Jamf Pro
Powerful workflows for IT pros
cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Forum Posts

Jamf Pro 11 Beta is Now Available!!

Hello Jamf Nation! If you haven’t heard the news, Jamf Pro 11 is here! Featuring a new interface, ADDE, DDM software updates for iOS, and more! How to join the beta: Enroll in the Beta Program under Product Feedback at account.jamf.com. Once enrolled...  View more

  • 922 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 3 kudos

Jamf Pro Beta Server Maintenance

Hello all! Access to the personal Beta instances you are able to request when you join the Jamf Pro Beta Program will be unavailable for an extended period of time over the coming weeks for maintenance. We'll let you know when they're back online! Th...  View more

  • 468 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 3 kudos

Casper Suite 8.7 is out!

Hi everyone! We are excited to announce that Casper Suite 8.7 is available! You can download it here: https://my.jamfsoftware.com/productDownloads.html This release has support for the Casper Focus app which is now available in the App Store, which y...  View more

  • 1056 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 kudos

LDAP connection Time Out.

Hi All, I'm in the process of integrating mac into a windows AD environment. 100% of the hardware for mac will be portable so we will be using mobile accounts. At logout we have an issue which causes the machine to hang when not connected to the netw...  View more

  • 660 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 kudos

Netbooting 2011 MBPs

Has anybody run into netbooting the 2011 MBPs to 10.8.x? We're having a problem using either the option key or the N key on bootup to reimage the machines. The option key will show the netboot options but times out when you select them. The N key jus...  View more

  • 318 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 kudos

Roll out iPads in a Shared Environment

While started rolling out shared iPads, I couldn't find any comprehensive document where I could find the whole deployment process at a glance, this document is written with an intention to help starters. We rolled out iPads in our school in 1:1 envi...  View more

  • 254 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 kudos

AAMEE Please advise dmg failure

We are deploying CS6 Design & Web Premium to a few dozen users. There are two packages. The first is the EXCEPTIONS package (PKG) which we select "install" when adding to policy. The second is the main CS6 package (PKG wrapped in a DMG) which is cach...  View more

  • 244 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

Enable Dictation in 10.8

I am having a problem with Dictation in my environment being enabled. It currently states that there are parental controls that are controlling Dictation. I have tried using the templates inside of Casper and that has failed to work. I also tried boo...  View more

  • 300 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

Phased Deployments: How are you handling?

Like I'm sure many of you we are looking at rolling out new software deployments in a phased manner, across 4 separate groups: testing, IT, users, management. I had started to subdivide our users into static JSS groups, but then realized this would r...  View more

  • 1184 Views
  • 15 replies
  • 0 kudos

How to create minimal netboot for casper

Hi... i had my training 8 months ago... jumpstart... but im starting only now to develop and start using casper suite... my question is... how do i create a small nbi netboot to netboot computer into casper so it starts imaging by itself... ? right n...  View more

  • 395 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 kudos

Self Service Error policy #9

Dear Jamf users, Iam busy to setup a Self Service, but everytime i want to install an app (computerapp) i get the error Self Service Error policy #9. Also i have got on error missing bom file or something. Are there any good step by step manuals to s...  View more

  • 417 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 kudos

Authorisation Action in info.plist in Composer

Hi All Just a Composer question. I noticed that in Composer when going into the Settings folder of an application, there is an info.Plist file for editing. One of the options is for Restart Action, another underneath is for "Authorisation Action". Wh...  View more

  • 135 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 kudos

Configuration Profile - Dock Applications

Since upgrading to 8.64 I've noticed that I can now see Apple applications under Dock Applications when setting up Configuration Profiles. How can I include other applications in this drop down list or is it still not 100% working?  View more

  • 1178 Views
  • 11 replies
  • 0 kudos

Script: Remove VPN from network services in OS X

I wrote this script to remove the VPN services within the Network settings of System Preferences. Unfortunately using the networksetup command was problematic in that it wouldn't allow the removal of the last of a service on IPv4 and simply disabling...  View more

