We recently got a ticket to install vectorworks on a bunch of managed iMacs. The iMacs are in a video lab, where the only account the student's can use is the guest account. This is causing issues with the license not sticking when the user logs in a... View more
A vendor's installer tells you a lot about the level of competence and support you can expect... View more
I created a base install of 10.13.1 and then use disk utility to get the image, then uploaded it to Casper Admin. has anybody tried this? is there a problem doing it this way? i have it in a configuration right now, the configuration running on test ... View more
Running into a new one - think I've just never hit this combination of issues before. Have a script that works 100% when run locally, essentially to modify my /etc/hosts file. When run locally, it obviously requires sudo. When I run it via Jamf, it f... View more
Has anyone else run into the result "Illegal Instruction: 4" when attempting to grant secure tokens? I know this was working last week because I tested it successfully several times before working it into our FileVault user enablement script for 10.1... View more
I am working on distributing managed apps (VPP) for macOS. In this case, the apps are scoped to computers and set to automatically install. The apps are distributing as expected - but I cannot seem to locate the client-side action/command to force a ... View more
I'm using @mm2270 reboot scheduler script and am receiving the attached error when I was the user to pick a deferred time. If I manually add a time then the script works fine. Any ideas? View more
I was wondering if there is a way to pass Active Directory login and password resets through Jamf's traffic? I had seen an article a while back, but can't seem to find it now. (This would be for machines connecting that are not on our network). Gabe ... View more
@jake -Im trying to use one of the crashplan EA and can't seem to get it connected. Do these EAs still work, because I know Code42 has changes some of their ports. Thanks View more
Hi everyone, We have 2 JAMF Pro environments that are mirrors of each other – DEV and PROD.Our endpoints or DEP enrolled and FV keys are stored per environment. Without wiping and re-DEPing can anyone advise on an automated workflow to move devices?S... View more
Hi, After the Macbook wake up from sleep, the Skype for business and ms outlook 2016 is not working. In order for it to work, you need to either reboot or close the apps, access to safari and launch the apps again. Anyone else encountered the issue? ... View more
Does anyone know exactly when the "Deadline and Grace Period" starts for a Patch Management policy?Is it somehow per machine or global?How can I tell when it started for an existing policy?Can it be adjusted? View more
Hey, all: I (finally) took the time to post a bunch of extension attributes and scripts I've written during the past year plus of my working with JAMF. Nothing too mind-blowing, really (I'm pretty much just a script kiddie), but I hope someone finds ... View more
Hi folks, Anyone use Caching Server instead of regular SWUS? We currently run SWUS service for Sierra clients on Server app 5.2 over OS X 10.11.6 on an XServe (not kidding, see image). This setup has worked well for us since the OS X Leopard days. Ho... View more
All, If you use SMB shares etc it may break self service if you have Security Update 2017-001 installed on High Sierra endpoints as it did for me, installs stick on executing. The following command in a policy will fix it scoped on those that have be... View more
Hello everyone, I am running into an interesting issue for quite some time. We have a particular set of macbook carts that are used not often, around once every other week. The issue is that machine is bound to our domain, has wireless connection, is... View more
Could one of you help me understand the "Retain cellular data plan" when wiping a device. In the Admin Guide it only says "For devices with iOS 11 or later, you can choose to retain cellular data plans." I could assume what this feature does, but I w... View more
I need an extension attribute to show me if version 4.1.2 of Mcafee Native Encryption is installed. I created this script, but when it is run in the JSS even if 4.1.2 is installed, it still shows the result of Not Latest !/bin/sh McAfeeMNEversion='/u... View more
I have 4.2.1 installed and I am unable to get updates to be seen by my machines. my suscatalog http://server/content/catalogs/index_CMC.sucatalog doesn't have the updates listed as enabled in the branch. When I search the XML file returned by that ad... View more
I just learned that several of my policies that are designed to, essentially, trigger another Self Service policy (for the purpose of their being a visual progress bar for the end user) no longer work since upgrading to Jamf 10. I used to do somethin... View more
I am trying to push the High sierra installer to users application folder. After That I want to run a script through self service that will upgrade users to High Sierra with very limited user interaction. This process was tested and is working howeve... View more
Having a strange issue with Dock items that keep reappearing. Items like Siri, iBooks, Maps, and Photos are removed from the dock and reappear after a reboot or logout/login. Of course it's not happening on all machines, just certain ones. We're stil... View more
I setup the Fast User Switching extension attribute, but it seems to be failing on 10.10 - 10.13 OS - Fast User Switching Disabled: Fail (Domain or Key Not Found) View more
Hi, We've had our university staff Mac computers outside of our Active Directory up until now, but my boss now wants me to investigate if it's worth binding to AD. Personally I see no reason to bind at all, domain password management is done external... View more
What's the correct method for allowing security to invoke changing a network password. We have users using a print share via SMB. When they update their AD passwords, their non bound AD Macs do not update the password for their printing. Essentially ... View more
For the last two weeks I was working with support on an issue that seemed minor at the beginning. QuickAdd failed to complete the enrollment and the logs showed that this was caused by a failed MDM profile install. On the server the logs get flodded ... View more
I want to update my NetSUS from 4.1 to 4.2.1. I was searching on the GitHub page for instructions on how to do an update and could not find any besides the first time install. Do I need to stop any services or uninstall anything before running the up... View more
Hi folks, We are seeing a lot of issues with the Microsoft auto updater not working in High Sierra. It can't download the latest version of the auto-updater when you try, and once upgraded still can't download the current office patches. Are other pe... View more
Hi all,Has anyone run into this when trying to open Pages or Keynote on iOS?Fully updated iPad and App versions, adequate room available on device The app opens, then the error message: "Unable to initialize remote proxy for extension" shows when the... View more
