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Install macOS Sierra 10.12.2 via Self Service?

Hi all, Back in the El Capitan days, I could download a "Install OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 installESD.dmg" file, upload it to Casper, and end-users can select it within Self Service to upgrade their operating system on their Macbooks. I am trying to fi...  View more

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Remove Siri Prompt with AD Network Homes

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone else has managed to suppress the Siri Setup Prompt with network homes on Active Directory Accounts? With local homes, I can suppress it every time, as these read the user templates folder, but the network homes do not...  View more

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Lock Screen Message - Variables

Hi, Is it possible to put in variables within these fields such as the serial number of a device easily? This would be very handy to be able to see on the lock screen. Thanks. :)  View more

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Casper Remote and SSH - what is required?

Hi all, I've been searching through JAMFNation for an answer, but haven't found one that exactly answers my query. I'm trying to use Casper Remote to remotely log onto a Macbook. We are using Casper 9.96. When trying Casper Remote, it firstly goes to...  View more

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SCEP Update

Dear Guys,If I need to push out System Centre Endpoint Protection Virus Definition Update using either ARD or Casper Policy, how should I do it?Where do you even found these updates?Thanks!  View more

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App Device Distribution Not Working

So I might be totally missing something but I can't get device based distribution to work. When I assign the app to people through Self Service it opens the app store and asks them to buy it. When I set it to Install Automatically nothing happens. So...  View more

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Anyway to remote homepage?

I have a group of users that shouldn't have a homepage set, but they had the wrong Configuration run, and already have the devices. I tried messing around with "sudo jamf setHomePage -homepage", but don't see a way to "unset" the homepage.  View more

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Classroom Mac Usage

I have a couple classrooms with about 100 Macs, all managed via Casper. I'd like to get a report of the usage of all of them, and I can't seem to find any way to do that via the browser interface... Specifically, I'd like a report that shows each com...  View more

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CCA Certification

I'm working on my training for the year, and I'm trying to type up some good justification for the CCA course. I work for a consulting company, so what I need is transferable skills that will not only help my current customer, but other customers. My...  View more

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Apple Classroom app on shared iPads

Anyone running the Apple Classroom app on shared iPads? Seems like the only way to make it work with Shared iPads is with creating the classes in ASM. Has anyone successfully done it ASM? I also have an ASM question, I did an FTP from our school syst...  View more

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Database Connection Error

Hello,The previous systems admin trained me for a week and was gone. I do not have much experience on these things. I appreciate any help I can get from all of you. The problem:I try to enter into the JSS dashboard through the web address and it give...  View more

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LogonServer On Mac

Hey Guys, In our environment, we have 4 domain controllers in our domain, like test.com. Macs are joined to the domain using "test.com". Now, I want to know to which domain controller they are hitting. In windows, it is too easy just type "SET L" and...  View more

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Using system_profiler with macOS Sierra

Hey there, all! I have an extension attribute that I've been using for a few years. With the addition of macOS Sierra, this lookup, specifically "system_profiler" and "SPSerialATADataType" no longer works for MacBookPro13,1 (2TBT3 models) in my organ...  View more

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Distribution Point Certificate

I've burned enough time trying to get a self-signed cert working for https on a file share DP and want to just buy a cert. The devices are mostly remote and scattered all over tarnation. This is an El Capitan distribution point. Since this is just fo...  View more

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CasperCheck | No Webserver?

Working to implement the awesome CasperCheck solution from @rtrouton , but I have no access to a web server to post by quickadd pkg to. Has anyone tried or had success hosting the quickadd file in Google Drive?  View more

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Fontd Crippling Imaging Process

Hi everyone, I have just started imaging my school's fleet of 440 MacBook Airs through Netboot imaging and the imaging speed is maxing out at 15MB/s. When I open Activity Monitor I see that the process 'fontd' is writing between 30-40GB of data to th...  View more

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JSS dashboard - how to identify troublemakers :)

We have many techs, and they all love the JSS Dashboard. Is there a way to tell who is using the JSS Dashboard excessively. I mean, it is there to be used, but how do we know if someone has 1,000 pie charts in their JSS Dashboard? Is there any docume...  View more

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Sophos 9.6.0 Sharing account

Hey Guys! I had just noticed that when Sophos 9.6.0 gets installed on an end user machine , an account shows up as "SophosEndpoint" as a Sharing only account in the Users & Groups on System Preferences. If this account gets removed, Sophos "on-access...  View more

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NetBoot issues

Happy New Year JN! My environment is experiencing strange NetBoot issue. Before I get to that let me give you the answer to "What has changed?" The University of NM closes completely over the holidays. This is a perfect time to perform upgrades, migr...  View more

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iOS SSO Project: Best Practives & Suggestions?

Im getting ready to start a project involving providing SSO experience to my ~300 iOS devices. I currently use MDM (Meraki - and most likely JAMF down the road whne funds are available) for Exchange, VPN and VPP apps, but haven't needed to manage SSO...  View more

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Fast API inventory results?

Hi guys, I have some advanced inventory searches that I'd like to get info from, (count of iPads by model, counts of iPad by iOS version, etc.) and would like to get those numbers from the API, but it seems that running the advanced search pulls down...  View more

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training: CCT and CCA under the belt, then what?

Guys, gals, To gain as much knowledge as possible about working with and setting up Casper Suite on supported platforms, would it be wise to sidestep for now and sign in for a CJA class? Or first follow the path and do a CCE course and then CJA. Sinc...  View more

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Remotely log in user to multiple Macs

If I have a class of iMacs, is there a command way or using Apple Remote Desktop, that I can remotely log in all iMacs at once using the same user. The iMacs already have the users created of course. Our iMacs don't have automatically log in enabled....  View more

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