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Sketch Application - So many updates so quickly

So we don't give users admin for obvious reasons and Sketch comes out with updates almost weekly at this point. The problem is their files are only compatible with the version they were made in.I haven't worked autopkg into my workflow yet (I know!) ...  View more

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Force printers to print in grayscale

Hi all, We have over 170 printers in our environment and would like to make the printers print in grayscale by default. Does anyone have a script that the have in place to do anything like this? I do not want to have to touch all 170 printers. Right ...  View more

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Log connection requests to JSS

I'm in the process of setting up a limited JSS in the DMZ, and my security architecture folks have asked for a way to monitor both successful and unsuccessful connections to that JSS. Does anyone have any advice on tomcat settings or something else t...  View more

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Sign MDM Profile using Third Party Certificate

We recently purchased Third party certificate for our DMZ tomcat. I went through the process included in this article. (https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=115) When I browse to the JSS, now our certificate is no longer self-signed so...  View more

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EA to report type of Hard drive

Anyone already create a script to return what kind of drive is installed? Just looking to group machines by SSD or non-SSD. Gabe ShackneyPrinceton Public Schools  View more

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Download Latest PKG's?

Hi All, I am sure I came across a site on Jamf that someone posted that links you direct to all the latest PKG downloads, photoshop, office etc? Has anyone got the link? Or could correct me if I a totally wrong - which wouldn't amaze me! Simon  View more

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Apple ID's and iPads

Hello, First of all I have had a quick check and nothing new about this has been posted for a while, so just wanted some clarification. I am about to setup a trolley full of iPads which will be all the same. Do I have to setup each iPad individually ...  View more

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In-House App version reporting issue

Hi We have an In-House app which for example is version 9.3 The app is installed and showing the correct version number in the JSS as version 9.3 When our developers push us out an update with a 3 string version number, 9.3.2 for example, we put this...  View more

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Read-only OS X account?

Is it possible to create an account in OS X that only has the ability to read or run tasks but not access or make changes?It may need a way to run commands from a remote console for auditing purposes, they were denied using the root account, any sugg...  View more

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Unattended installation with password passthrough

I built a pkg using Platypus that is designed to run an unattended install using the following script: #!/bin/sh sudo installer -allowUntrusted -verboseR -pkg "/path-to-pkg" -target / I added the following line to present the users with a notificatio...  View more

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HTTPS downloads / IIS and Server certificates

I Inherited our jamf/jss management and wasn't here for the provisioning. Our server certificate in IIS that enables https downloads in Jamf is expiring next month. I see there's a Renew... option, but I'm not sure how to renew it. (options include r...  View more

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Preventing root access

Here on the campus I work it's been standard for years for the full time staff and faculty to have admin privileges on their Windows and Mac systems. I've opposed this over the 18 years I've been employed but it falls on deaf ears. After some recent ...  View more

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Add Wifi Networks without Admin Privileges

Hello, Currently our staff have admin privileges on our Mac OS X Machines. We would like to take this away and make them a standard user. The only thing preventing us from doing so is adding Wifi Networks either at work or home. Does anyone know a wa...  View more

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Help with bsexec and launchc

So I have a LaunchAgent that is going to be deployed a systems running 10.9 through 10.11. For unloading and loading the LaunchAgent as part of the pre/postinstall scripts in the installer and uninstaller packages, I am currently using the launchctl ...  View more

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EA to report computers default DP

I searched the EA's posted here and came up empty. Has anyone written an EA to report the computer's default distribution point? Or is this going to be my crash course introduction to API scripting?  View more

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Trigger-Based Policy Fails

I am noticing that while still largely successful, most of the trigger-based policies in my environment produce failed or otherwise unsuccessful push attempts on client machines within the specified scope. Take for example the case of a Dropbox updat...  View more

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10.11 and SMB Network Homes

Hi Guys, I'm trying to find out if anyone else has had any issues like this; We have about 150 iMacs around the school for student use, and until recently we have used the AD plugin to mount their network drive as their user profile. The network driv...  View more

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Outlook 2011 - AppleScript to remove all accounts

as part of our o365 upgrade we're considering removing all exchange accounts from the Outlook 2011 client before the import to Outlook 2016. That way the 'On My Computer' data will get imported but the user will setup a fresh account that brings down...  View more

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