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Jamf Pro 11.5.0 Beta is Now Available

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

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BigSur OSX App file got reduced to 27.5MB.

Hi, I was planning to upgrade the OS to BigSur, When I try to download the BigSur OSX App file from Self Service the size of the file is got reduced to 27.5MB. Whereas the actual file size is 12.26GB. I tried to upgrade the OS with 27.5MB file. I was...  View more

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O365 In Self Service

Hi, I'm new to JAMF and wondered if any of this talent pool could point me in the right direction with fixing my problem. I would my user to be able to download Office 365 apps from Self-Service. As of right now, the apps show up in self-service but ...  View more

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APNs over HTTP/2

Hello, I use Centos7 - and JSS is installed on it. Looking on https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/articles/781/supporting-apple-push-notification-service-apns-over-http-2 seems like the only change needs to be done under Settings in JSS - right? I am no...  View more

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JAMF Admin Server access denied

Hello, I am pretty new to JAMF. I am trying to get things set up and start pushing packages. When I try to log into the JAMF Admin software I encountered this obstacle. Can anyone offer some advice about how to resolve this issue? I work for a Federa...  View more

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Issue demoting users

I used to have a pretty basic script that would revoke admin privileges to the logged in user but I noticed that it is no longer working. Here is what I've been using: if [[ `/usr/bin/dscl . read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | /usr/bin/grep -c $3` =...  View more

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How the policy run according to the script result.

Hi everyone,I have a script and this script downloading some packages from Apple Server. There is also one more seperate standalone package. if the first download step is successful (script result 0) then standalone package should work via script. Ho...  View more

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macOS: only allow VPP purchased apps from App Store

Hi,We're just trying to setup Jamf for the first time and have struck a slight issue that I'm wondering if anyone else has tried and can confirm if possible to do or not?We are looking at blocking the general Apple App Store and only allowing approve...  View more

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Jamf "Power User"

Is there a way to create a non-admin user in jamf to allow them to remotely lock a Mac and to view the unlock codes?  View more

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Installing iMovie on Staff devices using Self service app

Hi there all, I am trying to make iMovie available to my staff users on their enrolled staff device via the self service app running macOS 10.15. I have added some licenses for iMovie from the Apps and books section of ASM and assigned them to Jamf M...  View more

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NetSUS and Jamf MDM on Big Sur not working

macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Non-M1 chip laptop. I updated NetSUS and found out Big Sur laptop is not able to update any more. I ran 'sudo softwareupate -l', and showed error below. Finding available softwareScan finished with error: Error Domain=NSURLError...  View more

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Jamf Helper Deferral, Exceeded Deferral, Force Install

I managed to use the jHelper GUI to do the more basic things to notify the users but need a to see if anyone has a one size fits all for application deployment using Jamf Helper. Is there a way to force the the install of any application after they r...  View more

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Replicating Distribution Points macOS

Hi All Probably and old question but here it goes.I have 4 Local DP's all hosted macOS, the Master DP is macOS and On-Prem.Is there a way to automate replication, without having to hit replicate for each DP. Is there something maybe on Jenkins etc th...  View more

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Pegasus External drives not mountable

A lot of our distribution points have the Pegasus external desktop attached storage units attached to them housing our jamf shares. When I try to replicate the DP, Jamf Admin always returns that the server couldn't be mounted. When I ARD into the mac...  View more

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Helpful Extensis Portfolio info

I search and searched and could never find this info so sharing this here with others. If you want to restart the catalog service on the Portfolio server run this: #!/bin/sh #Stop the catalog service sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.e...  View more

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Password Prieview

Is there a script I can add to a custom profile or in Jamf to be able to Preview a password for Jamf when changing the password?  View more

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Lock a computer entry

Is there a way to lock a computer entry in Jamf. Something that would alert another admin against deleting it. Maybe you sent a lock command to a computer of a former employee and want to safeguard against the entry being deleted before the laptop is...  View more

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Set Screensaver

Hi All, I have tried to set a custom screen saver from using a script from a previous post. lHere. but have had no luck. I had added the script as a post install on the package to drop the screen saver on a Mojave & Catalina machineThe custom Image a...  View more

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DSCL limitations on user accounts

As a software developer, I am working on a macOS app in which one of the features is to check if a user has a password enabled or not. Recently I stumbled across the command dscl . -authonly $(id -un) "" , this command seems to give the desired resul...  View more

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Packaging Unreal Engine?

Does anyone know of a way other than Composer of creating a .pkg package containing folders to be installed at specific locations? I'm trying to package the latest Unreal Engine for installation on our Media Department's Macs. Epic doesn't provide an...  View more

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Issues installing Office 365 form Self Service

Is anyone else having issues with installing Office 365 from Self Service? Basically, Office apps are failing to start, kinda randomly. It seems to work on most of my test boxes but then fails on user machines. I did get one of my test boxes finally....  View more

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Getting fade up.

This whole Jamf Pro thing is a gimmick. One will imagine that it will do the basic things other MDMs do like:1 Easily promoting a user from Admin to standard and back with just a click just (Jump Cloud does that).2 Easily deleting/remove user account...  View more

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