

I build my instance to run this way for a couple of reasons. The biggest one is that I like to build things that have interchangeable parts. Meaning if the transmission goes, we just replace that part. I have used Jamf since it was Casper and many or...  View more

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Block Users/Admins from wiping computer

Hi there, I am looking for any insight or direction to block users from wiping their computers. Currently we have a department that likes to take it upon themselves to wipe their computers and start fresh whenever they run into a problem which result...  View more

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Multiple processes with one script

I'm not sure if this has been covered before but my searches didn't bring up anything so im giving it a shot. I am looking for a way to run multiple commands with one trigger. Essentially i'd like to run something like sudo jamf policy -event runImag...  View more

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Multiple prompt screens with DEPNotify

Working with DEPNotify, and I'm wondering if you can have multiple prompt windows. Right now, We're limited to two text fields (right now, owner and asset tag), and 4 popups. I think I need one more text field (room number)... So was thinking of havi...  View more

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DEP Notify launch Self Service

We have 3 main builds we use in our environment, all with their own specific VPN/AV/extra apps. To account for these differences, I just created 3 different Self Service policies that will install the required applications. Using DEP notify and the j...  View more

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Recover data on recently erased Mac

I have a workstation that was recently wiped for troubleshooting purposes. The user's profile was supposed to be copied ahead of time but it appears it did not copy over completely before the wipe. Now there is files missing that need to be recovered...  View more

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PKG only works when set on 'reboot'

Hi Nation, I am testing the latest java pkg (v8.241). If it set it on 'after' with any priorities, it doesn't install. If I set it on 'reboot' it installs.looking at my Jamf admin, I can see that previous java packages are set on after with priority ...  View more

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Rethinking the way I deploy macOS systems

Hi, for the first time in a few years now we are purchasing more MacBooks. With the new T2 chip, Fusion drives, Recovery drives, APFS. etc., imaging doesnt seem to be an option anymore. We use Pre-stage Enrollments for mobile devices but I never used...  View more

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Remote login/Mgt 10.12.6

(first post, be kind please) (yes I know, thread related to Sierra, believe or not, that is what we are on on our 300+ machines, no laughing please) I am trying to run a script to enable remote login/mgt. I use JSS admin account creation in the autor...  View more

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Catalina with autodmg and JAMF imaging

is anyone testing or has setup to use JAMF imaging with a AutoDMG created disk image of Catalina? I just drag the current Catalina.app into the autodmg and use the created result in my test JAMF imaging configuration. Have a couple scripts and .pkgs ...  View more

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Hidden partition used for storing default software

Hey All, I was wanting to get the community's thoughts on Storing default Software on a hidden partition. Was toying with the idea of having our warehouse add a small 10-15GB hidden partition that stored 10 or so apps that are installed on every comp...  View more

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Mac Imaging and OS Versions

I have tried several methods in order to download several full versions of MacOS and not having any luck. I am somewhat new to JAMF and Macs so maybe I am going about it all the wrong way. I am trying to setup an NetSUS server for Imaging and as a Ne...  View more

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Restoring: Best Practices

Hey y'all! So we have been recently restoring 10+ computers every Friday through Internet Recovery/Recovery Mode. This has started to be taxing on our network and is pretty hands-on. How do you handle erase and installs? What is the best practice for...  View more

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macOS Mojave -- Slow Finder / Applications Freezing

Good morning, I was wondering if anyone was having any issues with JAMF Pro and macOS Mojave. For some reason, a lot of our users we've "imaged" to macOS Mojave this year are experiencing very erratic behaviors. Finder tends to freeze a lot, a lot of...  View more

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Riddle for the Ages - Computer Name

So, I looked everywhere for this, to no avail. Taking an old laptop that was previously managed via DS/Munki. Unassigned in ASM, Reassigned in ASM. Wiped, Installed clean OS(Mojave). Pre-stage enrolled. Manually change the computer name. It then REVE...  View more

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PreStage Enrollment for existing devices

We have 60 computers that were enrolled in JAMF via QuickAdd Packages. I've set our DEP up and those devices are now "unassigned"If I choose to check "Automatically Assign New Devices" to our PreStage Enrollment, will that re-enroll JAMF on all devic...  View more

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