Hello Jamf Nation! The Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta Release features a number of exciting improvements and enhancements for managing your Apple devices. Starting with 11.8.0, Jamf Pro admins will be able to set a minimum OS for MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads t... View more
So I'm still waiting for my test Macbook Pro with the Touchbar, but been trying to look into what we'll be able to allow and what we wouldn't. We already disable Siri and the the unlocking with Apple Watch, but were going to test the touch id for use... View more
We have been binding to AD forever, but it does have it's issues. Does anyone here use Enterprise connect? Thoughts? View more
Anyone discovered a way to disable "Allow MailDrop"? MailDrop allows users to send large attachments in up to 5GB in size via iCloud. We can't store data with a unapproved cloud provider. One thought I had was to set the minimum size equal to the max... View more
We've been binding our Macs (about 30) to AD since forever....But recently, I find that's causing more trouble for our help desk team: machine unbinding on their own, password change causing keychain issues, remote user machine's password does not up... View more
Just a quick question, but since our JumpStart was quite a few months ago, I have forgotten where/if you can make changes to it. Because when imaging, the machine is not enrolled into the JSS and the time isn't set, etc etc. Thanks, View more
Has anyone had issues building a NetBoot image with AutoCasperNBI? I successfully had a machine boot to the NetBoot image but when running Casper Imaging it skips through all the steps and restarts even theough i forced the updated rc.netboot file. A... View more
Hi all, Has anyone noticed a Policy running twice? I have a few ongoing policies that are triggered on Login, Logout, Startup, Check-in, Network State Change. After looking in the client machine's jamf log and the jss policy log, I see that this poli... View more
A MacBook was locked down yesterday, but no one in our office pushed that command out. Is there a log file somewhere in the JSS that would show the user that sent that command out? I have not been able to locate any logs regarding this. View more
Why should one choose Casper/Jamf-pro over FileWave? View more
It seems User LDAP information is only updated when a user has a device that checks in. Is there any way to force user information to update if they don't have a device? We've got quite a few leavers that are stuck in our JSS that would be easy to re... View more
I'm getting an increasing number of macs in my environment that are exhibiting this strange problem, whereby suddenly the /tmp folder (/private/tmp) is becoming unwriteable.Obviously this causes various odd problems with apps as a result, the most vi... View more
There's been a thread or two discussing this issue, but I wanted a quick reference thread listing USB-C gigabit Ethernet adapters that are confirmed to be able to network boot the late 2016 MBPs with or without the Touch Bar. No assumptions* or guess... View more
Hi, I've set up a couple of Red Hat Enterprise Server (6.8) VM's to mimic our real VM's for testing before we do a JSS 9.81 to 9.96 upgrade. One server is the Database server and the other is the JSS. The Database Server has MySQL Community 5.5.3 ins... View more
Does the JSS need to be prodded to get the latest version number of a software title?Flash Player 23.0.0.207 was released last week and our JSS hasn't seen it yet. View more
OK, so I commented on an old thread but do not want to take that thread up anymore.So this user created a command to disable pop-up blocker in Safari. However, it is not working for me, so I decided to test an older version which is..."defaults write... View more
Is there a way with jamf or a third party software to see application usage of an iPad? I'm interested in knowing how often are iPads are being used by the students and what the student are actually doing on the iPads. View more
Greetings! I've been using this script that I found here that @kitzy kindly shared (thanks!) to display a prompt to close apps before installing updates. And so far it's been working pretty well, however, I have discovered that in some cases I'm gett... View more
So I am using the Reissuing FileVault keys with the Casper Suite. Followed this to the T (except the DMG for the ICONS). I am getting the follwoing error: Executing Policy Reissue invalid or missing FileVault recovery key Downloading AppleCustomScrip... View more
I am struggling to use this EA to determine if there is an iLock on the computer. I can run a command similar to this in ARD but that does not help me as I want to create a Smart Group scoped to iLocks installed. View more
Hi All, I'm going to be rolling out new lab environments in the next few weeks, and part of that is integrating with AD, which is Campus Wide, rather than our OD environment that is only our school. Our labs are restricted to our students, however. A... View more
Hello everyone, I am trying to implement an extension attribute to pull the version of SafeGuard. Below is my script: The extension attribute will populate the correct information if I'm physically on the machine running "sudo jamf recon". I enrolled... View more
Hi everyone, does anyone know how to open the System Preferences Pane for Time Machine via terminal. I found thishttps://macosxautomation.com/system-prefs-links.html but it does not contain time machine. Many thanksMarco View more
Hi nation, I recently left the company I was consulting with but I received all of my certs while with them and now all of my badges have disappeared from my profile. Is there a way to get those back or do my certs belong to the company? That can't b... View more
Is there a way to view the log file for all of the currently running computer policies? The event logs only show Configuration Profile activity. Thanks! View more
Our users are heavy GIT users and during testing of macOS Sierra we have been seeing the system hang when git commit command is being ran. Since the issue seems to hang the system, no logs are being written. External of us the issue is being seen but... View more
I have a test Jamf Server set up on a Mac Mini. I just got this message on the notifications. What do I do about this? Is there a guide for this? View more
I'm trying to figure out what the best way (best practice way) would be for changing the default application for an extension type. Managed pref? Profile? Script? I could see how this might be useful in different applications but ours is mainly to ke... View more
I have created a profile to install some new internal certs (root and issue) but am only seeing it reach 61 of the 250 machines in scope. How can I troubleshoot why it is not reaching the rest? Also, does someone have a script or method to make user ... View more
I have purchased several new apps with the VPP yesterday. They are showing up under the VPP account in global management, but they are not showing up in the app list for our mobile devices. We have not had a problem with this until today, the previou... View more
Our next meet-up is on the schedule! Please join us on Thursday December 1st from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Bottle Rocket Studios in Addison, TX. We'll have pizza, sodas, and some great discussions! Register here: Dallas Area Mac Admin Meet-Up If you wou... View more
