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FileVault 2 Personal Recovery Key issue

Hello, Experiencing an issue with getting proper FileVault 2 Recovery Key from JSS. Using the same process turning on FileVault 2 by policy; Individual (Personal) Recovery Key lands to JSS database, available, working. Nothing has been changed in Fil...  View more

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SMARTNotebook Mojave Security & Privacy settings

Hi All, Anyone have any luck automating the Security & Privacy allow settings for SMARTBoardService.app in Mojave. Tried using the PPPC utility from github. What happens is I can create a profile for SMARTNotebook.app but not for the SMARTBoardServic...  View more

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Domain Join truncate to 15 characters

Hi everyone, I found this script which allow me to join Macs to the domain. I'm having an issue where our machines are named with more than 15 character and this is where the issue lies. My Work is:1. Enroll device2. Rename the device to our name sch...  View more

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In macOS what is the kext cache?

This maybe a stupid question to the Mac Administrator elite out there in JAMF nation, but what is the kext cache, and how does one rebuild or repair it? Also, when is it appropriate to do so?  View more

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Site Administration rights question.

I was looking into setting up production sites in our Jamf Cloud instance and giving certain technicians admin rights, just for those sites. I am still new to Jamf so still trying to figure this out. My company has the corporate network and a product...  View more

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Beef up my Jamf pro Policie, CPs and features

I want to provide a better user experience in general for my users. I found a script that will gently remind the user to restart their machine every 2 weeks. I am adding that this week. My question is: Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions o...  View more

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Deleting All Users from a Shared iPad

I have created a Greasemonkey script that add a "Remove All" button to JAMF for shared users. You will need the Greasemonkey extension (or similar ie. tampermonkey) and the script here JDSS. I've only tested with Greasemonkey and the latest Firefox b...  View more

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Launch Agent doesn't start

I wrote a process for my network team to scan for when a user connects to the company through VPN. I use a post-install script to load a Launch Agent - however, I can't get the launch agent to start -- without the user restarting. I don't know what m...  View more

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System Preferences Sound Plist

Hi, I'm trying to locate the Plist for my Sound Output and Input preferences. The end goal was to have a command or plist. To have my stationary Mac Mini to always output and input to a specific audio device. All the Mac Mini's are running Mojave If ...  View more

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Recurring check-in with scope limitations

Hi everyone, I tried searching but couldn't find really an answer. Hopefully I can explain my situation clearly with my limited knowledge in english language. Is it possible to construct a policy to install software this way. I would like to have a p...  View more

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tvOS Apps not installing

I cannot seem to get tvOS apps to install. It appears to only be affecting Apple TV's, iPads are getting apps just fine. We are using Apple School Manager. All of our certificates are up-to-date. There are also enough available copies of the apps to ...  View more

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MacBookAir 8,1 in Jamf Pro 10.11.1

Hi.I do have a question.I realised that our latest MacBook Air devices are displayed only as MacBookAir 8,1 and not as MacBook Air (13" inch, late 2018) or similar. Is there a reason for this? All other devices are shown with the correct Model name. ...  View more

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Assigning a username to a device without JSS

I'm looking for a way to assign a username like you can in JSS (Inventory > User and Location) but would like to do it via a dialogue box (oascript?) outside of JSS on a Mac via Self Service. We have our JSS synced with Active Directory (AD) via LDAP...  View more

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Help with NoMAD Login.

I decided to take a stab at NoMAD Login because I am sick of binding but I am having all sorts of little issues The initial machines I tested on, I manually installed the package and ran the script after, worked great, I could login with AD accounts ...  View more

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Cleaning Up Adobe After Effects Cache

I have a few labs of shared computers, and have been noticing the hard drives filling up quickly during some terms, and the culprit appears to be the Cache for Adobe After Effects located in ~/Library/Caches Anyone familiar with a way to force the ca...  View more

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Delete and replace an xml file in a directory folder

Hi Everyone, Newbie HereI'm trying to replace an existing config xml file in the applications folder. I packaged the the new config file to add in the existing folder. I wrote a simple script to run before running the package to remove the existing x...  View more

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MP4 screen saver (SaveHollywood)

Hello, I've been tasked with creating a screen saver with an .mp4 file. So far, it looks like SaveHollywood is the best way to accomplish this. Does anyone know how to configure the preferences of SaveHollywood to use the .mp4 file?  View more

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kexts blocked after approval config profile

Hi everyone, We've just pushed a configuration profile to whitelist a kext for bitdefender and although the Allow users to approve kernel extensions is selected, it appears its blocked all other kexts from being approved or from running. For example,...  View more

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Prevent saving password in keychain

Hello, if I connect to a server with MacOS I have the possibility to save the server password in the keychain by clicking the checkbox "Save password in keychain".Is there a way to disable this checkbox?  View more

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