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Force Restart After Inactivity

Hi all,I have a need for a script that forces Macs to restart after 10 minutes of inactivity. There would need to be a warning that pops up as well, say after 8 minutes of inactivity to give a user a heads up that a restart is coming. Anyone know of ...  View more

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Jamf server hanging on 'Initializing Change Management'

Hello,I upgraded my Jamf Pro server from 10.28.to 10.31 today (it runs on Windows server). Based on the instructions about the upgrade I checked the Change Management log file path and 1) it exists and 2) Tomcat runs as Local Service and has permissi...  View more

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11.5.1 breaking Apple Silicon / Jamf connect?

Hey all! Just updated my M1 Mac mini to 11.5.1. Everything installed just fine, however when it booted back up it could not connect to any network. When attempting to open an application it looks like Rosetta 2 was uninstalled from the machine. My at...  View more

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Jamf API xmllint --xpath Question

Searched Jamf Nation but couldn't find anything close enough to my use case. I'm querying the Jamf API for computer IDs by way of usernames:jamfUserURL="https://[company].jamfcloud.com/JSSResource/users/name/$username" computerID="$(curl -X GET -s -k...  View more

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GSX Account with Smallish Inventory Base

Hi everyone,I just wanted everyone's opinion on GSX and if it's something worth having for a smaller inventory base (< 250 devices). It seems pretty useful for things like automatically pulling purchase and warranty information, especially as we look...  View more

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Stay with JAMF Pro or switch to Kandji?

I currently find myself serving the role of interim (it's a contract-to-hire role) IT director at a 300 person company. There are three people in my department currently (however the headcount is currently at 2, with the 3rd person being a contractor...  View more

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Softwareupdate cancelable?

I have a working process for osx updates. I'm using an extension attribute to verify if a computer has any updates, and if so if they require an update or not. I then just the Jamf helper to create a nice dialogue with a countdown timer. And I fire o...  View more

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Guest account access through Nomad Login?

Hey all, I hope you guys are doing okay.We've run into some issues with our AD bound macs and we're considering switching to Nomad & Nomad Login. Our current setup has the guest user available on Elementary school computers and I'm wondering if there...  View more

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Jamf Pro 10.32.0 Beta is Now Available!

We’re excited to announce the Jamf Pro 10.32 Beta! This is our WWDC compatible version of Jamf Pro and contains a lot of exciting new features and fixes including new keys, restrictions and commands. This version also gives admins the option for more...  View more

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USB disabled for iPad that has restarted

Hello! I have an iPad 7 that died after being turned in. It is no longer where it has a saved network connection.The iPad has a passcode lock on it, preventing me from being able to access wifi settings, so I am unable to communicate with the device ...  View more

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Jamf On Prem logging to stdout/console with log4j2.xml

With the release of Jamf Pro 10.31.0 they updated the logging to be defined in xml format in the new log4j2.xml file. This allows for the standard xml logging format to be used. Documentation hereBy default it will log out to the os specific default ...  View more

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Force Macs update installation

Hello,I currently have a problem with the macOS update. I try to install them via a mass command, unfortunately it does not work. Does anyone here have a good solution so that the updates are installed directly also mandatory.The employees have no ad...  View more

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OneDrive - maximum files synced

Just wondering what people have experience of regarding a maximum number of files synced with OneDrive.I have a user on Big Sur and he has over 2 million files just under his OneDrive Documents folder and it seems to stop syncingwith no message about...  View more

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Default User Profile - Big Sur

Hi everyone, hope everyones summer is going well! We wanted to get your opinion on custom user profiles. We're moving to Big Sur and the boss wants us to create a default user profile so everyone has the same experience at first log in. We're torn be...  View more

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Notifications not available for LDAP/Cloud IdP groups?

I am working to migrate from adding individual Cloud IdP (LDAP) users as Jamf Pro users to adding Azure groups and then adding those groups instead. However, I noticed that users logging in with a group membership do not have the ability the ability ...  View more

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Can you Disable Apple Widgets in BigSur?

So besides McAfee & Adobe being a big pain in my side, I see many "Widget"s running all the time. More unneeded fluff Apple thinks everyone wants. Is there an easy way to disable or block? May sound a bit much, but I work with a group that gets upset...  View more

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Cannot Remove Profile

We had a device that was not able to be managed, so we tried to delete the device and remove the profile to re-enroll. We are not allowed to remove the MDM profile, and reinstalling the profile through self enrollment fails, stating "New profile does...  View more

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Jamf Connect login window not appears

Hi Jamf Nation!We are trying to set up the pre stage enrollment to the future computers of our company.We are using Google SSO to start the pre-enrollment and it works fine. But the trouble is, after the pre-enrollment is finished, it doesn't appears...  View more

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Latest OS Updates not available

I've had reports of the latest 11.5 (11.5.1) OS Updates not appearing in the Software Update pane.It's not affecting the entire fleet but is affecting multiple versions 11.4, 11.2.3.I've triedDeleting the softwareupdate.plist fileFlushing DNSResettin...  View more

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iPad stuck with Activation Lock

I was trying to document the enrollment process from unbox as part of a POC for JamfPro. I have sent commands to unmanage the iPad and it shows as unmanaged in the inventory. But the device itself still shows an Activation Lock and asks for an Apple ...  View more

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