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Failed Package Install

We currently have a couple iMacs that fail to install packages with the error ... Install failed: The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. It seems that the failure hap...  View more

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Quickest Route to Core OS?

In InstaDMG I could leverage the InstallESD.dmg files obtained directly through Mac App Store to serve as my core OS build. Casper/Composer appears to want an actual "imaged" drive with core customizations. I'd rather use default Apple install packag...  View more

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Delay Login Window

I'm trying to delay the appearance of the login window at startup in 10.8.2 I've tried defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow StartupDelay -int 60 And I've messed with the time but it doesn't really seem to work. I have some script...  View more

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Malware in AUSST files!!

Thanks to Sophos their AV flagged this up. You need to re download the updates again fully (option 1) not incremental http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa12-01.html  View more

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Netinstall 10.8 Server

does anyone know how to create a netinstall image for 10.7 or 10.8? this is not supported by jamf, and i need a 10.7 or higher image for my macbook air's with thunderbolt-gigabit ethernet adapter. i currently use netboot, but prefer netinstall by far...  View more

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Profiles, Payloads and, Scope

I was wondering how other people are doing these things. I am currently setting up a single profile payload for each section that I want to manage. So examples would be, I have one profile for Network, one for VPN, one for Login Items, one for Login ...  View more

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Apple Configurator 1.2 Update Available

Yesterday Apple released an Apple Configurator update. Here is a listing of changes: This update improves overall stability and performance, and includes the following: Support for new iOS 6 features (Lock to App and Global HTTP Proxy) on supervised ...  View more

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Restrict clients off Guest network.

I was looking I thought I saw a script to restrict a user off of a ssid we are having too many teachers connecting to our guest network and I would like a script to push out on Casper to restrict them off our guest network help!  View more

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How do you log into self service?

How do you log into self service? Trying to get the limit by groups mechanism to work properly and when a policy is enabled on all machines and scoped to specific groups it still isnt visible under Self Service unless i remove the AD Group. Any ideas...  View more

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Adobe CS5.5 Uninstall Script

I'm having limited success using the Uninstaller.pkg created with AAMEE and the Adobe Cleaner Tool does not eliminate all of the necessary folders/files associated with the programs. With CS4, I used the RemoveCS4 script available in the JAMF Resourc...  View more

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Hide menu item in Apple Remote Desktop

We have installed Apple Remote Desktop and want to hide menu bar icon showing students they are being observed. I found that I can delete the file /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras. Can someone help me automate this deletion through Casper?  View more

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JAMF Nation User Conference: Schedule

I just saw the posted schedule and noticed that the sessions "Mass iOS Deployments" and "Don't Get Schooled by Your One-to-One iPad Deployment" are scheduled at the same time (Thurs 1-2pm). These sessions are both on iPad deployment and I was wonderi...  View more

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10.7 Lion: remotely log in user via loginwindow

I work at a High School and we need to set up labs for testing. We have a local user account that we need to log in and some testing software to launch. We typically do this to make it easy for the testing coordinators; they just come in and the soft...  View more

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Slow Login after Sleep Mountain Lion

I have AD bound Macbook Pros that, when off site, will take anywhere between 6 and 15 minutes to login after sleep or screen saver... Is this a Mountain Lion bug anybody else has been experiencing? It doesn't take that long for the local Admin accoun...  View more

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Active Directory Won't Authenticate in Mountain Lion

Hey All, I have searched high and low for information about this and I have come up with nothing helpful so here is the scoop and hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction... I imaged 14 brand new 21" iMacs with a Hardware Specific Mount...  View more

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Casper Custom Imaging - Scripting Option - Parameter 1

Greetings, I’m looking to simplify the imaging process even more for the techs in the field and need some help. After doing a great deal of reading/research on scripting I was able to create a script the will add a print by command line. #!/bin/sh re...  View more

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NetInstall Image

Hi Can anyone please help? Have just gotten in several new Macs which means I need to create a new NetInstall set so I can get it to boot and have images deployed to it. I have read through this site extensively and understand that that NI Creator 3....  View more

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APN and init-p01st.push.apple.com

We identified an issue with Push notifications on Mountain Lion clients. We have seen that machines try to communicate with init-p01st.push.apple.com and this address resolves to an Akamai IP.Until we have this connection established we don't get our...  View more

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com.apple.screensaver.ByHost & Mountain Lion

So I've noticed that MCX for com.apple.screensaver.ByHost is not working properly in 10.8. In 10.6 & 10.7 I have the idle time set to 600seconds & module name set to flurry. I'm noticing on 10.8 machines this is not being enforced. If I can't get the...  View more

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Printer Report from JSS

Hey Guys I have tried for a while now to generate a report listing the printers I have available in the JSS. When I use the Logs>Mapped Printers feature I am getting duplicate printers listed as some users have manually added them with an incorrect n...  View more

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Applescript to display message weekly?

Hello, I am trying to deploy a script that will ask users if they've filled out and submitted their time sheet. If they click Yes, the message goes away. If they click No, it launches Safari and brings it to the front. I can get it to run on my machi...  View more

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