We are looking to image machines that will be our initial JDSs that are on the other side of the world. I was wondering how other users who have done this went about it. Notes:We do have a Windows infrastructure there.They are acquiring the machines ... View more
I know we are not the only ones who have experienced issues with the AD occasionally dropping if you use the built-in bind utility on the JSS. I was wondering what others are using that is more reliable but won't break the bank. We are a school that ... View more
Hey guys! I've been having troubles lately installing Windows 7 Enterprise via bootcamp or SCCM. During the task sequence, it reboots after installing the drivers and stays at a black screen with a blinking dash at the top left. Sometimes with the er... View more
I know I've come across a few threads in regards to imaging with Yosemite, but we have yet to find a resolution to our problem. We just got delivery of 2000 MacBook Airs (MacBookAir7,1) that shipped with 10.10.5. After the client is imaged we're seei... View more
I saw that there are updates for both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air flash storage firmware. Apple Support - Flash Storage Firmware 1.0 How do you determine the current firmware version installed on the notebook? Is there an easy way to create a "sm... View more
It's come to my attention that the old ways of disabling AirDrop file sharing: defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES no longer works. This now returns: defaults[17195:855346] Could not write domain /Library/Preferences/com.... View more
Is there any way to do this? I'm getting tired of having to relogging into the JSS to view policy logs. View more
Running OS 10.10.4 with JSS 9.73. I have a few managed preferences that seemed to be working fine. I installed PaperCut and ran the "install-login-hook.command" so as to make PaperCut to start up and have the user not be able to quit it. Would that h... View more
Hi all, I was recently playing around with VNC in 10.10.5 and i entered the wrong login information upon first time connecting. Now it doesn't allow me to go back and change this. I checked keychain and even tossed the keychain. I also tried running ... View more
I'm looking for a way to determine that an EFI update was installed, ie Mac EFI Security Update 2015-001. I can tell which machines need it based on waiting Apple Software Updates, but am interested in knowing which machines it was applied to. Thanks... View more
I have a policy in my console, that when I click on it, it just spins trying to load. If I change the "o" option to U in the URL, it still spins. If I change it to L I get the logs fine. How can I delete this policy from the console since it's bad? I... View more
All, I've got machines that are being imaged and once they boot and get to the login screen a pop-up pops up. It says that the AppleIDAuthAgent want to use the login keychain. This happens before any user has logged into it, so I surmise that its got... View more
Hello. I’ve got a problem that is solvable, but I’m trying to figure out the “best way”. The Problem: We have a VPN connection that uses PPTP. Configuring it via a configuration works fine, but I need to be able to add a search domain to the PPTP VPN... View more
I am doing testing and I don't want to wait for the recurring checkin trigger to time out. Is there a command that forces a checkin right now? View more
Hi All i was wondering if SUS still patching Mavericks 10.9.5 for the security update? its weird that i recently found that once Mavericks Mac updated to 10.9.5, no updates will available for it on apple store, nor on SUS. for example, Security Updat... View more
Hi All i was wondering does the non-master DP(linux file share) has to be smb or afp enabled? is it possible to use http only?if http only DP possible, how to set up the read-only read-write account and permission to share folder? thanks View more
Hi all i set up a policy of caching OS X Yosemite.InstallESD.dmg, during to this dmg file is big enough, it usually takes over 15 mins to complete caching at user end. i found when user Mac goes to sleep, it will stop caching the dmg file. is there a... View more
Hey All, We are running casper 9.65 (we prefer to NOT run the latest versions of software) - and we are testing 10.10.5 (we might have to run the latest version in the instance because of the security fixes) We have discovered a multitude of issues w... View more
Are you daring? Are you adventurous? Do you like to base jump off short buildings? Do you walk (not run) over red hot flaming coals? Do you like to crash into a brick wall at 100MPH+ without a seat belt on? Do you use a four digit iPhone security cod... View more
I have a policy that has been running for quite some time. I was hoping to be able to monitor it using the Api. Using https:///apiFrontPage.rest I am able to get some info regarding the policy. What I would really like to get would be a list of the f... View more
I've read many different threads in the forum regarding FV2 not syncing with AD or a previous local account passwords, but what I'm experiencing is different. 10.10.5 MBA 11" I encountered this issue with one machine after I enabled FV2 from JSS self... View more
Is there a way to create an Api account and give it only Api permissions? I want to have an account that can not actually log into the Admin console. Is that even possible? Some of the permissions are a little odd. For what its worth I am running JSS... View more
I am looking for a script to assist in creating multiple network locations and apply automatic proxy configuration settings to one specific location after imaging location nps - apply automatic proxy ".xxx.paclocation non-nps will receive no auto pro... View more
When opening any Office 2016 app, this is popping up for every different user of the system. It's easy enough to hit open but I'd like to know if anyone else saw this and was able to work around it? View more
Hi Folks, I know a number of people here have done interesting things creating small NBI files. I would like to create something that will boot the target Mac (from USB) and issue this NetBoot command and force an immediate reboot from the NetBoot se... View more
We're changing our wireless key and to prepare, I'm using Tim Sutton's excellent script (https://github.com/timsutton/make-profile-pkg) to package and deploy the new config before the cutover. Using this same method, the package installs the profile ... View more
If I limit a policy by setting "Network Connection" to "Ethernet", like this:then the policy isn't visible in Self Service, neither for a MacPro (built-in Ethernet) nor for a MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt Ethernet). If I set "Network Connection" to "Any",... View more
I have been tasked to get our SWF file screensaver that is being used currently in our windows computers to be replicated over to the Macs. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know there are programs out there that can make them into a screensave... View more
I need to change the local admin account's name and password. What is the best practice for this? I was thinking about creating a policy with a new local admin account with the new account name and new password. Once that has been pushed out and veri... View more
Does anyone know if there is a version of Auto Update Magic/AutoPkgr for those of us that use JSS in the cloud? I was digging around yesterday and couldn't find much info on it. Thanks!!! View more
