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Zen and the Art of the 8.73 API

Hi All, I've successfully pulled information out of our JSS using the API. Now I have a new challenge: setting an extension attribute via the API. Is this even possible?  View more

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Apple update server

The Macs I support are currently pointing to an internal SUS for Apple updates. I have a problem where clients take their Macbooks away from the organization for extended periods. I was wondering if anybody knows a way to get the Macs get updates dir...  View more

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Mass / quantity changes via automation

Just curious how some of the rest of you who manage larger environments deal with making changes across numerous configuration items within the JSS. For example if you needed to rename a large number (>10) buildings or a vast number of departments du...  View more

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VMWare Fusion 6 package with key

Hey all, I got this working for Fusion 5 after many unsuccessful attempts, however since we upgraded to Jamf 9 I am unable to Create a similar workflow for installing VMWare Fusion 6 and having the license key included. I have looked at some of the r...  View more

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Casper Focus Crashing??

I have installed Casper Focus 9.1 on an instructor IPad and when you "unfocus" the applications, Casper Focus crashes. Any suggestions? Thank you!!  View more

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Admin rights being removed when @ home

We grant admin rights via a script / policy that runs this script... #!/bin/bash # # this script will promote all local users to the admin group # for i in `/bin/ls /Users | /usr/bin/grep -v "^Shared"` ; do /usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupM...  View more

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Login Issue

We thin image all of our new Macs was they arrive. I have a netboot server that I boot from and I have a couple of different configurations that we can deploy. Works fine. We use it every day. As we have systems that are moved out of service, I neede...  View more

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10.9 Admin users don't have any folders

Hi JN, Haven't seen this anywhere and it's been a bit perplexing. Not sure this is directly related to Casper, either, but if anyone has any ideas, I'm open. We have a DeployStudio workflow for 10.9, which images a machine then runs a package to crea...  View more

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Hard Drive Speed / Type Extension Attribute

Hey All, I did a bit of searching through the forums but I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I'm looking for a way via an extension attribute to find machines that either have a SSD or rotational drive. I don't necessarily need specifics,...  View more

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Barcode Labels

What product are you guys using for barcode labels on your Macs/ and or iPads? We are currently using Zebra labels in a Stripe S4M printer. They have a problem of tearing off/ wearing off until they are unreadable or won't scan.  View more

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Voice Over

Has anyone ever use this feature with an image, if so, do you have the toggle keys working from a keyboard to turn it off and on?  View more

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iPad Deployment

We are about to deploy 200 iPad Airs to our store managers. The order will be placed later today. We have done pilot testing for iPads that will be deployed internally before, and feel confident that we can enroll iOS devices into our JSS under that ...  View more

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Mavericks OS Installer for New MBPs

As some of you know, Mavericks is already forked - the new MBPs come with a build that's newer than GM (13A3017 vs. 13A603). How does one go about building an OS installer (i.e., not a captured base image) in this scenario? I know a lot of you guys h...  View more

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QuickAdd Force Restart

Is there a way to have the quickadd package restart the machine after it finishes enrolling the device? I am using self enroll and want the machine to restart after the end user finishes the enroll process. ThanksLarry  View more

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Mavericks AD lockout

I'm trying to track down an issue and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this. Mavericks, bound to AD, AD has a policy to lock out users after X number of password retries. Services are kerberized such as file sharing, etc. etc. No network homes. ...  View more

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autoDMG (instaDMG's replacement) 1.0 is released.

For those of you still using instaDMG there is a new replacement called autoDMG. It automatically updates its self and catalogs every time you open it or to whatever interval you choose in preferences. It is as easy as it can be. You drop the OS.app ...  View more

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Stop Data & Documents in iCloud

With Apple now giving away the iWorks suite with new Macs this opens up a potential data loss scenario. The default save location for iWork's is iCloud. I believe iCloud has Data and Documents turned on by default. I have a need to uncheck "Documents...  View more

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setting number ranges in search criteria

First time creating discussion, please be gentle...Thank you for the support in advance. I am trying to adjust the search criteria to search through a range of numbers, our inventory is numbered and it would be great to create a smart group with a se...  View more

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