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JDS or File Share Distribution Point

I am about to set up a JDS structure so that I can take advantage of the selective replication option that's available. Here's what is killing me and I need to know if there's a better way. JDS can only offer selective replication if there is a JDS m...  View more

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Mavericks, CS6, and Java

Has anyone figured out a way to get CS6 to run on 10.9 with Java 7? I don't want to install Java 6 since updates for it are no longer publicly available. When I attempt to open Illustrator, Dreamweaver, or Flash I get the error, "To open Flash you ne...  View more

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COnfig Profiles preferences

I'm not super familiar with how config profiles work. Do they layer on top of each other, or does each config profile need to include the settings from the other? For Instance - if I want a config profile to restrict the app store, I create one. Then...  View more

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Force quite all applications when logging out

Hi - We have created a Managed Preference to auto log out of computers after 10 minutes of inactivity. Issue is that when the student walk away they usually leave an application open. I want to force quite those apps (usually MS Office apps) then aut...  View more

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VPP and Supervised Devices

Hi, From what I have read it seems a mobile device has to be supervised in order for VPP to work properly, however, in my testing I have been able to assign and revoke apps to devices that are not supervised. Has anyone else had experience with this ...  View more

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Casper Imaging root user or LaunchDaemon on NetBoot?

Hi All, Does Casper Imaging need to be run as the root user? Or can it be running it under root via a LaunchDaemon? I'm possibly looking at recreating something like the NetBoot Image Creator.. Something that will spit out a .nbi from an AutoDMG imag...  View more

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Disabling App Store on students iPads

Hi Guys,Our students' iPads are supervised, we want to disable the App Store and wants to route them in-house to install the App Sotre apps. I found this article https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=3945 but it doesn't mentioned tha...  View more

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Device Enrolment Program (DEP)

hi Guys,Is it correct that DEP has not yet been launched in Australia. The account we use to login into VPP portal from the same account we can login to deploy.apple.com and we downloaded the .vpptoken which is working fine and has added Users tab in...  View more

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Dedicated MySQL server

We're looking at moving our JSS DB to a dedicated MySQL server (from a local OS X installation) but there's no real information about the implications of this, or what exactly we'd need to change within tomcat to point to the new DB. Would we be look...  View more

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Auto DMG Issues

Using AutoDMG to come up with a clean 10.9.2 base OS. Also using CreateUserPkg to create the machine's local administrator - big fan of both except for one issue. After machine is imaged I am unable to allow access under Remote Management for my loca...  View more

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App Lock to Safari or Web Clip

Is it possible to use an App Lock setting in a Configuration Profile for an iOS device to lock it to Safari? What application Bundle ID should we use? We tried "com.apple.Safari" but that did not seem to work.  View more

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Bash script help needed

Hello, I need to uninstall some old McAfee agents that are in my environment still after adding newer version to build process. Below is what I was hoping would work but I get a syntax error when I test. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. #!...  View more

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Best way remove a corrupt keychain file...

In building up my latest Casper deployment I seemed to have pushed out a corrupted keychain file and the user gets an error.How would be the best way to remove said file from both existing users and the user template so a new one is generated at log-...  View more

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Creating OS X Mavericks NetBoot

Hello, I have been trying for weeks to create a Mavericks NetBoot image to run on my MacMini Server. Here at work we have a verity of Mac devices. Some are older and some are the current release models in stores. Prior to receiving the new (Late 2013...  View more

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Mavericks Cinema Display option

Hi guys In Mavericks with a cinema display attached there is an options tab in the display preferences there is an option tab. In order to make a change you have to unlock the padlock, but users don't have admin rights. Doesn't anyone know if it is p...  View more

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Restoring JDS

Hi, in setting up our intense of Casper, we normally undergo a process of testing the backup and restore process and we're having issues with restoring the JDS. Our JSS and JDS coexists on the same system. We seem to have a grasp of restoring the JSS...  View more

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FIles fail to upload to root JDS instance

We are having issues when uploading files to our root JDS instance. Casper 9.31 Brand new installs as we are doing a clean install of casper this year. When you upload a file it finishes normally and then shows as uploaded in admin, however it never ...  View more

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Menu bar customization

What has everyone found to be the most effective way of customizing the menu bar? Personally I'd like to have certain extras enforced on the menu bar, but allow the user to add additional ones if they like. For example: Keychain status, AirPort, Home...  View more

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Email JSS reports on schedule with MS Sharepoint

I'm disappointed in the JSS' inability to email out reports on a schedule in the 9.x series. JSS is so helpful emailing out alerts, it's unfortunate that automated reports haven't been rolled into the product, nor any sign of that on the horizon. In ...  View more

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Self-Service potential bug

I have had a few ipads ome my way, where the self service app wont prompt for the app store password to install the app.the requests appear pending casper, against the device. After further investigation, I re-enrolled the device which it still didnt...  View more

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Application icons not appearing after Composer snapshot?

Hey guys, Ive been having a bit of trouble creating a package for a piece of software called FX Maths using Composer. The software contains 4 different applications that require a license to run so i have been using the "New and Modified" snapshot te...  View more

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Casper Composer - Snapshots

Where should we make the OS Packages or software packages using Composer. Should we have a separate mac other than the server. Why would we use Composer Snapshot feature. Do we differentiate the files on this separate mac or the server. I need to cle...  View more

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Image Macbook Airs with Macbook Pro

Can we image 11" Macbook Airs with 15" Macbook Pro OS X. We have purchased a latest Macbook Pro and we are rolling out some students macbook Airs so the latest OSX with latest machine configuration we have is Macbook Pro. Would there be any hardware ...  View more

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