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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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Add JAMF, iPads, Teams, Relay and mix well

Hello, Is anyone using a combination of these things in the title? Actually, not so much JAMF, of course you are. Are you using Teams, on remote iPads, that also use Relay. If yes, any issues to report such as:1. Students can't see the teacher2. The ...  View more

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Pre-Stage Enrollment Question

I have noticed something interesting over the last couple of weeks that I though I would post up here and see if there is a way to either fix it or just leave it be as it doesn't seem to be effecting our workflow. I work for a very large High School ...  View more

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Using Google LDAP with iPads

Is anyone here using Google LDAP as a cloud identity provider in Jamf and using Google LDAP groups to scope Apps and profiles to iPads in Jamf? If so what are your experiences?  View more

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A rant on Apple's lack of backword compatiblity

We just spent all summer updating a large portion of our computers to MacOS Catalina - started with 10.15.5 and then midway switched to 10.15.6. Now we're getting reports from students that iMovie is missing. I double checked in JAMF to see what's ha...  View more

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iOS Force App Update

Hello All, I have a question about iOS Force Update and how other schools are handling this. On Tuesday, September 15th iOS14 was being released. Around 11:50am CST, several of our iOS apps started updating in the middle of the day. This usually is n...  View more

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Apple Classroom and color of the classes

Hello. I've had one of our tech staff, of which I am part of, ask me if there is a way to change the color of the individual classes. Right now some of our Specials teachers have maybe 10 to 12 classes and the only way to tell them apart is looking a...  View more

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Shared iPad and wallpaper setting

We have JAMF pro in our school and I have a problem with shared iPad, I cannot find the wallpaper setting after I login. I also set a Smart Device Groups so every iPad in our school will be change the wallpaper, but it seen that it no effect on share...  View more

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Apple Schoolwork classes and assignments disappear

Our district decided to use Schoolwork as our infrastructure this year. Now we’ve discovered that classes and/or assignments may appear on an iPad today and be gone tomorrow! And, it’s not all or nothing — a student who has 10 classes may see them al...  View more

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How are student names loaded on devices?

My school enrolls ipads as non-shared 1 student per device. For the first time this year we have integrated the FACTs SIS with ASM, and then ASM with JAMF. That all is working, in that we can import a class just fine, and all the data comes across OK...  View more

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plist keys for Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App

Anyone know all the plist keys for the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App? I'm trying to see if they hid a way to pre populate the users email address in the sign in field for that app. I've just recently started using the $EMAIL field in Office to pre...  View more

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Preventing/Dealing with LS Relay iOS App Deletion

Hello, we are in the process of implementing Relay for iOS but have discovered it is possible to delete the app and disable the filter which is unacceptable on student devices. Jamf apparently does not have the ability to prevent deletion of a single...  View more

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Moving profiles and data between macOS devices

I work at a K-6 school district, and our smart boards are almost all running on Mac Minis. Every year, we have a fair number of people shuffling around, and so we need to make their data follow them to their new rooms. This involves not only moving f...  View more

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GSX iOS Direct Self Service Account

I realize this is not a JAMF issue, but since I have not been able to get the answer from our Apple rep, I thought I would throw this out there. We established a GSX account for our school seven years ago under what was then referred to as the iOS Di...  View more

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Enable iOS / iPadOS Automatic Updates

Wondering if there is any way to enable the Software Updates --> Automatic Updates switch on the iPads in our K-12 school district. We already defer updates by 45 days, but some of the devices fall WAY behind (some are still iOS 12) and it's hard to ...  View more

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Use of Explain Everything EDU

I'm interested to hear comments on the use of the iPadOS version of Explain Everything EDU. Have you used the configuration profile when deploying the app? And, to what extent teachers and students are using it across you school(s)? Thank you.  View more

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DEP vs. Non-DEP / iMacs that are donated

Good Afternoon JAMFers, Our district is on the receiving end of some donated iMacs that are being purchased through Apple, by some other 3rd party and then being donated to our district. Both the 3rd Party and Apple for whatever reason don't want to ...  View more

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End User Security Profiles and Settings

I posted this on the general discussion board earlier today but then I discovered this new community and I feel like it fits better here since we are all in the education world. I am wanting to improve our end user security within our school district...  View more

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Best practices for end user security profiles

I am wanting to improve our end user security within our school district on our macOS devices. Since I have taken over the Jamf/macOS/iOS process I have noticed that we don't have any real security profiles set up. What are some of your preferred pro...  View more

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1-1 set up work flow icloud/itunes

1-1 k-2nd grade ipads. How do you roll out devices with zero touch if you need them to put on icloud to find the devices? I still need to touch every single one to do this. If anyone can let me know how you do yours? There has got to be an easier way...  View more

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One-to-One Feedback

Hey all,We are exploring a full one to one solution (and have been for some time) and I was looking for feedback. Do you currently have a one to one and if so is it with different devices for different grade levels? What was the hardest part of rolli...  View more

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Advice on making app deployment faster

So here is my situation, I am in Education with Covid-19 we have been doing our 'Summer Maintenance' early. However, I don't have the extra help I have enjoyed in the past (2 summer students) therefore I have been doing more work getting Computer Car...  View more

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storeassetd keychain issues

Our iboss content filter had an issue that we fixed, but it caused our students to sign back into it. They are able to use their browsers again, but now the students get a box that pops up every time they login, or when the computer wakes up, asking ...  View more

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ASM / Release / Wipe - Remote

Hello! We are K-12 and allow our senior class to purchase their MacBook Air at the end of the year. We are attempting to allow this process with zero touch from our tech staff. Has anyone already mastered removing firmware, ASM, DEP, wipe and restore...  View more

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