  • 295 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 kudos

OT: recovering redemption codes from dead, supervised ipads

Hi AllCan someone tell me the process required to recover redemption codesif you have a supervised, dead iPad that is going in to Apple for repair/replacement?I suspect it's "CALL APPLE" and if so, how painful is it, how long is the wait, do they giv...  View more

  • 685 Views
  • 10 replies
  • 0 kudos

System Diagnostic Logs from your Users

Thought I'd share this, I've set this up as a Self Service item, it relies on the built-in sysdiagnose tool, and then puts together a nice user-friendly e-mail so they can submit their woes to us. As a side note, the icon I chose is a stack of *actua...  View more

  • 7203 Views
  • 31 replies
  • 0 kudos

OT: Locking Firmware Repercussions

We're currently trying to decide whether to lock the firmware on our next round of equipment arriving in a few months (2012 MacBook Airs). In our program, we allow our end-users to be administrators of their Macs, and one of the expectations is that ...  View more

  • 711 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 0 kudos

Variables in Managed Preferances

Hi All, does anyone know if I can pass a variable in a Managed Preference? I can do that in Windows when using GPO, but tried $USER and well it spat out $USER :) Also as I've added my Mac to the Domain, how do I get the user long name (ie lastname / ...  View more

  • 556 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 kudos

APNS Errors

Hi all, I have lost my ability to push profiles and changes to my devices. This is the error showing up in my log file: IOException getting and entering feedback data: Received fatal alert: unknown_ca We haven't made any changes in the last month and...  View more

  • 1347 Views
  • 17 replies
  • 0 kudos

Unable to bind via Casper Admin directory binding

Any suggestions?I can manually bind a MacBook to Active Directory using the Join... button in the Accounts Preferences. (Without any errors)When I create a policy that calls the default directory binding from casper admin in JSS, I keep getting the e...  View more

  • 2246 Views
  • 23 replies
  • 0 kudos

401 error only with 'jamf mcx'. Very strange...

In our environment we use AD authentication for user accounts (non mobile), and apply MCX via Casper, to Macs running 10.8.3. Yesterday I started noticing that my computer was not getting some settings I would have expected it to be getting, despite ...  View more

  • 476 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

External Drive Encryption?

Just wondering what people were using to encrypt external HDDs? We're starting to look at Time Machine as a local backup option, but it misses a few of our security requirements (AD password sync, password expiry, etc.) Alternatively, has anyone foun...  View more

  • 331 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos

lpadmin question

So I opened a ticket with AppleCare and they gave me a lpadmin command that changes from username/password to negotiate, but I have to specify a printer each time I want to use it. Is there a way to have it do every printer installed on the users mac...  View more

  • 658 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 0 kudos

10.8 Apple SUS - Casper Settings

This is driving me absolutely mad, and I am probably just missing something silly. I am pointing our 10.6/10.7 clients to our internal SUS server, which works like a charm. For the life of me I can't figure out the correct settings to add Apple's SUS...  View more

  • 628 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 0 kudos

Mapping Drives / Login Scripts?

I am sure this has been asked before, but Could not find any threads. is there a simple approach to configure clients during or after imaging process to map network drives?  View more

  • 613 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 0 kudos

.PKG Dialog Windows. Can you edit them?

Hi Guys Wonder if anyone can tell me if there is a way for when packaging .PKG's with Composer to edit the dialog window appearance to have for instance, your companies logo and artwork on it? Or are we left with the default dialogs? Thanks  View more

  • 411 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 kudos

Search for OS and Local User Accounts

Has anyone successfully completed an advanced search that will display the computer OS and the Local User Accounts? I am able to search for a single Local User Account by looking for specific users via the "Receipts" options, but would like to do a m...  View more

  • 348 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 kudos
Labels
Top Kudoed Authors