Powerschool class naming in Apple Classroom App on iPads
our teachers are having problems identifying classes in Apple Classroom. Does anyone know which Powerschool fields these options link to? Thanks Anita View more
Forum Posts
Script Help for a newby
I'm trying to pull the asset tag info from the JSS API and apply that to the Computer Info Field 1 on the device. I'm still learning scripting, and need help with my syntax. This is what I have so far... #!/bin/bash #Pull Asset Tag from the device as... View more
Mac user-initiated enrollment "null" screen
During user-initiated enrollment, Mac users hit the "...you need to install the MDM profile for your organization" screen. When they click Continue, the site chugs for about 5-10 seconds and just goes to a screen that says "null" with an indeterminat... View more
FontDoctor 10 serialization for all users
Hello and good day, is there anyone out there who has succesfully deployed & serialized Extensis FontDoctor 10 for macOS? We have a lab of 40 computers that all have n amount of users. The problem is that FontDoctor asks for a serial number for each ... View more
Automatically trusting certificates WITHOUT prompts?
Hello all, At my workplace we have changed out wifi authentication, it now requires a certificate before allowing someone to connect, this has broken my login screen wifi profile, that now no longer provides wifi connection at the login screen for au... View more
Jamf position in the Bay Area
Hello, We just opened up a position and are looking for a full time Jamf integrator. Ideally someone who is at least Jamf 300 certified, or could obtain the 300 quickly. The position is located in San Mateo, Ca. Please send me a message and resume if... View more
Jamf Certified Associate Exam - Now Available Online
Hello Jamf Nation,I’m happy to announce that the Jamf Certified Associate exam is now available online. This exam is based on the Jamf 100 Course. Along with the launch of the exam we’ve implemented a new system for online content as well as a new us... View more
Apps staying grayed out
Hello all, Im am currently 18 days into a support ticket that doesn't seem to be getting anywhere and I was wondering if anyone has come across (and conquered) this same issue? All of the iPad apps district wide are grayed out. They show up on the de... View more
Maintain mobile app categories closed
Does anyone know of a way to force Jamf Pro to keep the mobile app categories list "minimized" or closed? When I go back to the list after opening an app to adjust properties/scope, every category list reopens, even if I have previously closed it. Th... View more
VPP Installs from SS
Hey Team, Running into a strange issue. For some reason I'm able to scope our VPP assignments to machines. But from the Self Service -- when you run the install it just stalls. When you run the install again, it fails. Once I restart the machine and ... View more
Sending an email via script
This is something i've never tried to do before so i'm not quite sure of the process. I want to run a script and have it send an email at the end letting me know that it completed (repo_sync results from reposado). I've seen some mention of sendmail,... View more
Allowing Security & Privacy - Privacy - Accessibility : Allow the apps below to control your computer
Hey Guys! Not sure if this is possible anymore, but is there a script/command to use to allow an app for Accessibility? Trying to see if this is possible since our lab machines do not allow admin access. macOS 10.13 Thanks all! View more
Customizing Cert Requests
I am hoping someone has come across the same scenario or can point me in the right direction. We are using SCEP to manage and deploy device certs to our Mac clients. That process is working great; however, we have a need to customize how the MAC addr... View more
Filevault Recovery Redirection
If the Mac Filevault is already been enabled by a third party application for example: McAfee. Is it possible to redirect the recovery key on JAMF using the FileVault Recovery Key Redirection policy? View more
Execution delay of policy running at Check-in timing
If there is a policy that is already running, can you delay the execution of the policy running at the check-in timing?Please tell me if there is any information. View more
MFA with UserInitiated enrolment
Hi, This should doable, has anyone enabled this and is it a difficult task to enable? View more
Shared ipads failed logins
my district just recent rolled out a 2 to 1 iPad program, and with every technology change there are teething issues but my latest headache is with user logins. it seems random but when students go to log in, the iPad will take the password spin for ... View more
Redirect Filevault key encrypted by McAfee to Jamfpro
Is it possible to redirect the keys encrypted by McAfee MNE-Filevault to JAMF pro without decrypting the Mac? View more
Trouble with Screen Saver Config profile
I'm trying to create a Configuration Profile to change the screensaver from Flurry to Classic slide show. I have an option set in the Login Window to use the /System/Library/Screen Savers/Classic.saver for the Screen Saver module, but it doesn't seem... View more
Adding a Wireless Profile using a script
We have a Wireless Profile in the Enterprise which i need to automate to push it out to all the systems in the environment.I already have a script which after installing the .config profile, installs the certs and grant it 'Trust Access' in the key c... View more
Generating SecureToken for systems that don't have one
Some Macs in our environment are somehow in a state where no regular user account possesses a SecureToken. As such, there is no way to enable FileVault for any user, etc. etc. Has anyone found a way to generate a new SecureToken for a system without ... View more
[Security Question] New DEP Device to be Enrolled
Anyone could help me on how Jamf PRO server recognize if the new DEP device trying to communicate to it is legit? From what I've checked, when a new DEP device connects to the internet. This device will check the DEP web service of Apple if it is ass... View more
LDAP - User and Location
What's up everyone! Hoping someone can shed some light... We have drilled through every post on JN to set up LDAP to populate the user information in the User and Location tab for each of our workstations. We're on 10.6.2. No matter how we try it, no... View more
Automate Building Jamf Compatible macOS 10.13+ Virtual Machines
I've read many posts and blogs on how to build Jamf Compatible macOS 10.13+ Virtual Machines. After much reading, I cobbled together a script that soon became a workflow and has since become a mainstay in my toolkit. Before I continue, here are three... View more
Remote macOS exploit using custom URL schemes via Safari Open "safe" files after downloading
Recently theres been a new exploit going around where malicious files can be executed automatically via the "Open "safe" files after downloading" setting in Safari. I've created a plist that completely disables the option that can be deployed via Jam... View more
VFuse VM's and ESXi (Model changing upon upload or clone!)
So I've made my VFuse image and have both the vmx and vmdk. When I try to upload the VM to the ESXi server via Fusion (upload to server) upon launching the VM the model is changed back to VmWare1,1. How do I get my VFuse images successfully uploaded ... View more
Passcode after Setup
We have a prestage profile that restricts all iPads from setting a passcode. I now have one school who needs to have a passcode set due to them using Google drive and Classroom which require the iPads to have a passcode. I really don't want to have t... View more
Disabled IPv6, Re-Enabled and still can't browse local network
So i created a script to disable IPv6 on macOS High Sierra. Most of our servers are Windows and have IPv6 disabled. Initial testing didn't show issues. A few days later, users weren't able to connect to some of our internal servers, including JAMF. I... View more
File Vault 2
I have a question about File Vault 2. The way my predecessor (who is no longer reachable) configured Jamf and our Onboarding process, a policy was created to Enable File Vault 2 – Once per computer (which makes sense so far) but he lost me creating t... View more
