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Best Way To Deploy Chrome with mcxToProfile

I want to be able to auto-deploy Chrome to new computers that get enrolled in our system. I've been deploying Chrome via a package I made with Composer, but I'm getting issues where it's deploying an older version. So after some searching around, I f...  View more

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Jamf-Migrator, 503 errors

Trying to test some new ideas, but getting blocked. Have "Prod_Server A" and "Dev_Server A" Created a "MigrationTest" user account on both, with RO privileges on Prod_server, and full admin on Dev_Server A. Using Jamf Migrator, I have all information...  View more

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Force quitting application to shut down computer

Has anybody successfully forced quit an application that a student left on and 'didn't save' their work so the computer could be shut down? some apps are notoriously bad at quitting when there's something they think needs to be saved and this prevent...  View more

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Combining Sites.

Is there a way of combining sites in to one group? Here is the example. I want to deploy an application, in one of the options i need to select a site name. if a computer in that site it will get that application. but what if i want to deploy the sam...  View more

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Additional Jamf Training Courses posted for 2020

Hello Jamf Nation! I'm happy to announce that the next round of Instructor-Led Courses for the entire globe have been posted for Jamf 200, 300, and 400 Courses through the end of June 2020. Please take a look here to see where our courses will be hap...  View more

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How to only allow a webClip show in the screen?

I want to set a "white list" that only some apps and webclips can use on iPad.Apps are easy , I can just use the Mobile Devices > Configuration Profiles > Options > Restrictions and select those apps I want in the Only Allow Some Apps, but how about ...  View more

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WiFi issue during deployment

I am running into an issue with Wifi during deployments. When the Mac is first booted and prompts for which wifi connection to use, we connect to the Corporate WiFi, which prompts for our credentials, and connects. During the JAMF deployment we push ...  View more

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Issue when deploying larger .pkg's via policy

Using Jamf Pro - Hosted 10.17.1 Higher education site. As such we have computers labs of 35 systems. When setting a policy to install a larger application (ie Adobe CC 2020 / Microsoft Office) we using a recurring check-in policy. The policy will sta...  View more

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FileVault - Some Users are not able to unlock the disk

Hi We are transitioning to enabling FileVault by Configuration Profile once Mac is enrolled via DEP. All is well, except we cannot add other authorized users to fileVault using the FileVault System Preferences --> Enable Users button. I just click th...  View more

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Patch management not updating

Hi all, I have been getting a headache with patch management. I have tried to update adobe acrobat reader, and google chrome on two different machines. I have downloaded the recent update from the 3rd party site as well as from jamf's 3rd party produ...  View more

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com.jss.provisioning.done.bom

This com.jss.provisioning.done.bom file get created as soon as the device is out of box and goes through the setup. Existence of this file will prevent the DEPNotify LaunchDaemon to run. In our script this file gets create at the end of the process; ...  View more

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O365 Activation/Authentication Issue

Hey all! We are having an issue with Office activation that is stumping us. Hoping someone else has run into it. Upon first open of Office apps, it prompts for sign in. Users enter their email address and then get a "Loading" window. Eventually, the ...  View more

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Okta - Any thoughts?

Our user base is small compared to many of the users I see posting on this forum. I have about 60 users and could potentially have another 60 or more by next year. I am starting to feel some provisioning lifecycle pains with all of the cloud services...  View more

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"R" Package Does Not Meet OS Requirements

Hopefully someone can point out what simple thing I'm missing here. I have a pretty generic self-service policy to install "R" (Statistical computing software). The policy is scoped to All Computers / All Users, excluding computers that already have ...  View more

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Inventory NOT updating

We're new to the Jamf environment, but have attempted to look through several articles/discussions regarding inventory updates. Issue: Our macs show an initial inventory update when they were enrolled, but no subsequent updates. The Last Check-in tim...  View more

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Jamf Initial Config / Setup

Hi, We are very new to JamF so please bare with us. We are slowly setting up our configuration and polices however not quite got it how we want it yet. The problem is every new machine we purchase automatically gets enrolled and takes on the half don...  View more

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Suppressing VPN Connection Popup Message

We have a VPN deployed via Configuration Profile with a LaunchDaemon to keep it always on. During startup and resuming from sleep, the LaunchDaemon script checks if the machine has internet connectivity - if it does, it then automatically connects to...  View more

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Cannot restore iPad errors

Hi all, we are in the middle of resetting 54 iPads for classes (non-DEP), now have one iPad that will not restore to factory, with the following error via Apple Configurator 2: Failed to create new state machine for restore [com.apple.MobileDevice.Mo...  View more

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