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Slow logon times

Hoping for some advice or guidance... So it seems our MacBooks running high sierra are bound to the domain, we are seeing an increase in login time from boot. Fresh out the box MacBook running high sierra, bound to our domain using directory utility....  View more

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Curl the enrollmentProfile.mobileconfig

Hello - Trying to automate some enrollment tasks and I'm having trouble figuring out how to curl the enrollmentProfile.mobileconfig. This is the config we download from our enrollment page for OS X, not for iOS. Basically the thing that has taken the...  View more

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Jamf Automation

I spend a lot of time provisioning computers here at the company I work for. The process is extremely time consuming. Time wasted that I could be using for learning, or doing other things. Does anyone have a guide for automating computer setups. Righ...  View more

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iOS Home Screen Layouts

Hi Everyone, Is there a graphical interface for creating app layouts for different profiles? Going through all the apps and having to search by name to organize is a pain. Attached is an example of something I am talking about.  View more

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Adobe Creative Cloud 2018 only Patch Definitions

We found the Jamf-provided Adobe Creative Cloud Patch Definitions too inclusive as many of our users are sticking with 2017 versions, but were prompted to apply 2018 updates. Adobe Creative Cloud 2018 only Patch Definitions Note: As @brysontyrrell po...  View more

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customizing office 2016?

hi allwe have a large enterprise with a lot of mac users and we plan on deploying office 2016 to them.currently - our office package we created, has the installer w/ serialize, but no custom is done to it.my question is, is there a way to edit the pa...  View more

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AD bound Macs and Windows Print Server

What is the easiest way to get Macs to connect to printers via Windows print server? Currently what I am doing is adding the printers to my machine via IP, opening Jamf Admin and grabbing the printers. I then create a Self Service policy for the prin...  View more

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Filevault Configuration Profile not encrypting

I have a configuration profile for filevault to encrypt certain machines and escrow the PRK to the jss. This worked on two machines but now the rest of them aren't encrypting at all. They're in scope and have the config profile. It is a computer leve...  View more

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New device in Jamf

Does anyone know why when I add a new device into JAMF, I am not able to click the device itself and manage it/push configurations? I've included a screenshot to better explain what I'm trying to say.  View more

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iCloud and MDM

Hi everyone, I currently manage iPads for remote patient monitoring. One of the clinicians gave an iPad to a patient and accidentally had that patient sign into their iCloud account. Unfortunately, that has now made the device unmanaged. Does anyone ...  View more

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USB read only but allow exceptions

Hi I had a post further down but find the issue to be Sophos fault and they wont fix it @:{:@:}~@{:}:!! Anyways... is it possible within JSS to make usb devices read only but allow some exceptions? in which will only apply to say our staff group and ...  View more

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Error 801 on macOS High Sierra deployment?

Hi Folks, We have run into a very simple error from a simple command: The command is nothing more than: "/Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall" --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app --ag...  View more

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xpath "junk after end of expression" error

I'm trying to parse some XML output (a smart group) from the JSS API using xpath. The output is pretty standard stuff, a list of computers and any outstanding software updates on them. Let's save the entire file in a file ~/Desktop/whywontthiswork.xm...  View more

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Custom triggers for configuration profiles

I have a wifi config profile that needs to be installed after the Mac binds with the AD. Currently, my users have to install it via self-service but I would like it to install automatically during the deployment automation. In order to connect to our...  View more

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Content caching USB internet tethering no DHCP

Good day everyone!Ive run into an issue that i cant seem to find any info on. I have a mac mini that is not managed by Jamf, its on its own for testing. i have it plugged in via Ethernet to our network and it works just fine, itll get addresses all d...  View more

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Wipe multiple computers

I have about 70 mac book airs that I am retiring and need to wipe and reinstall the os before selling. Does anyone have a quick method of accomplishing this? I am currently planning on having to boot each machine into recovery mode, erase the hard dr...  View more

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Best Practice for Easy Install?

I have three versions of an Application. One runs on 10.6 & 10.7, the next runs on 10.8 & 10.9 and the final runs on 10.10 - 10.13. I want to end up with a user or support person being able to select a single item (like a policy) and have the logic i...  View more

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Community Patch Management

I know this question has been asked before and @brysontyrrell has a great write up on it here at this link - Patch Server for JAMF Pro but, has anyone implemented this is a community available server?  View more

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DEP - Simple finder

Not sure if this is specific to 10.13.4 but when i enrol a mac via DEP it creates the admin account, binds etc but then when logging in to the local admin or an AD account it has Simple finder enabled. How do i prevent this? cheers  View more

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MDM Capable users script

Hi, I need a smart group so I can see any devices that are missing an MDM Capable user. Support provided a script but I didn't want to store credentials in it. So I created a policy with the script and pulls in the creds as parameters but now I'm stu...  View more

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What happens in a migration?

I am looking to setup the cloud distribution point using AWS. I need to migrate in casper admin since we have been using jamf since v8. I know in the JDS days, the packages were pulled into the jamf database for replication. Is that still the case? I...  View more

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Patch Policies Not Installing Automatically

Not sure if something changed, but for some reason I can no longer have patch policies update apps automatically. For example, I've uploaded the .pkg for Microsoft Autoupdate 4 and set it as the target version in my patch policy. I've got the policy ...  View more

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Logging out user after remote screen sharing

for some reason sometimes, when I connect to a computer via jamf Remote - it loads screen sharing, and I decide not to share screen, but to log in using another account. - Install update, remove files etc whatnot. then I log out - but end user cannot...  View more

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Jamf Pro 10.5.0 Beta 2 Now Available!

Updated Beta 2 Release notes are now available, along with installers. Jamf Cloud will be upgraded this evening. The Jamf Pro 10.5 beta adds new features for managing Apple TV devices, includes a new script editor, and enhances various workflows. IT ...  View more

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