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OS X Localization Best Practices?

I have been struggling with localizing our Yosemite Macs at imaging time, and I am wondering if anyone knows of a good source of information on how to properly apply localization settings to a Mac without using the Setup Assistant. Right now I am hav...  View more

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10.10.3 Supplemental Breaks AD?

UPDATE: In the end, this was (apparently) a problem with DNS. Apparently we got "lucky" and took the brunt of it before everything else went problematic. The issue is resolved now, however. The sky is no longer falling. So, suddenly I have devices th...  View more

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firmwarepasswd binary

I'm looking for a little guidance on the new firmware password binary. Even Google can't provide much more than the man page: Usage: firmwarepasswd [OPTION] ? Show usage -h Show usage -setpasswd Set a firmware password. You will be promted for passwo...  View more

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Replicating Distribution Points

I am trying to replicate the FIle Share Distribution Points and I am receiving an error that says "There were errors replicating the distribution pointsThe file located at ~/Library/Logs/ Casper Admin Sync Log.logfor more information.cambridge share:...  View more

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Could not mount distribution point

Hello All, We just completed our JumpStart and already running into an issue. The first phase of our implementation is to provide the Self Service to the users. I have different packages setup to installing using policies. Individually, the installat...  View more

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Log out before shutdown

We have are lab scheduled to start in the morning and shut down in the late evening. I didn't test this, but when the computer shuts down and restarts, it restarts with the last user. You have to put in a password. I would like all the computers to l...  View more

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Local data recovery

No matter how often you tell users to take the appropriate measures to back up their data, there's always going to be a few that lose data.It's not entirely uncommon to have staff come to me saying files they were working on have "disappeared". To wh...  View more

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Google Chrome Auto Update

Has anyone actually been able to disable auto updates in a chrome package? - I was Able to create a new mdm configuration profile and upload an edited com.google.Chrome.plist file with a few policy settings. this worked great. I followed the instruct...  View more

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App installation

We have groups of apps set up in VPP Assignment groups, all of the VPP Invites have been accepted, but the apps will not install automatically. You have to go into the apps store and then into purchased and lastly into Not on this iPad to see all the...  View more

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Chrome Master Preferences issues

Hello JAMF! I've tired using this manifest as Managed Preferences (https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProductFile.html?id=73&fid=774), scoped it to my testing computers and Google Chrome will not recognize any of the changes. I've also tried the...  View more

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FileVault2 Admin questions

I'm working to get FileVault 2 encryption enabled on all laptops. I’ve gotten FV2 JSS policies working and all seems to be going well. The plan is to have users run a self service policy to enable FileVault 2 encrytion. That policy uses the a Disk En...  View more

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Strange lpadmin Error from script in a policy

Good morning all! I'm seeing a strange, intermittent error from my policy logs on a printer installation policy. The scenario is that I have a lab, protected by DeepFreeze, that gets two printers installed at login via script. The driver is also bein...  View more

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QNAP Qmusic casper configuration

Hi there,Just wondering if anyone has pushed out the qmusic app for use with a qnap back end music repository. Was interested to find out if we could put all the server address and user login information in the app configuration bit of JSS. I'm a bit...  View more

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MacAdmins in Switzerland ?

Grüezi! If you are a Mac Admin in Switzerland, you probably feel a bit lonely. We have lots of Macs and lots of talented people over here. I've started a Meetup group to help us know each other.-> http://www.meetup.com/Swiss-MacAdmins-Group/ You're e...  View more

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