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Jamf Pro 11.5.0 Beta is Now Available

Hello Jamf Nation!We have several exciting new features including new Login functionality, Managed Software Updates enhancements, Packages page redesign, and more! You can find more information in the release notes when you enroll.Starting with the J...  View more

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logout or shudown issue

Dear all, Still same issue.Since my Jss is internal, when I am outside my network and I try to logout or Shutdown the JAMF daemon tries to connect to the JSS server for logout or shudown policies and this takes between 2 or 3 minutes I tried the appr...  View more

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Dual Boot - Time Sync Issues

Just when I thought I finally had my Dual Boot deployment all dialed in.. Iran into one final hurdle! Has anyone else had issues with the clock being out of sync when switchingback and forth between Mac OS X and Windows Vista? (Both Operating systems...  View more

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Setting certificate trust

Hi- Does anyone know a scriptable way to set certificate trust level? I'm automating the installation of our root CA onto managed macs and can successfully install them, I now just need to set trust level. I don't see a way to do it with certtool on ...  View more

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Duplicate MAC Addresses

Anyone have a good solution for managing two computers with the same MACAddress?--Brad RellingerTechnology SpecialistAnthony Wayne Local Schools K-12aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org  View more

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Migration Assistant

Okay, I have some odd behavior here, wondering if anyone else has seen thesame thing. If so, were you able to resolve it? I have setup a nice, clean Mac OS X v10.5.7 base install image...fullypatched and updated, with only and Administrator account. ...  View more

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Packaging Flip4Mac 2.223

Not sure why but we always seem to have problems packaging Flip4Mac. Just wanted to package up a newer versionand again it's a bit of a battle. Have tried the Preinstalled DIFF file for 2.1 and it doesn't seem to work. Two others that are always a ba...  View more

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After Effects plugins

I need to add adobe plugins to my software inventory but I need to makeit a subset of CS3 or CS4 with serial numbers and computer names or workstations pertaining to the particular application. Whether AfterEffects or Photoshop. This is as opposed to...  View more

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Certification Course

Has anyone taken the Certification Course for Casper? What did youthink of the Course? Did you find it helpful your environment? Thanks Cynthia R. DuCharme Technical Support SpecialistHelpdesk Support VM 763-391-7221  View more

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Adobe CS4 install being mucked up by AIR

So- I found out the hard way that if you have Adobe Reader 9.1 (or 9.1.1) update it will muck up a CS4 install policy due to AIR. If you're getting weird errors about the version of AIR that is being installed is unsupported, try removing the install...  View more

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Adobe Exit Code 7

Hi- Anyone else dealing with exit code 7 on CS4 deployment? Specifically, Flash CS4. Thxj---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastructure and OperationsInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02...  View more

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New macbooks

OK, so, now that the new MacBooks with non-swappable batteries have been announced, what are the schools that have 1:1 programs gonna do if batteries start dying in laptops? Do you have swap programs? What happens if a student comes to school without...  View more

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internal documentation

Hi everyone: This has come up in discussion lately and well I have had this conversation before. How do you all document what you do with Casper and your OS X Servers, images, client configurations etc? I have a lot of bad habits when it comes to bei...  View more

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Graphics Card Information

Hiya, First time posting :) I can't seem to find, if available, if not (feature request)... How to find Graphics Card information in all my Macs in the HardwareInfo. We are rolling out CS4 and I understand there is a minimum requirement of512MB VRAM ...  View more

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Non Casper Question- Remote Access

What do other institutions use for remote access? We use ARD, but we find it has no logging on the client side to show who accessed the system and when/where. Any recommendations?Kathie IorizzoLower School TechnicianThe Latin School of Chicagokiorizz...  View more

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Office 2008 SP1 Failing

I'm trying to push my Office 2008 setups out to clients and have had little luck getting this done. I've copied all the .mpkg files from the ISO/DMGs to Casper but and installed from there. Installing SP1 (12.1.0) appears to succeed according to the ...  View more

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A better link

To the tutorials and the T&T doc/whitepaper: -- Apple - Education - IT Professionals - Online Tutorials The first posting had a ")" stuck at the end of the url. johnd John DeTroye Email: johnd at apple.comSr. Consulting Engineer Systems Management Sp...  View more

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Client Mgmt tutorials

Gang, We have been working hard on tutorials for Mac OS X Leopard management, as well as getting my Tips and Tricks document to become a formal Apple offering. Here's the link to the offerings: http://www.apple.com/education/it-professionals/online-t...  View more

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Acrobat Reader

Does anyone know the best way to package the latest adobe reader so that it will play nice with CS3 Web Standard when using the Adobe Installer function in Casper admin? Thanks,Cindi StarrRapid City Area Schools  View more

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Using Casper Distribution Points

Our district is currently beginning the process of migrating our imagingand software package need to Casper. I was wonder if any of the largerdistricts that are using this software have distribution points in theschools? If so what kind of hardware a...  View more

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Imaging Suite v7 Beta

Hi all, Just downloaded the beta of the new v7 Imaging Suite. Does anyone know what new features are in v7? The release notes are fairly sparse... CheersDan-- Daniel FarnworthIT ManagerThe Creative Partnershipdaniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnershi...  View more

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Admin Printer

I'm working on a base image and I figured out the CUPS for the pause printing etc. But how do I unlock the preference pane so anyone can add a printer? I changed permissions on the preference pane file and that didn't work.Kathie IorizzoLower School ...  View more

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Computer theft - successful return

Just thought I'd pass along a good news story for a change... We had a Mini stolen from one of our schools. Using information from the machine's inventory reports being submitted back we were able to trace the machine's location to an ISP and the pol...  View more

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jamf takeSnapshot

Got a million dollar question here: from the binary $ jamf help takeSnapshot Usage: jamf takeSnapshot -target -saveTo [-modDates] -target The target drive take a snapshot of -saveTo The file to save the snapshot to -modDates Have the snapshot inclu...  View more

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Virtualization

Anyone running Casper in a virtualized environment? Pros/cons? Jeffrey A. StraussDepartment of Educational TechnologySystems AdministratorLoyola High School of Los Angeles1901 Venice Blvd.Los Angeles, Ca 90006(213) 381-5121 x265 ? Apple Certified Sup...  View more

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Am I Managed?

Hi- I'd like to make some sort of small change to client machines to indicate that their computers are managed, and possibly, to what level (e.g. Patches only or patches and software management). I thought of making a Dashboard widget, but I'd want t...  View more

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Casper archives

The search function works for me, though I would expect more than 92 hitswith a search query of 'Casper'. Sean  View more

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Adobe CS4 Updates

Hi- Has anyone had success in deploying Adobe CS4 updates with Casper 6? My prior gymnastics rebuilding the setup.xml file didn't work. I'd hate to resort to diffing it. j---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastructure and OperationsInformation S...  View more

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casper archives?

The search engine on the casper archives site doesn't function for me.Anyone else? -LAUREN NICHOLASUser Support Analyst - Hurd Campus Center for Information Technology - CIT Moravian College adjunct prof | graphic design & musicph. 610 861 1633lpnich...  View more

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