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Jamf Pro 11.4.0 Beta is now available

Hello Jamf Nation! This release is in support of the Apple Spring release. We have several exciting new features including beta MDM support for Apple Vision Pro, Self Service initial app detection, Support Digital Market Act app restriction, and more...  View more

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Using the Department and Building names in a script

Hello, I'm wanting to run a script which does different things based on the computers Building and/or Department. For example, I use Munki also for managing specific apps that are a lot easier to deploy and update using Munki than they are using Jamf...  View more

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Manually "imaging" Mojave incredibly slow

Hi all, I'm having a weird problem that I can't get to the bottom of. Because most of our machines aren't DEP enabled I'm having to basically provision our machines by just going through setup assistant and then running the quick add package. This in...  View more

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Mojave Workflow

Morning, I am after some help if possible. Further to my previous post (https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/31889/mojave-deployment-and-configuration-using-jamf-and-depnotify) we're a little further forward on how my organisation will be dep...  View more

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Jamf Pro; Install & Upgrade methods for macOS Catalina

Hi all, Like the previous discussion i created on Jamf Nation about upgrade paths to Mojave back in september, i thought lets start a new fresh thread for sharing macOS Catalina installing & upgrade ideas and experiences. Because there are already so...  View more

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Jamf Imaging

After kicking off the imaging process and when everything is done I sign into one of the computers and get "The imaging process is finishing installing software" and then restart. I know this is normal but our computers are continuing to do that afte...  View more

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LDAP logins tied to a standard user account?

Is there a way to bind all LDAP users logging into a machine to a standard user account on the computer? Is there a login script available anywhere on how to set this up? We have been using a default refresh directory from the standard user template ...  View more

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Enabling FileVaut on 1st log in...

I have done some random testing and can't find the right Config profile keys .... anybody have FV enabled on 1st login and able to share their workflow/Config profile keys? Our current workflow is standard DEP enrollment, install apps and run config ...  View more

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macOS Self Service Upgrade Process

Hi all, looking for some assistance with getting this.... https://github.com/kc9wwh/macOSUpgrade working correctly. I "think" I've done all that is really required, but no go! I have the parameters set and a separate policy for the OS (Mojave) instal...  View more

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macOS Updates

Hi everybody, We're curious as to how everybody manages macOS updates on their estate? We don't currently manage this and are interested to see how everybody else handles this - let us know below. Thanks!  View more

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FileVault 2 Personal Recovery Key issue

Hello, Experiencing an issue with getting proper FileVault 2 Recovery Key from JSS. Using the same process turning on FileVault 2 by policy; Individual (Personal) Recovery Key lands to JSS database, available, working. Nothing has been changed in Fil...  View more

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Beef up my Jamf pro Policie, CPs and features

I want to provide a better user experience in general for my users. I found a script that will gently remind the user to restart their machine every 2 weeks. I am adding that this week. My question is: Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions o...  View more

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Centrally Manage MAC's through Cloud Softwares

Hi Guys, We are looking at introducing mac's into the workplace but we need to manage the devices centrally through a cloud platform. We have already looked at Sophos intercept for AV as this provides AV for Linux, Windows and Mac's. We need to be ab...  View more

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AirServer Deployment

I have successfully deployed an AirServer installation policy, but I'm looking for a way to also include the license key. Has anyone done this before, and if so, how did you do it? I'm not the best when it comes to creating scripts, so if anyone woul...  View more

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To upgrade, or not to upgrade?

We are a school district of 4000 devices, split 50/50 between iPads and macOS devices. We have purchased our last macOS device, and are moving to ChromeBooks. Our macOS devices currently run macOS 10.12.6. We are debating going to Mojave. We currentl...  View more

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Skipping Local User Setup Screen

During an initial setup, is there a way to skip the final User Setup Screen if I have our computers require login credentials during enrollment? When using the require credentials during enrollment it fills out the Full Name, Short Name, and password...  View more

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Computer Rename Using Dropdown Boxes

Hi all, I wanted to see if this is even possible, and thank you for any help or insight! We have 3 main departments that I am managing devices for: Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistants. I would to use our renaming scheme so that I can...  View more

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Failed to contact Mobile Device Management Server

Hello! I am trying to implement a prestage enrollment on brand new computers at our university. However, I have been running into this error and have tried a few solutions to solve it. I have tried the following solutions to no avail:1. I have refres...  View more

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FileShare distribution point error

I've set up a Jamf Test Server on a mac mini and I'm also setting up the File Distribution point on the same mac mini. I've created a read & write account and created a share and given access it to the read and write accounts. When I go in the JSS an...  View more

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Best reimage method for DEP enrollment

What is the best way to wipe and reimage Mac. We are using DEP with JAMF. In our Network Internet recovery is bit slow and have restriction using Thumb drive also. We are using Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave.If any Mac requires wipe and reimage to en...  View more

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How do I approve a Kernel Extension during imaging

Trying to deploy Sophos Endpoint as part of a Configuration using Imaging. With the changes to Kernel Extensions and the requirement to approve them. Current process is for the person running the Configuration to manually approve the Kext when Sophos...  View more

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Wipe and reconfigure

I haven't been able to find any info on this scenario: We have a Mac that was fully enrolled and had policies and config profiles applied to it. Eg. Office installed, SEP installed, Filevault enabled, etc. Then what we did was: 1) Wiped the Mac with ...  View more

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Mojave deployment: FV2 end user and IT admin account.

The end goal with our deployments is that the machine is encrypted, and that IT has access to the machine with or without the user present. From my understanding this means that the end user needs to have a FV2 enabled account, and the IT account als...  View more

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