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Auto Logout

We have a lab of iMacs that are bind to AD(Active Directory) and the students access the iMacs wit their AD credentials, I have a configuration profile created with the login window payload configure to log out users after 30 min idle and the log in ...  View more

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Update Sierra > High Sierra w Remote Command

Pretty new to Jamf. Question on updating some of my Sierra systems to High Sierra. Created a smart group, have the scope. Can I just send a "Remote Command" at this point? The command says, "Update OS version and built in apps". Is the default action...  View more

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NetSUS automatic approval of updates

We are using NetSUS 5 currently with only one branch and automatic approval of the updates. We are interested to make a second branch for a little test group that could test updates first and let's say after week we update the rest if test group does...  View more

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InTune integration problem

We've followed all the instructions for setting up InTune integration with our Jamf Server on both sides. When I run the self service policy to get a Mac registered in InTune, it goes through all the steps until it gets to the JamfAAD.app where it ba...  View more

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Optimizing my Zero Touch for Students

We have 3 different departments, in which students get iPads for their Graduate School program. Each of the departments have different apps assigned to them based on their department. Our LDAP directory does not have a Departments field that populate...  View more

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MDM Enrolling 10.14 Clients on VMWare Fusion 11.0.3

Is there an easy way to do this? I read an article about using a tool called vfuse, but it didn't seem to like the newer version of Fusion. I get an error 500 from the profile enroll window. It seems like its just setting the hw.model and serialNumbe...  View more

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$EMAIL variable issue (and user level issues)

I created a config profile to pre-populate account information for Skype for Business by using the $USERNAME and $EMAIL variables. I pushed it out at the computer level and it works - kinda. My test mac is listed in JSS as being assigned to JSmith, b...  View more

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Zoom Patch Policy

I create a Zoom Patch Policy and added the relevant .pkg to it. It is currently only scoped to one test machine. When the policy runs, it just runs Zoom and brings up the installer for the end-user to install. Because the end-user doesn't have admin ...  View more

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To upgrade, or not to upgrade?

We are a school district of 4000 devices, split 50/50 between iPads and macOS devices. We have purchased our last macOS device, and are moving to ChromeBooks. Our macOS devices currently run macOS 10.12.6. We are debating going to Mojave. We currentl...  View more

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JSS Session Timeout Oddity

Hey folks. Our JSS has been experiencing random session timeouts since we updated to 10.11, and I was wondering if anybody else had seen similar? The timeout value in both relevant web.xml files is set to 240 minutes and Tomcat has been restarted sev...  View more

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App notarization and how it affects a fleet

So I read this article yesterday from Apple: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution I was left with a large handful of questions that some folks here may know the answer to. I'll break down my quest...  View more

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Granular Configuration Profiles

There are several items in Configuration Profiles that I need to use but I don't want them permanently locked down. I would like to have a script or command that enters a recommended setting but allows a Admin to change it like the Apple Default OS d...  View more

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Apple Provisioning Utility (APU)

Apple Provisioning Utility (APU) was discussed at JNUC as well as in this article. Has anyone implemented this? Or have any feedback as to where I can start? Not much mention anywhere about it or who to contact at Apple.  View more

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Install Command to Excluded Devices?

Hello, I'm seeing commands getting sent to iPads for an app that's set to automatic install on devices that are in the exclusion list. It doesn't seem to be causing problems, but every excluded iPad I've looked at has it sitting in the pending comman...  View more

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Naming Scrip occasionally failing

Hey All! I have been working on a section of my provisioning script that names the computer then I'm using the built-in Jamf binding tool after the script runs so the proper name is used. The problem I'm running into is that from time to time the ren...  View more

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Keychain reset script - without restart

I´ve been googling a on a keychain script that can create a new keychain without having to reboot.I have found some but they don´t seem to work for Mojave Do anyone has something that is working, that can be used for self service, but without having ...  View more

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Outlook automatically download external images

HI we want to set the Controls for download of pictures in the reading panel. GUI Preference > Email > Reading > Security to 2 = In all messages.Ive followed the info from here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ESX5td0y0OP3jdzZ-C2SItm-TUi-iA_bc...  View more

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Assistance with Profile Manager to JAMF migration.

Hello JAMF-Nation, I am new to the JAMF Administrator gig and could really use the assistance and knowledge of others on here to make this JAMF roll out as smooth as possible. Currently we have about 30 Machines that are all on Profile Manager on a O...  View more

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How to remove safari and make chrome default browser

This is for iPad iOS. Some of our weblink's don't function well unless using google chrome. I can remove Safari and add Google Chrome apps but need a step by step to know how to make it the default browser. Found some old discussions but not sure on ...  View more

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Skipping Local User Setup Screen

During an initial setup, is there a way to skip the final User Setup Screen if I have our computers require login credentials during enrollment? When using the require credentials during enrollment it fills out the Full Name, Short Name, and password...  View more

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Computer Rename Using Dropdown Boxes

Hi all, I wanted to see if this is even possible, and thank you for any help or insight! We have 3 main departments that I am managing devices for: Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistants. I would to use our renaming scheme so that I can...  View more

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