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Jamf Now - questions about this with Intune

I need to manage 2 macs, our Windows devices are in Azure / Intune. I'm looking at Jamf as I've heard its the best solution for macs.We only have 2 devices and a small business so was looking to use Jamf Now but have a few queries on this setup... Do...  View more

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Questions about what Jamf NOW has access to

This is an unknown area to me, sorry… basically, my computer died a while back and my job leant me a work computer to use indefinitely, or until I quit. I was planning on only using it until I got a new computer but honestly am loving having two sepa...  View more

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Dock settings

Hello right now I have the dock set via config profile. The users are able to add items just two things are unremovable. I want to switch to dock utility instead of config profile. The question is can I run a script to backup what their current dock ...  View more

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Profiles not being pushed to iPads

Hi all,Long time lurker, first-time poster. Hope everyone is doing well :DI've got this really weird issue with our config profiles and I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.It started around a week ago, I noticed that apps were...  View more

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Issues with Removing "dangerous" App

This is probably a dumb question but I have not been able to find an answer.I was requested to remove an App which was purchased by a 3rd party and converted to a "dangerous" app. I am able to get the Bundle ID for the App but not the Name (IE: App N...  View more

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Computer rename script

Hi all.Anyone have a quick shell script to rename computers by looking up the serial in a CSV file? Figure it should be easy to install a CSV on the computer and then run a script to rename?Of is there another easier way to do this? Why? I duplicated...  View more

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SSO for Apps?

Maybe this is not possible with Jamf Now and might be with Jamf Pro. Is there a way to automatically log my users into multiple apps at the deployment stage?For example, If a user has a YouTube Kids account and a Disney+ account. Can I set up a profi...  View more

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Profiles not being pushed to iPads

Hi all,Long time lurker, first-time poster. Hope everyone is doing well :DI've got this really weird issue with our config profiles and I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.It started around a week ago, I noticed that apps were...  View more

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Why Jamf?

What is your opinion of Jamf? Do you like it? Do you hate it? What is its biggest weakness? Where does it excel? Who does Apple like most between Intune, Airwatch, and Tanium? How do end users benefit from Jamf over other support options? Pros and Co...  View more

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Best Way To Push Contacts To iPhones

Newbie MDM user here. Signed up for Jamf Now and have 6 iPhone 14's being managed for work. The iPhones are not signed into an iCloud account. What is the best/easiest way to push a managed list of contacts to the phones?  View more

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Jamf Now - questions about this with Intune

I need to manage 2 macs, our Windows devices are in Azure / Intune. I'm looking at Jamf as I've heard its the best solution for macs.We only have 2 devices and a small business so was looking to use Jamf Now but have a few queries on this setup... Do...  View more

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Sell me on JamfNow vs JamfPro

Not being a troll, just want to know the real world options for me here.I have about 20 devices in JamfNow, and its going pretty well. I dabbled in Intune and there is just too much going on there, and I run into more issues than not.That said, Im lo...  View more

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Jamf with Apple Manager?

I am new here and I just signed up with Apple Business Manager without ever having a VPP/DEP. I'm not finding a way from within Jamf Now to connect ABM with Jamf Now, has anyone figured that out yet? MyInsite  View more

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JAMF - local user account question

Hi, so I have about 10 macs in a small office. All with JAMF Now Plus profiles. The users are a local user without iCloud allowed. The local user is an admin user. This means they can just go to system preferences and click the minus sign on JAMF pro...  View more

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Non Checking in Devices

We had a bunch of devices stop checking-in, seems Jamf process had hung but we are not sure why.I’ve managed to get most up and running by asking user to restart or issuing a self heal via API which reinstall Jamf silently on the Mac, just had to exc...  View more

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Device will not rejoin configured network

Hey, new to Jamf and Configurator, been working though it through trial and error and all has been well for the most partI recently set some iPads up for forcing a passcode to be used but all of a sudden after a day or so, all of the iPads this was p...  View more

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Jamf Now vs Jamf Pro

Hi folks, just curious if anyone has come across an easy graphic matrix indicating the difference between Jamf Now and Jamf Pro licenses?Thank you!  View more

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Configuration Profiles question

Hello all! Fairly new to Jamf here, have inherited a bunch of Macs and a jamf instance.What I'm trying to do today is create a configuration profile that disallows our Macs from being enrolled in iCloud's Find My Mac.I've found where to do this in Co...  View more

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Jamf NOW Questions

is it possible to identify a jailbroken iOS Device? Or prevent it entirely?is it possible to blacklist certain apps?is it possible to see if the root user is active (macOS)?Are any of these only possible with Jamf Pro? Thanks for your help!  View more

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