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Transition managed Apple IDs into standard IDs

Has anyone already transferred a managed Apple ID into a standard Apple ID. I just saw a webinar 'Fact or Fiction? Common Misconceptions about iPad in Schools' on the JAMF YouTube channel stating that this is possible. Are there any time restrictions...  View more

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Name computer using JSS username

Greetings! I have this script that uses the API to pull the username that's assigned to the computer in the JSS and then name the computer with it. #!/bin/sh jssUser=$4 jssPass=$5 jssHost=$6 serial=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/...  View more

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Self Service auto-installing on ios 10 trouble

We are a device based district so we tried not using AppleID's this year on our iPad Mini 4's. Has been going smoothly until recently. Now when I open up a new iPad that is already updated to 10 it keeps asking for an AppleID before installing Self S...  View more

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Script to download and install latest Shockwave player

Hi All, I have a script here that checks for the latest version of Flash Player, downloads, installs, and then cleans up after itself. I didn't create the script, and it's a little more complex than I'm used to, so I'm not sure how to recreate it for...  View more

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Setting Safari Homepage

In previous versions of Mac OS I was setting users home page in Safari with a PKG that copied a com.apple.Safari.plist to their own /Library/Preferences/ folder or in a policy under Files & Processes and running the jamf command to enable home page. ...  View more

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DMZ Server dropping connection to mySQL

Our DMZ server is dropping its connection to the internal server hosting mySQL and our JSS instance. There are no issues internally, but currently it is impossible for devices to "check-in" off site. This is creating an issue every morning when all 3...  View more

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How to Push out a Policy that is tied to a Smart Group?

I need to push out a new background to users. The computers are already showing in the smart group as installed the background from the previous install. I flushed the logs for the Policy that pushes and installs the background but it is not going to...  View more

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Active Directory Password Solution

Hi all, We are currently a mixed Windows / OS X house and have recently put in Casper to administer our Macs. The Macs are not AD bound but we do use AD for certain services e.g. printing, WiFi (authentication) and emails (Exchange environment) etc. ...  View more

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NetSUS - How to turn GUI on/off via bash

I see that it is possible to turn the GUI on/off. Could someone please reveal which config has to be adjusted or which shell commands is used for that? Maybe it is a "monday-thing" - I was not successful finding that info. Sorry for the trivia.  View more

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Apple School Manager

Hi, Has anyone upgraded to Apple School Manager. If you have then wanted to know how it went for you. Did you come across problems whilst upgrading. Were there any problems after the upgrade. What advice would you give on anyone embarking this. We ha...  View more

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Newbie NetBoot question

Hi All, I am updating an older JSS server, and one of the issues is the server will not boot our newer machines over the network by holding the N key as the NetBoot image needs updating. Our ultimate goal is to startup the machine over the network an...  View more

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JSS Cloud VPP issues

We use JSS Cloud. We are having all sorts of issues with VPP and installing apps from Self Service. All of our apps are using Device based distribution. I will see an app in VPP Content that says we have 6000 licences, and 0 'In Use', yet when I clic...  View more

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Can't set Auto-logout settings

I’m setting the Auto-logout behavior to not log out the user after a set period. This is usually found in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Advanced; we’re setting it via a script. For most of our users, the script passes the parameter 3600...  View more

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JNUC 2016 5K?

Last year at the 2015 JNUC @cam put together a really fun 5K. I didn't see it in the mini events list for this year. Does anyone know if another 5K is being organized? It was a great time and I'd definitely do it again.  View more

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Duti and gmail

I previously had duti setting utis for outlook, is there a way to set these to browser based gmail? #/usr/local/bin/duti -sv com.microsoft.outlook mailto #/usr/local/bin/duti -sv com.microsoft.outlook com.apple.mail.email all #/usr/local/bin/duti -sv...  View more

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Restrict ability to live-partition drive?

Hello all, I know through other posts on here that it's possible to restrict certain parts of functions (the ability to disable the "Turn Off FileVault2" button while still allowing access to the security pane comes to mind). Is there a way to do som...  View more

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How to scope policy to specific user on Mac?

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I cannot find the answer. How can I create a Mac policy that scopes to members of a particular department rather than all users on that computer? Basically, I have a computer lab where I want one grade level (...  View more

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JAMF versus others MDM

Hi everyone, I need a feature comparison between AirWatch and Casper Suite to convince a customer to change his platform to JAMF to manage MacOS devices. Anybody has it ? Thanks a lot  View more

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Default Management Location

I'm having the hardest time, I would like to add complexity to the default management account. I can't find it anywhere in the JSS, I know there is a place you set it...where the heck is it...so many different discussions on this Google is useless.  View more

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