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INSTADMG 10.8.5 issues, Help Please

Hello , trying to create a new 10.8.5 instadmg image and all I keep getting as output is a dmg of the packages that I added as in the OS is missing. Any Ideas? nyc-sardesm-MD:instadmg sardesm$ sudo /Users/sardesm/instadmg/AddOns/InstaUp2Date/instaUp2...  View more

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Disable AppStore update notification?

One of the few things I loathe with Mountain Lion is that update notification from SW-update and the AppStore dock icon that appears when there are updates available. Is there any way to remove it or disable it?  View more

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Is Cache package resumeable?

Hi, I need to cache a huge package to all machines in our school, some of the mac carts are only used for at most 30 mins before shutting down. My question will be once the cache package start copying and half way through the machine is shutdown, wil...  View more

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Smart group criteria

Hi, Any good idea to create the smart group that will identify machines used by IT personals. Here are the hiccups that preventing me to create a smart group for IT machines: 1) We are using a standard naming convention e.g "name-model-year of purcha...  View more

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OSX 10.9 Desktop Background MCX

Hi guys, Had a quick look, but I couldn't find a similar post. Just trying out 10.9 on a test Mac now, and the MCX I have in place to set the desktop background isn't working. It's being applied, as I can see the ImageFilePath in ~/Library/Preference...  View more

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Casper DMZ - HTTP downloads

I have setup Casper to work in our DMZ running on a Windows 2008 r2 server. Clients are talking to the DMZ as well as the LAN. I have also setup the IIS service and an additional distribution point in the JSS to point to the DMZ. I have put a script ...  View more

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Getting Packages Out of the App Store

EDIT: I have taken out the majority of this post. Start packaging receipts with an AppleID you control and control your users access to MAS and keep on top of updates. Academically it's useful to know you can use information from these two posts to g...  View more

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Session Discussion

I hope you enjoyed my session at JNUC. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about MKA's 1:1 program and our philosophy behind allowing students to be administrators on their assigned machines.  View more

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E-mail

I couldn't find your e-mail. I would like to be on the list for Encouraging Women in IT. Thanks! brenda_brusegard@wmep.k12.mn.us  View more

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Can't log in with domain users

I'm having a problem show up randomly on our 10.8.5 computers. The user will log out and when they attempt to log back in they are just shaken off. When I look at the system log I see this: Oct 21 09:14:58 COMPNAME SecurityAgent[129]: User info conte...  View more

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802.1x Machine Based Authentication

Hi Everyone, In the JNUC 2013 Using 802.1x with the Casper Suite session it was talked about that it's possible to use Machine based authentication rather than individual user credentials. Has anyone had any success in doing this, and if so would be ...  View more

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slides

Any chance the slides will be posted soon? I am looking for the presentation slides from JNUC 2013 on "Getting Users to Do Your Job (Without Them Knowing It)" @gregneagle-LOL that was great! @mm2270-Thanks for explaining this. Sorry about the lack of...  View more

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Supervising my students

I am trying to supervise my students so I can use Casper Focus. I have run just a handful through my system and they all were able to go through and they say supervised in the configurator. However, they are not showing up as supervised in my casper ...  View more

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Disabling WiFi & Bluetooth on iOS

Anyone know of the best way to disable wifi and BlueTooth for iOS devices through a policy? We have some devices that will be used as a point of sale, and our Security team would like those disabled or kept turned off at all times. I was wondering if...  View more

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Manual MCX Migration from 8.71 to 9.x

Hi All, I've been testing Casper 9 for some time while we run on our stable 8.71 release. However the one thing i've not been able to solve is manual MCX settings as I have three that I need to port over. I've four settings for our homesync prefs and...  View more

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Dualboot - Howto keep Windows up to date

I have been looking for clues in the forum, but I did not find something....sorry if I overlooked it.I have a request for dualboot machines.I found brigadier https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier to get to current boot-camp drivers,but: I wonder how...  View more

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Indicate policy falure if script failes.

Is there a way to have the policy execution status be "failed" if the script within the policy fails a test? I have a policy that runs a script. At the end of the script I test to see if it was successful. How do I pass its failure to the policy so t...  View more

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Keeping Up To Date on Plugin and App Updates

JNUC 2013 inspired me to dig right in this weekend, when I got home. First up, creating Smart Groups for computers with out of date flash, java, silverlight, Chrome, Firefox etc. The create a policy to install the latest version on any computers in t...  View more

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Apps do not need to be managed for font profiles

In my demo, I showed that installing the profile with the Comic Sans don't wasn't enough for Keynote on iOS to display the font correctly. I uninstalled Keynote and reinstalled it via self serve. Just to be clear, you don't need to do that. Just quit...  View more

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SMC and PRAM resets via self service

I've been digging around to find terminal commands for SMC and PRAM resets so I can created a script to use with Self Service to reset PRAM and SMC. Has anyone else attempted or had any success? I can't find the proper boot args for 10.8.x  View more

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EFI Password via script

Hi All, Sorry I couldn't make JNUC 2013! However i've been working on something and while it's very raw AND VERY UNTESTED, I thought i'd share with you all to hopefully make managing EFI passwords a little easier. I've a script that can do it all. Ho...  View more

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