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Automatic Naming Example - Using API

This is a script that gives a specific prefix for Location, adds Dept, then adds an identifier. It's fairly specific but the bash script for scraping the API response is good to use on anything you want to retrieve from JAMF. I currently have the ide...  View more

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Inventory Update API

Hi guys, I have an always on VPN for over 400 iPad's. What I would like to do is exclude our local network segment so that when students are on site at school, the always on VPN disengages. Having spoken to Jamf support, they have suggested I edit th...  View more

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Small Photography Business OSX Backup Solution

Got a Single User who is need of a solution to for backing up her OSX machine including offsite backup.There are multiple sites so i will need to backup multiple computers. I was hoping for a backup to a LAN storage device as well as a cloud solution...  View more

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iPhone Apps

Hey JAMF Nation, I'm wondering if closing all apps when I'm done using my iPhone is better than leaving them open. Does it save battery life to close them all the time or does it not matter much? How does this affect memory usage as well? Thanks!  View more

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Suppress admin prompt when logged in as standard user

Is there a way in 10.13 to suppress the admin prompt for a standard user? I'm not talking about allowing admin tasks to run without authentication. We simply want the macOS to not prompt or at the most indicate to the user via a dialog box that they ...  View more

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Outlook 2016 - Default signature via script

Hi all, I’ve been working on a script that creates a default signature based on a HTML template and the JAMF API to get the Name and some extra info.I manage to create the signature without any problems but I can’t find a way to add it as the default...  View more

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iOS Single App Mode Purgatory

I seem to have painted myself into a corner with a set of iPads. I configured 10 loaner iPads for some students in Single App Mode (RedShift Astronomy). These iPads had a configuration profile for wifi with our wifi certificate payload so as not to b...  View more

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Suppress iOS Quick Start for Supervised Devices

Is there any ability to suppress the Quick Start functionality in iOS for DEP/Supervised devices? The Quick Start feature is what allows you to setup one iOS device by holding another iOS device you already use near the new one and allowing them to s...  View more

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DEP devices can skip enrollment via backup restore

My org is currently using another MDM tool and planning to migrate to AirWatch. Most devices are supervised/enrolled in DEP. To move the supervised devices to Jamf, I know I'll have to completely erase them (erase all content and settings). Users hat...  View more

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So with macOS Mojave, is imaging dead?

There's been talk for months about this, but I haven't seen anything anywhere regarding deployment options for Mojave. Maybe it's restricted by hardware and not so much the OS? Thoughts?  View more

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Admin MacBook Pro

A bit off topic here, but my boss has agreed to replace my 2011 MacBook Pro and my old desktop Mac with a single MacBook as beefy as I choose with a good docking station of my choice. A great problem to have for sure...three catches: has to last 5 ye...  View more

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Apps installing after iOS wipe

I am having random apps installing on iPads after manually wiping them, updating the ios and re-enrolling. Clearing pending and failed commands with the mass actions has not seemed to work. I have even checked the iPads I was working on to see if the...  View more

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Ideal workflow for wiping computers in a lab

Hi everyone, It is that time of the year to wipe the computers in the labs and start fresh, however, I keep running into issues where policies that have a 'once per computer' execution frequency don't get triggered due to them being triggered before ...  View more

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iOS Current Battery Level (Jamf Now, UI based)

Is there a way for me to see the battery level ("current charge") for iOS devices? In my case I've got fully DEP supervised devices in Jamf Now, and I'm looking for a UI way to do it. If UI isn't possible, I'll use an API (but I have no idea if that'...  View more

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Locking up after enrollment

Sigh. Made a bunch of policy excludes to reduce extensions... off to rebuild to see what’s causing grief. Not an immediate lock, and happens a few minutes after boot even in safe mode. Will test more tonight.  View more

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Trigger policy from command line

I am testing a policy. I want to run the policy from a command line. I know the command is jamf policy -event XXXBut Im getting "No policies were found for the "XXX" trigger I used this method in the past for testing. What could possible be the probl...  View more

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Inability to Connect to Wireless on 10.13.4

Hello everyone, We updated our MacBook Pros to 10.13.4 via a JAMF policy and seem to have no network connectivity when trying to connect to a hidden SSID that is configured via a network policy. Has anyone else seen this? Our only solution has been t...  View more

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Outlook 2016 first startup to exchange?

Hi all, Has anyone figured out how to auto-configure for exchange 2016? I'm trying to avoid the steps that- once my network users luanch outlook 2016 - they have to input 'their email' , then they choose 'Exchange', then they have to input thier 'use...  View more

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Firefox Auto Updates

I see some older threads about turning off Firefox auto updates, yet I'm curious what people are currently using?I'm starting the process of moving from 52 ESR to 60.Currently I just delete the updated from the package yet that gives clients and erro...  View more

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Dockutil & Persisten-Others

Started testing Dockutil recently as I wouldn't mind getting some of our users Docks setup with some of our critical apps. It was working as I believe it should until I started getting apps placed into the "persistent-others" section of the dock, wit...  View more

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Local user password expiration EA

So we have a local user that is setup to manage the Macs via online enrollment. Since we have a password policy, the password will expire every 90 days. I'm try to stay ahead of things and would like to create a EA that tells me when how many days un...  View more

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