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Create mailing list from JSS all managed clients

Hi all some input if possible please We need a way to send out emails to all our Mac users, i'd like to use the method ofchoosing Action > Send Email from a smart group but this doesn't give me the option of including attachments (please correct me i...  View more

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Bonjour Gateway, who's using what?

Bonjour Gateway, who's using what? Working with our network team to resolve Apple Airplay issues with the AppleTV on multiple VLAN's. Just want to find out if anyone has added a Bonjour Gateway to their network and what devices were deployed. We have...  View more

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Login Window Pass Expire Notice

As per Apple's 10.10 AD best practices whitepaper, trying to implement this:defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow PasswordExpirationDays -int 5 I tried a script, and various settings in Managed prefences with no luckWhat am I miss...  View more

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VMware Horizon Client 3.2 - packaging help

Any hints on how to package VMware Horizon Client version 3.2 so that 1) the server address is set for all users and 2) the USB redirect tool is installed so user's won't see the prompt to "Finish installing VMware Horizon Client". I believe the firs...  View more

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MacBook pro Dock flashes

We are a new user of JAMF and are currently in a 1to1 refresh rollout. So far so good, but we are having a issue with the laptops in which the dock and screen "flash" and go away for 10 seconds or so. Has anyone else experienced this or have a possib...  View more

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Yosemite: Re-image or in-place upgrade?

Hello everyone, My management is asking some questions about deploying Yosemite, and any feedback or recommendations based on your experience would be very welcome. Would you recommend an in-place upgrade vs a wipe/re-image to install Yosemite (or an...  View more

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Setting Word as default program for .docx

Good morning JAMF Nation, My scripting-fu is not very strong and I am trying to figure out a way to set the default program for .docx files to Word 2010. I am guessing that one of you have a script for this already (hopefully). I am going to mess wit...  View more

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MDM Capable Users, Clear/Update?

I just enabled a policy that runs a script to update user assignments at login. I got it from the always useful macmule site.. It looks to be running fine overall, however I noticed today that it is assigning machines not based on the user logging in...  View more

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Slow booting Mac without network connection

Hey, we are experiencing a 50 sec longer boot up time when a Mac is not connected to the network. If a Mac is connected to the internal network it takes up to 20 sec to boot after authenticating at the FV2 Log Screen. If the Mac isn't connected to th...  View more

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jamf recon and Casper 9.7

Hi there, Are the jamf recon "-username" and "-passhash" options needed under Casper 9.7? I don't see them showing up in the "jamf help recon" manpage anymore. If not, when did they go away? :-) Thx, Adam  View more

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Spotify Versions

Anyone else notice that Spotify is going backwards in version number? End of April autopkg downloaded version 1.0.4.90.g0b6df40bThis week autopkg downloaded version 1.0.4.89.g22b04e33  View more

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Confusion with composer 9.72

Hi, We have implemented Casper as our imaging and update solution option about 1 week ago and I am learning to drive it but having a few issues that i cant find clarity around so I thought id post a question and would really appreciate anyone taking ...  View more

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Waiting Room - How long

Just wondering that for how long the cached package is going to stay in Waiting Room folder. Does it get deleted right after the cached package installation or it stays forever until we run a query to delete all cached packages from the client macs.  View more

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Beginners' guide to managing the dock?

Hi I'm moving from managing Macs in my classroom using Workgroup Manager to now using Casper. I'd like to just be able to set the apps in the dock and not let them be changed. Is there an 'easy' way to do this? Thanks!  View more

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Configuration Profiles best practice?

When I started my job, the whole Casper 9.x environment was already setup by my boss' boss who is now completely hands-off with the Macs. I was a relative Casper newbie, but not a Mac admin/engineer newbie. My first few months on the job were spent g...  View more

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LANDesk for MACs vs Casper

First I want to appologize for beating the dead horse. I see that there are several post of similar or same topic but they are somewhat outdated. I was asked to compare LANDesk and Casper Suite and create a simple Pros and Cons document. While I see ...  View more

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Editing the QuickAdd

We've recently changed our URL for our JSS from a .local address to a .net to enable us to use a third party cert for our external JSS. However, as part of this the URI for the PKI is not available externally. To enrol externally it needs the CA Auth...  View more

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Cloud Distribution Issues

Has anyone had any issues setting up their Cloud Distribution Point? I am trying to setup the Amazon option using an S3 bucket. I have tested the credentials outside of the JSS with the Key and Password and they work without an issue. When I set it u...  View more

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Text formatting in Casper logs

I’ve recently created a script to report various system/status settings on a group of machines, which I can then study via the policy logs in Casper. To improve the readability of the output I’ve incorporated some switches to add tabs and new lines i...  View more

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Import Root Certificate into Firefox

My company is now introducing SSL certificates. We have no issue with Safari nor Chrome just Firefox because the certificate needs to be imported into the browser. We are able to create a new package with the Cert our issue is importing the certifica...  View more

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LDAP data seems to be corrupted in the JSS records

We've recently have had a incident where over 300+ records in one of our Sites within our JSS now has the same information of the Username field (same user name for all 300+ records), email address field (same email address for all 300+ records), Pos...  View more

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FLASH NPAPI AND PPAPI

Hello, I have noticed for a while that the Flash Update settings now show a NPAPI and PPAPI plugins. We use Safari, Chrome and Firefox in our office. I Googled the plug-ins and find it a bit confusing. If the PPAPI plugin is for Chrome and Chrome upd...  View more

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