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Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta is now available!

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

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Configuration policy not applied on user level

I'm trying to apply restrictions on a user-level using a configuration profile. I want to block access to certain System Preferences, but not for all users. Therefore i've excluded these using LDAP/Local Users The policy is not applied at all, to non...  View more

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2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi,

Has anyone run into a scenario where you provide 5GHz capability, however you would prefer the laptop to connect at 2.4GHz as interference with building structure could be an issue. I would prefer an option to only connect a Macbook Pro at 2.4GHz onl...  View more

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Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.9

Has anybody managed to install the current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to successfully install through a policy? We've had it working in previous point releases of 11. We've downloaded it the enterprise installer from Adobe, and it installs fine ...  View more

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Mac not in inventory but can read it using the API

bit of a strange one, we have a JSS (v9.4), with a single site. There is a computer that I can locate using the API by name, serial number etc, but searching the inventory using the web interface its not there. Have searched with various bits of know...  View more

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The File Share you are mounting is from this computer.

I get this pop-up each time running 'casper admin' so I click 'Mount Share' and 'casper admin' opens up. Am I getting this because I am trying to run 'casper admin' from the same computer the share is on? First time I have setup Casper Suite/JSS, thi...  View more

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Branding Self Service

So, I've replaced the login icon, downloaded self service and all ok.I replaced the image with another, re downloaded the SElf Service app, this time, It still retains the old log...Any ideas?? Permissions are the same, Removed all pref files etc.  View more

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Bare metal imaging workflow

Hi all, I'm reasonably new to casper and think I have pretty good grasp of client management with smart groups, profiles and package deployments for our recent mavericks and up mac stock now. I'm a bit stumped with what to do with our oldest mac stoc...  View more

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Apples new DEP and VPP deployment

I'm trying to figure out the best method of deploying ipads in my district using DEP and VPP, I really want to have little interaction with the device as possible. Does anyone have ideas or workflows to streamline this process?  View more

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Filevault 2 enable each user that logs in

How exactly is FV2 disk encryption configuration supposed to work? i want each user that logs in to be prompted to enter their password to be FV enabledis this possible? I only seen this happen once for the first user, afterwards I had to go ENABLE e...  View more

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New Macs and Adobe Illustrator

Hi All, At one of my sites they are having problems with new macs and Adobe Illustrator CS6. They are crashing inconsistently. It's a weird case as there are some users who have no problems, however a user who has just been handed a New Mac Pro is ha...  View more

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Office 2011 how to propagate registration name

Apologies for bringing up something that has been covered here before, but the solution still seems rather opaque to me as I have never used MCX for anything. We have about 200 Macs in labs and now that we are using Casper 9.61, I would like to stop ...  View more

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Creating Hidden SSH Accounts Using the jamf binary

Using the steps on this thread https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=147 for OS X v10.7.5 When I run the command on the MacBook:defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -bool YES seems to work. However when...  View more

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Change audio input/output through Thunderbolt connection

I am looking to push a script that changes audio input/output if a specific device is detected connected to the Thunderbolt interface. For example, we have an external mic speaker device in our meeting rooms and currently end users must remember to c...  View more

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GPS Tracking Solutions for 1:1 Devices?

Hello, What do you guys use to track your iPads or MacBook Airs that have been lost or stolen? Just wondering what some of you have done to meet that requirement in your environment or school district. Thanks, as always, for your input.  View more

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Prepare and Setup 125 new Macbook Airs, Tips? Tricks?

In a few months my district is getting about 125 new Macbook Airs for teachers to use. (Replacing old Macbooks) What is the most efficient workflow to get these up and running? Would I image over the new OS or build onto it? Just looking for a direct...  View more

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Resetting Once Per Computer policies

Ok. I'm quite new to managing OS X, but I have a test machine that we're running our policies against and I would like to know how to reset the Once Per Computer policy setting for this machine. I've tried running "jamf flushPolicyHistory" but the po...  View more

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Computer repair history notes

I know this has been discussed many times over, but I'm curious as to what everyone is using for keeping a record of repair history for their devices. I would love to use the JSS for this, but am currently limited to an Extension Attribute text field...  View more

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Can we disable keyboard shortcuts in 9.6?

I'm all for keyboard shortcuts in operating systems and software and live by them. I even consider those on the Mac to be superior to those available in Windows environments. I'm finding though that in JSS they are incredibly irritating because they ...  View more

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Disable "Move" hot key in Mac OS 10.9.5

Hello Mac geniuses of the JAMF Nation! We have been plagued by a pesky modifier key combination for as long as I can remember command + drag = move. Apple included the "Move" command many many years ago. Most of the time it doesn't bother us but ever...  View more

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Setting up Apple SUS from scratch

I am being tasked to setup a SUS server having never ever done so. Where is the best place to look to get started on this? Anybody else ever had to do this with no prior experience? Again any information here would be greatly appreciated.  View more

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Mounting Network Drives with users at home?

Is there a way for when a user goes home that the script i have to mount network drives does not run because it doesn't see our directory? I am sure there is a check that can be done but not being script savvy am not sure how to write it. Any informa...  View more

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Centrify Package

Does Anyone have any familiarity with Packaging Centrify client 5.2.1 I have tried to use a standard composer process however it doesn't grab the system preference pane. It does seem to install most pieces but we use the system pref. pane quite frequ...  View more

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Search Web History on Clients

So we recently had someone printout some documents that seemed slightly questionable and I am looking for a way to see what computer may have been on a specific website by searching web history. Anyone know of a way to search web history for Safari/F...  View more

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Making a pseudo guest account

Because of some conflict with configuration policy we are not able to enable the guest account on student computers. I am trying to work around this by making a pseudo guest account wherein a template is created and after every logout the system dele...  View more

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Casper Rollout/FV2

Hi all, quick question. I've joined a new firm and they're looking to roll out Casper. Part of the roll out will be encrypting all Macs using the Casper FV2. We already have some Macs encrypted and were wondering how these would integrate in to Caspe...  View more

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Automation of AD binding

In our environment, we have had two significant and persistent issues. Our primary devices are MacBook airs, and we image them using external drives. The image has consisted of an 1.) an OS and 2.) a package which installs a firstRun script and it's ...  View more

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"Not found on server" false error.

Hello fellow Jive Mo-Fo's. I've been running into an issue lately where a policy will run and attempt to install a script or package but report that it can't be found. Here are the steps I take to verify the file exists: Confirmed the file exists on ...  View more

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