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
I have recently bound a computer to a domain. The original user folder had a _ separating first and last name now the new account crated has a . to separate name. After logging into the new account I moved to original data into the new account. In th... View more
A few weeks ago, I rebuilt all of our OSX servers (which host netboot and distribution points) to Lion from scratch. We are having some sporadic netboot issues where a technician will select netboot from option menu, but it doesn't boot to netboot, i... View more
We have an AD environment and a logon script that mounts the user's share drive once the user authenticates. This works flawlessly on a wired connection. It worked under snow leopard on wired and wireless. We are having a difficult time on Lion thoug... View more
I'm running into an odd issue I can't figure out with a script I'm working on. You know how you can assign parameters in a policy (or Casper Remote) to $4 through $11 to pass back to the script? Well, it seems anything past $9 does not get properly a... View more
this might have been covered before, but i don't see a resolution anywhere. i baked a new 10.8 netboot set that allows AD login to a full desktop environment and access to casper imaging, etc. launching any of the casper guy tools throws realbasic er... View more
So i was reading another thread https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=3792 and @rpg mentioned something about block copies & ssd's dont play well together but didn't elaborate. The reason I ask is because i just set our finalized "st... View more
I have had to revert to using the last known good Composer 8.51! Composer 8.6 has a flaw to make unflattened pkgs to install to the top level of the disk. For example iWork 09 preinstalled software pkg creates /ROOt/Snapshots/Settings Etc etc and eve... View more
Hi All, On 10.7.x i've managed to knock up a profile that meant the clients would request a Machine certificate from our AD Certificate Authority. As per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4784 This now links to a new document for 10.8, http://support.ap... View more
In case anyone is curious, it seems the key to disabling the Mountain Lion dictation function is stored in a com.apple.ironwood.support.plist. The settings are Domain: com.apple.ironwood.support Apply To: User Level Enforced Key Name: Ironwood Allowe... View more
Hello, I have a user who installed the latest and greatest Logitech mouse on his laptop. The preference pane is greyed out though and the user cannot access the software. I am new to Caspar and would like to allow the user to utilize the software. An... View more
I have a JSS MDM config profile with in-App Purchases restricted but it doesn't have any affect on iBooks. (Unchecked "Allow in-App Purchases", saved, distributed to iOS devices.) Kids can still download ebooks, including adult-oriented risqué stuff.... View more
We have our Macs set to auto-logout after 5 minutes of inactivity. Is there a way to script a dialog box to come up before the logout? Something along the lines of: "You are about to be logged out due to inactivity. Press continue if you wish to cont... View more
I have been noticing that sharing names are not sticking when using Casper Imaging via Netboot or Locally. After the first boot the name of the computer reverts back to localhost. View more
Didn't have this problem until upgrading to Casper 8.6. I have created a 10.7.4 image with wireless preferred network and keychain items baked into it. I can restore the image using Casper Imaging just fine outside of a Configuration. However when I ... View more
I am a little frustrated with Casper because you cant make a smart group ignore another smart group. How are people getting around this to make exemption groups? Dummy packages? View more
Is there a way via command line networksetup -setproxybypassdomains to add to the existing bypass domains without replacing what already exists on the list? View more
Hi, With the new Adobe installation tool you can install a Master Collection and rekey it to be a Design Premium or whatever suite you want it to be. We use this a lot when users need After Effects. We just key it to Master Collection, then change it... View more
We were having a problem with our SUS on 10.7 not pulling all the updates so we upgraded it to 10.8 and it fixed the SUS issues but now we are having issues with diskless net booting.Anyone else found this to be an issue as well? Gabe ShackneyInstruc... View more
Hi AllWe are trying to deploy win7-64 and 10.7 to labs. We are following the JAMF KB https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=70and end up with blinking curser in Window side on first boot.Winclone image works when we push it using Winclon... View more
So here's my situation. I'm running a 10.7.4 Netboot server with a 10.8 NetBoot set and am trying to deploy 10.8 by importing the InstallESD.dmg and tagging it as an OS X installer. Every time I try and image a MacBook Pro with it I get the following... View more
Not sure if I'm overlooking anything obvious here... Is there an easy way to fill the "room"information in the (8.52) JSS? I can search and find my lab of machines and then choose "Take Action on Results" and put in the department, building, servers ... View more
I'm trying to set up a mac mini with 8.6 on it for testing so I grabbed a backup from our main server and tried to do a restore on it. Using the 8.6 database utility I start the restore and it takes about 10 minutes and then gets the following error:... View more
We encounter after an upgrade to 8.6 now the following problem.All clients respond with a : root# jamf recon -verbose verbose: Could not recognize the JSS response which was: (null)There was an error. Could not recognize the JSS response.Does someone... View more
Hi there, We are running Casper 8.52 and AD here at the college with some clients running Lion and the majority of them running Snow Leopard. I've set the printers trought AD and installed them on my computer to make them available on Self Service. T... View more
We would like to report on battery levels on iPads and send an alert when the level falls to a certain point. Although the battery level is reported, we are having trouble finding the criteria when setting up the smart group. We'd also like to gather... View more
After upgrading to 8.6, it seems that all of JSS Settings got wiped out(i.e. Activation Code, SMTP Server, Change Management and GSX Connection)If i try to re-enter the information and click save, it does not retain the settings. Is anyone else exper... View more
Is there any way to have a Configuration use a Policy instead of a Package to install things? It would be nice to just call a Policy (that already exists) since it can contain the scripts and packages together. An example:Let's assume each Policy con... View more
I've seen that there are specific MCX for Folder Redirection. We are looking for more documentation/samples around this MCX implementation. I would also like to understand how this would work in conjunction with Home Sync and Mobile Accounts. Is ther... View more
Trying to Install Open Office 3.4. Created a package and uploaded it to JSS. Viewing the logs I get The package does not appear to be on the server (404). Can anyone help what I did wrong. Thank you View more
We are running 10.7.4 and want to manage both local and domain users locally via Workgroup Mngr. Currently, after creating the group, if I add the group Member ‘ADDomain Users’ manually under the “Members” area in WGM (using the Plus sign), I save an... View more
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