Hi guys.My JSS server broke, i had to restore from a backup DB. I performed the detailed steps from here https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/articles/127/restoring-database-backups and seems to be OK for the most part.My problem is this, the policies ar... View more
The slides have been posted to the Resources tab on the event pages https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/events/jnuc/2016/269/apple-school-manager-1?view=resourceshttps://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/events/jnuc/2016/270/apple-school-manager-2?view=resources View more
Warning noob alert, macadmin thoughts appreciated: In our environment, we have a mixture of DEP and "prior to" DEP iPads in the wild. The DEP iPads have no problem pulling down a Profile and Self Service after a reset to factory. Alternatively, "prio... View more
If you are about to deploy Skype for Business Mac, you will first need to remove Lync 2011 and Skype for Business Mac Beta. This is a script to remove all items listed on How to perform a clean uninstall of Lync for Mac 2011. In addition, it will rem... View more
I'm getting the below error when trying to create a Sierra Image with Composer. Anyone else seeing anything like this? View more
Does anyone know if there is a way to unenroll devices on a particular date? View more
I just had a bit of a hiccup in my CC2015 deployment when I was rewriting some scripts and dmg's. I noticed that I had a double in my illustrator folder, and the stock joboptions weren't being deleted according to my script:So it looks like the Finde... View more
After the iOS 10 update, a number of iPads lose connection and are unable to see the assigned networks. The current fix is to manually enter a network or plug the iPad into ethernet, add them to the exclude list for the network configuration profile,... View more
We have a few iPads that were donated to our school district. As you expect, since they were not purchased by the school district under our Apple Customer Number, we can't enroll them to Apple DEP. Is it still possible to manage them in JAMF with the... View more
So we use the Global Protect client for our vpn. One of the issues we have with this is that the thing seems to loose the ability to reconnect after being constantly suspended or put to sleep by our laptop users. Its not enough to kill the process to... View more
I'd like to grep the latest version on Patch Reporting page on JSS. is there a way i could grep the app latest version via terminal? like the chrome's latest version, i tried to use curl https://*/patch.html but it doesn't work out View more
I try to implement SSO for our SelfService, but I am stuck somewhere. The IdP sends the correct information (according to our server logs), but the user gets an 'Access Denied' message. In the JSSAccess.log I find username=firstname.lastname@this.pla... View more
I need a script to check that Box Sync is running in the background. I have tried adding a few as extension attributes but they don't seem to work. I just need a report to see if the process is actually running or not. Any ideas? View more
We have machines that are bound to our AD domain. If a user locks the screen and then tries to log back into the machine there is a 20-35 second delay.These machines are on 10.11.6.We have been scratching our heads on this one, and have not been able... View more
Hello Everyone, I'm having some trouble with our MacOS upgrade. I have my users installing a cached installer from Self Service, but when the machine restarts, it keeps restarting like normal and will not boot into the installation. The odd thing is,... View more
What is the OS X 10.10.5 build number after installing yesterday's Security Update 2016-006, please? Thanks! View more
Hello all! We are looking at setting up three macOS VMs for hosting and testing Apple Updates in a SUS as well as netboot. We use vCenter to handle all our Windows VMs. I know what the EULA says all macOS VMs must be installed on Apple-Labeled comput... View more
All our Mac's are on one JSS and all our iPads are on a second JSS. We use VPP, but so far only have distributed apps on the iOS side. A Mac app was just purchased, and after scoping it to the Mac in question, the install fails, and Self service give... View more
Hi, my name is Pedro. I need to assign a user to a specific machine running OS X 10.11 or macOS Sierra. The user must be able to login only on this specific machine. At this moment I'm using OD because of password policy and management. Is it possibl... View more
So I've created some managed Apple IDs to test with and I'm trying to distribute the "App Development with Swift" iBooks book. Managed Apple ID is signed in to iTunes Store and iCloud on the device. Assigned apps install just fine. I've "purchased" t... View more
hi All, Do we have any settings to make sure caching should not happen again on machine which is already updated to latest version.For Ex : I have machine XXX in smart group which needs to cache macOS. Once it is installed with macOS, there is no nee... View more
Hello, has anyone had any luck using the API call "logflush" to flush the error logs from a policy? View more
Situation You need to uninstall a Symantec product for Macintosh that is installed under Mac OS X. You have tried several methods, including manually uninstalling or running the Symantec Uninstaller without success. Alternatively, you have been refer... View more
I'd like to create a self service policy that only appears in self service when certain local user accounts login.If any account besides that certain local account logs in to the computer the self service item does not appear. What I am trying to do ... View more
Hello!Could anybody share the URL to download 10.12.1 Combo Update, please? Thanks! View more
Is there a way that we can delete printer that user added? we have a open directory that teacher can pick what printer they want to add. now we have new system that only uses one virtual printer, and we already push that one using LPD. what we want t... View more
Hi all, I just noticed that XCode 8 and XCode 8.1 comes in xip file format. Anyone had any success with loading these to Casper Admin? Or a more direct question, anyone have any issues with these file format? We're using Casper JSS 9.96 (latest). View more
Long story short--very simple network: router provides DNS and DHCP to local network of about fifty PCs, an OS X server (JSS), and about fifty Mac laptops. The problem is I can't reach the Mac server using the DNS name. It's been hit or miss but afte... View more
I am testing enrolling new Macs in DEP, applying a configuration profile and then using policy to push software and other things. Before we would setup the Mac normally, name the Mac and run the Casper Enroll package. I am trying to make it easier fo... View more
I have a few Macs that I'm testing the new 10.12.1 Sierra update on (build 16B2555). After the 10.12.1 update was installed, the Macs are longer show any of the usual data in the menu bar of the Login Window (top right corner). No clock or Wi-fi are ... View more
