Hello Jamf Nation! The Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta Release features a number of exciting improvements and enhancements for managing your Apple devices. Starting with 11.8.0, Jamf Pro admins will be able to set a minimum OS for MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads t... View more
New(ish) Mac Admin here recently hired at a college. I am needing to re-image about 75 Macs across campus (labs) and am looking for the easiest way to do it. Can I build one machine and image it out to the network, and if so, how is the easiest way t... View more
Started up a new JSS to replace our current JSS. I shut down the first one and went through the installer, everything was fine until I opened the webpage, http:127.0.0.1:9006 (something like that). It's just stuck on "initializing". Anyone know any s... View more
Displays thunderbolt Serial # #!/bin/sh serial=`system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep -i "Display Serial Number" | sed -e 's/^[ ]*//' | cut -d " " -f 4` if [ "$serial" != "" ]; then echo "$serial" else echo "Display Not Found" fi exit 0 View more
Just in case anyone needs a Centrify Extension Attribute: #!/bin/sh mode=`adinfo | grep "CentrifyDC mode" | awk '{print $3}'` if [ "$mode" == "connected" ]; then echo "Connected" elif [ "$mode" == "disconnected" ]; then echo "Disconnected" else echo ... View more
I'm seeing some strangeness that began with Lync 14.0.10 and continues with 14.0.11. Under 14.0.9, we launch Lync, and login either with ID & PW or Kerberos and everything is fine. I upgraded some machines to 14.0.10, now after they login successfull... View more
I put together an extension attribute that looks for VM on a mac and reports the OS installed in the VM.It gives great visibility into clients should you need to address unmanaged VMs circulating on your network.I hope others can find it useful in th... View more
I have created a configuration profile in JSS that i have targeted to a particular user group - we are a school so its for exams. It's running at user level. It seems to work mostly but with 2 issues. 1) it does not apply the first time the user logs... View more
Hi Guys, We're just getting started with JAMF. What's the recommended way to push down Google Apps accounts to OS X workstations? The only way I can figure out how to do it is to manually create Mail, Calendar, and Contacts payloads in a Configuratio... View more
Here is the overarching question: What could cause the software update mechanism to present multiple recommended updates, instead of just the latest edition? We have JSS 9.65, but this problem has existed since at least 9.61. We have a package for an... View more
While distribution points can be defined for a specific network segment, there seems to be an inability to do define distribution points for clients outside of those segements. Specifically, I want off-network clients to default to AWS for distributi... View more
Hello,All of the sudden we are seeing a lot of our Macs getting the error message of: No Self Service Items are availableNo Authorization I saw a prior post that mentioned checking the selfservice cache location, along with Safari cookie settings. I ... View more
Hello JAMF, Just installed a JSS and I can't seem to access the interface, I've never had this happen before. Basically, I install the JSS and follow the instructions (SQL, Apache, Java) and go to https://127.0.0.1:8443 (whatever was listed on the in... View more
At this moment, java 8 update 45 is the latest version. However, I have never been able to suppress the "your java version is out of date" prompt when the plugin loads. I've currently implemented the following to no avail: /library/preferences/com.or... View more
Question, I still do not have GSX functioning in our JSS, working on it. Under "Purchasing", if one clicks the blue magnifying glass Search will it actually return the PO Date, all the time, some of the time? I have got to get these PO Dates into our... View more
Hi all, I'm trying to create a smart group across multiple JSS contexts via the rest API, and not having much luck. Basically, I want smart group that contains computers which haven't checked in over 50 days. I'm using: curl -skfu username:password h... View more
I am trying to get self-enrollment working for Mac computers, but when a user tries to do this they get "quickadd.pkg" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. I assume I need to go to Options, Global Management, User-initiated E... View more
Hello,I have a Mac that I cannot get enrolled. The certificate always shows up in the Keychain as untrusted. Even when I manually change the settings to "Always Trust". While investigating I found an irregularity in the JSS. I saw two entries for the... View more
Not sure if this is new or not, but I picked this up on my RSS feeds. There appears to be a way to get credit via Volume Purchase Program for iLife and iWork licenses on hardware from October 2013 onward. This would be useful to companies that want t... View more
We are experiencing a suite of odd and frustrating errors with Office products on our Macs. It started off small and has soon spread throughout our school district. The some of the most common errors are: With this error there were no other files ope... View more
I was wondering if there is a way that I can manage what my users see on the Finder Sidebar without using manage preferences. I tried to custom settings using an edited plist file but this did not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. View more
https://github.com/CSD-Public/stonix Stonix is a tool designed to secure unix systems including Macs running OS X 10.9.x and OS X 10.10.x. The code will be up shortly check it out and see if it is something for your organization. This is a tool used ... View more
Similar to when Mavericks was released, initially Lync would not pull the GAL down until Microsoft updated it in March 2014 with a fix. Deploying Lync 14.0.11 now with a 10.10.3 or to 10.10.x users in general (mostly 10.10.3), Lync installs properly,... View more
I searched Apple's website for a download but came up empty handed. Does anyone know if there is one available? If there is not, is there a way capture the download from the app store? View more
All, I'm looking for a way to get the user's home folder to show in the sidebar under favorites. Its a pet peeve , i know, but this used to be default and now its not. I've uploaded com.apple.finder and com.apple.sidebarlists plists and pushed out wi... View more
Hello I would like to put an alias that link to a server share.But i have some difficulties to do it. I have try to create a alias with composer but when i spread it. it keeps my login in memory... Any ideas please? Regards Maxime View more
I upgraded the image from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 on the casper admin. I am using casper suite 9.65 but every since the update the imaging process freezes. Last time this happened I was on casper suite 9.62 and had to update it to 9.65 and re-create the n... View more
And the JSS (v9.72) doesn't see the drive! It also doesn't show it as having "Disk Encryption", yet it does. I had to FIleVault to because PGP would fail when trying to provision the drive. I've 15 other MBAs of 7,1 or 7,2 and none of them have this ... View more
I have the setting for the dark menu bar enabled. When in Composer, the menu bar changes back to not dark (black on white). However, when in any other application on my computer, the menu bar stays in dark mode. Depending on the desktop picture, the ... View more
Hi. Just wanted to get opinions on what protocols you guys use when hosting a server at Amazon AWS Should I setup a cloud DP in JSS, or just simple SMB File Share DP In your opinion what are the advantages of using a Cloud DP? View more
