Many of our IT users have multiple AD accounts. One is their every day standard account and the others are special accounts they use that have elevated rights. No one uses their elevated accounts to login directly on the Macs so there are no local Mo... View more
I know that when AD accounts login to the Mac for the first time, the network home folder has to be perfect - permissions, network home folder path completeness, etc. I've tried educating our AD admins about this but they still don't seem to get it. ... View more
Jamf Pro 10.2 beta 1 expands on the patch management framework by adding support for external patch sources. Software titles hosted on an external source can now be used for patch reporting, patch notifications, and even patch policies. Keep all your... View more
Sorry if this has been answered before... Once I start buying VPP items directly from Apple School Manager, how do I let Jamf Pro know where to look for them? I'm assuming there's a token somewhere that I'll need to upload to Jamf Pro, but I can't fi... View more
I have noticed that when you have a package that contains scripts, that the package only works once, then you get an error the next time you try to install. I have tried trashing the receipts, but with no luck. I would like to be able to run the pack... View more
When browsing a machine’s history, all policy logs are blank / empty. I can view them fine under Policies -> Policy name -> Logs Anybody seeing something similar? View more
Is anyone deploying the newest Xcode? I'm not sure how to go about it now on High Sierra. Before I would get the install package from the App Store using the method by @rtrouton but it looks like there's no more Debug menu to get to the downloads fol... View more
CPU Exploit A new CPU exploit is out, but the patches put a significant performance hit on the machines. View more
Can anyone tell me what I need to do in order to remove a user from a Shared iPad? A staff member has left recently and we need to remove their user data from the Shared iPads that belong to their department. Is it possible to just remove the user, o... View more
Hello, I use the JAMFCloud API to add groups and assign tablets to them.Often it works, but sometimes the API returns me a 404 error on the same request. Do you have any idea what the problem is? Yours sincerely, Johan View more
Hi Forum, Word is coming down from the top that our senior leadership team wants to revoke local admin rights on people's Macs/PCs this year. Our people are currently Admin/Managed/Mobile accounts. As such, if admin access is revoked, what's the best... View more
I've been trying to enroll an Ipad mini (1) into DEP but it will not take the serial number. I've tried just supervising it with configurator and it throws and error as well: Failed to create activation request. [com.apple.MobileActivation.ErrorDomai... View more
Hello, does macOS 10.13 keep an authentication log anywhere? I don't see the accountpolicy.log in /var/log anymore... so Im assuming Apple moved it into log facility? I need to audit a Mac for login success/fail attempts at the screensaver/login wind... View more
We have laptops that are encrypted with personal recovery keys that are escrowed in the JSS. I've had several users recently get locked out of their computer because their account somehow got dropped from being filevault-enabled. To re-enable them I'... View more
Hello, I am new to the Mac and Jamf world and am in need of some advice. I need to deploy a script via Policy to change the "DisconnectOnLogout" value for each NIC on a device to "NO". The below AppleScript works but it prompts for credentials. How c... View more
I'd like to reset NVRAM, but in the instructions it says, "If your Mac is using a firmware password, attempting to reset NVRAM causes your Mac to start up from macOS Recovery instead. Turn off the firmware password before resetting NVRAM." So is ther... View more
http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/02/apples-warranty-coverage-check-website-now-demands-apple-id-for-access This is really bad for those of us without GSX. View more
I have an older Ipad that I want to start from scratch. In the end it was painful slow... So I choose Erase All Content and Settings in system.Seems to work well, I choose language Swedish in my case, country as Finland, Wifi and password. A message ... View more
How can i retrieve a list of mobiledevicesmartgroups? The api documentation (https://overview.jamfcloud.com/uapi/doc/) only refers to search members of that groups (POST /mobileDevice/obj/smartgroup/{id}/recalculate), but not how to get a list of gro... View more
Hi,we wanted to speed up the DEP + Prestage Enrolment during the testing phase.Previously we had to reboot into macOS recovery, re-format the drive, download the macOS and install the OS. Using the new process we cut down our DEP process time from 35... View more
Hi folks I have tinkered with an Apple Script until it successfully "automagically" creates an eMail signature for MS Outlook that pulls some of it's data directly from our Active Directory. When launched manually it works like a charm. Now what I wo... View more
Someone decided to release a new MacOS 0day called IOHIDeous for New Years: https://siguza.github.io/IOHIDeous/ View more
Hello! Long story short, my JSS has been collecting inventory way too frequently and my database size is about 35gb. my Mysql column for applications is 31.1gb with over 175 million rows. I've tried everything from doing a backup in hopes that repair... View more
I'm trying to change the short name of an account via the CLI. Right now I'm unsure of how to target the "Account name" property. However, I've been able to change the Full Name with the following command. sudo dscl . change /Users/ RealName "Sean Bo... View more
Hi, I am having an issue with sudo jamf recon. I’m getting this error. The jamf binary could not connect to the JSS because the web certificate is not trusted. I am running a JSS self signed certificate. I can login to the JSS fine from the machine. ... View more
I had an issue a while back on my Mac running OSX Server, where the secondary drive's Mount Point changed (Somehow) and caused issues with login. After working with Apple Support, I was able to point my login directory to the new mount point and all ... View more
Is there a way through a Configuration Profile (maybe restrictions) or something else to turn off: Settings: iTunes & App Stores: Updates?I am looking for a way to push this out to a group of iPhones and iPads without having to track them down and to... View more
We are a nonprofit with a fairly far-flung staff and are considering using Zerotier (zerotier.com) as a VPN solution. Has anyone had experience deploying this through JAMF? It's pretty easy to install, but I'd like to make it so that employees don't ... View more
Hello, Apologies if there's already a thread on this, but I'm having a problem with a new MacBook Air. It is our first computer enrolled in DEP. We have several App Store apps in Self Service that were purchased through VPP. On the computer in questi... View more
Hi Nation, Now that Hi-C VMs will not allow caching, has anyone tried using squid proxies VMs along with baremetal High Sierra Caching server(s)? tia Larry View more
