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
Happy Monday everyone, I'm currently going through the process of implementing the CISCAT benchmarks for Security, you can take a look at some of the features here if you are unfamiliar. I am trying to make it so that I can deploy SecureKeyboardEntry... View more
Hi All, Have a question about doing lab updates. We have 7 computer labs that are used, to some degree, 24/7. Sure, at 3am there's only one person logged in, but that one person makes it hard to just blanket do something. So I'm curious if any one ha... View more
Seems to be an easy question, but I'm seeing conflicting answers in my environment. I've been applying a policy to install all available Software Software Updates from Apple's server. If no user is logged in, restart if a package/update requires it. ... View more
When we get an Apple Update popup in the top right corner, we pretty much hit "RemindMe Tomorrow indefinitely". Does anyone know how we can stop those messages from popping up and control when updates are available for users? View more
Has anybody else seen this error? Installing xxxxxxxInstallation failed. The installer reported: installer: Package name is xxxxxinstaller: Upgrading at base path /installer: The upgrade failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the inst... View more
Hi everyone! Since we released patch reporting in 9.93, we've received lots of questions about the process we go through to find, test, and release updates for the titles we support with patch reporting. One of the big take aways I had out of JNUC 20... View more
Hello all! Just starting using JAMF on our systems as an assessment, so bear with me. In our environment we have machines with both FF ESR, and FF main. I want to create a smartgroup to push out updates to each. I've found that there are two pre-conf... View more
Hi all, I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but from which source is JAMF getting the latest software version? Example: Today I got the notification that there is a new software version of Adobe Reader now available.But if I go to the Download secti... View more
Hi all, aside from the question if Auto Updates are good or not I am interested in whether Office 2016 Auto Updater needs Admin rights or not when set to "Auto Update&Install". Someone who actually tested this? ThanksThomas View more
Hi all, aside from the question if Auto Updates are good or not I am interested in whether Office 2016 Auto Updater needs Admin rights or not when set to "Auto Update&Install". Someone who actually tested this? ThanksThomas View more
I've got a very secure RHEL 6.8 install and some of the basic services are not installed on our RHEL 6.8 build. I need to know what services are required for the installer for NetSUS 4.1.0 to complete. Currently I am getting quite a few errors on ins... View more
Ever since upgrading to 9.96, I was excited to see Patch Reporting, but I've only used it to track Flash, Java, and Photoshop. It's been working just fine until this morning. When I logged into the JSS I saw I had 2 notifications waiting for me. They... View more
I have noticed that my JSS (9.93) Patch Reporting isnt up to date with the current version of Oracle Java 8. The current version is 1.8.121.13 JAMF (incorrectly) maintains that the current version is : 1.8.112 (which is at least 1 or 2 version behind... View more
So, I have patch reporting turned on for Flash since Flash is such an...amazing piece of software. I can take a policy and install Flash on a machine that doesn't currently have it and it installs fine. However, if I have a smart group set to members... View more
Hello everyone, Is it possible to create a grouptemplate.xml which acts on the jamf criterion patch reporting to create smart group based on this criteria ? Many thanks in advanceBen View more
For sometime now I've had the need to schedule update like we do for our Windows Systems on the second Thursday of the month. Time after time JAMF has told that I need to create a feature request so after hoping update after update I decided to creat... View more
I've had some issues within my organization (running 9.96) regarding patch reporting with Adobe Flash Player. Here's what I received from Jamf after raising this to them. Unfortunately, it looks like we are running into a current Product Issue intern... View more
What is the best way to install Java during a computers initial enrollment. We are trying to move away from imaging. How do you do this? Thanks so much View more
I know there probably exists a lot of this threads already but I just wanted to vent a bit and share my two cents. We just started our trial for Jamf and overall I like the product, especially the reporting from machines which is superb. However I ha... View more
Hello guys: I have some trouble pairing devices when Bluetooth is always on because I can't access the list of devices. Any ideas on how to do this without the need to remove the profile. Thank you View more
Hi all.For the life of me, I just can't get Mac OSX Software Updates working from a SUS. I am also finding it difficult to find definitive documentation on setting a SUS up. I would appreciate if someone could give some input. I was using JAMF's NetS... View more
Do we have to worry about this version, if the Plug-in that we are deploying has not changed in 3 years. View more
Is there any way to stage a large package rollout for example to 5 computers at a time in a smart group? Example: Each of our labs have approx 30 computers. When we try and rollout a large package to a lab it ends up not having time to finish after r... View more
Hi All Appreciated so much if someone could instruct me how to configure SUS (Reposado) installer on Linux after Sierra released. View more
We have a small iMac lab for students. When doing monthly patching I attempted to use Casper Remote and it would barely update OSX, failed to update other applications pushed through casper, and never saw or touched applications like MS Office, Firef... View more
Hi All, First time posting. Let me know if there are any details that would be helpful to have. When Oracle released the newest version of Java 8, I created a policy as I always do to update our clients to the most recent version. It's as simple as r... View more
I am new to Casper and JSS. I am in need to bring up all versions of OS 10.11.1-5 to 10.11.6. I have downloaded the installation packages from Apple. I am checking to see what is the best practice that is recommended? 1. Do I use snapshot to install ... View more
We have received some interesting post 10.12.1 update reports from our field staff which are testing Sierra for us. It seems that upon update from 10.12.0 to 10.12.1, they are seeing a FileVault enablement dialog as part of the Setup Assistant. These... View more
Hi @mm2270 , First of all, thank you for this awesome script! We've been struggling with how to enforce critical OS updates (requires reboot) without being too invasive and your reboot scheduler script was just what we were looking for! I presented i... View more
I just recently applied the security updates in OS X and when it rebooted it prompted the user with the Diagnostics pop-up window. Is there a way to have this suppressed after updates? View more