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Installease alternative for easy uninstall creation
I used to use Instllease to create quick uninstallers for simpler pkg's. I have looked far and wide and it seems that through multiple acquisitions it has become vaporware. Does anyone have a line on the download or an alternative to easily creating ... View more
Remove a users Microsoft Remote Desktop Plist
A user is having issues connecting to Microsoft Remote Desktop on a particular mac. They can login fine from another mac. How can I delete the plist on the mac that isn't working please almost reset the Remote Desktop settings. I have ARD available, ... View more
Updating a package?
Our current VLC package that we created with Composer also contains all the default user settings etcetera that we set up. Now that there is a new version to patch the Sparkle vulnerability, is there a way for us to somehow update our existing packag... View more
Many OS X machines starting into Recovery Mode, System on Main Drive defective
Hi guysWe have the really weird situation that suddenly many OS X machines with several clients start to act weird and when trying to restart boot into recovery mode. The system that was installed on the main drive is defective and and the only troub... View more
Scoping a Self Service policy to Specific Computers ∩ LDAP users...?
Is it possible to scope a Self Service policy to some computers AND limit it to certain LDAP users? Or does it have to be All Computers, limited to LDAP users? I had built a Self Service policy with a software package that would say "Gathering Inform... View more
Dock items add and remove
I've noticed that if I create a policy to add or remove dock items, it only effects current user accounts. I created a policy to remove a bunch of dock items (mail, contacts,itunes,app store,maps,ibooks etc...). If a new user logs in, AFTER THE POLIC... View more
iCloud Computer Wipe Surprise
So I just found out something that was very surprising. The genius bar will wipe a student's computer without an admin password as long as he/she is signed in with iCloud. I had a computer that had not check in for a while, so I had the student bring... View more
iOS - Apple ID passwords being lost and updating device names
Background - Unable to use DEP/VPP at this time. Currently using an AppleID per 10 devices. Yes I realize devices based and DEP are the way to go but not an option at this time.I do not have physical assess to these devices. JSS ver 9.82 Problem #1 -... View more
Autonomy Connected Backup 8.8.5 update from 8.8.2
I am looking to see if anyone has deployed Connected Backup to your environment and how did you retained the end user account info or configuration. I am testing the latest version and the install went fine but the account is not longer active after ... View more
Force SMB2/3 Connection
Does anyone know how to force an SMB2/3 connection on a Mac. I seem to be getting an error on a MAc when setting up using DEP and binded to AD View more
Office for Mac 2016 15.19 - really?
JAMF's Office for Mac 2016 page has been updated with version info 15.19: here Microsoft AutoUpdate does not show this update available, also there is no info about 15.19 on Microsoft Support portal. Is that official release, or the Insider Preview b... View more
General system maintenance script?
Does anyone have a script that they use to run maintenance tasks on a system, such as a computer lab machine, that is used by multiple users and/or left on for extended periods of time? I don't have any specific things in mind at this time. I'm tryin... View more
Script Halting Policy
Hello, I'm hoping there is a quick and simple answer which I just haven't stumbled across yet. Currently, we have applications which we want to launch at the beginning of our enrollment policies to notify our end users about how long the installation... View more
Transitioning from Profile Manager to Casper Suite
We're about ready to start getting our Macs onto our new Casper Suite setup, but we seem to have run into a bit of an issue - on Macs that are enrolled in our old Profile Manager setup, the QuickAdd package installation fails. I discovered that I can... View more
Self service asking for password when installing apps.
Hello everyone... I am hoping someone can help me out here. I have several devices enrolled in Casper that are asking for the iTunes password when attempting to install an app through self-service. I have already tried these things: I have looked int... View more
App Store Auto Updates - Need Help
Hey everyone! So I recently tested the App Store doing auto updates in El Capitan on items like Keynote and Pages and it was cool because I was logged in as a standard user and the apps updated themselves without needing admin rights. I set the App S... View more
Set Default Display Properties of the App Catalog
Hello. Does anyone know how to set the default display properties inside the app catalog? Right now it opens with all of my categories shown in expanded view. I'd really like to have the page display with all of the categories collapsed as a default.... View more
Citrix receiver 12.1 -Uninstall through Composer
Hi , I have citrix receiver 12.1 uninstall.app came from citrix , how can I uninstall this in jamf composer including deletion of installer itself via post install script? View more
Casper Newb Guides
hey everyoneI am a Casper Suite newb and need to get some experience with itDoes anyone have any good step by step guides they can point me to?Want to start off with an easy one and package chrome Cheers View more
File sharing distribution point - HTTPS/SMB
Hi, We are using JAMF Casper Suite version 9.81 (without test environment) and we have questions about file sharing (distribution point) if we want to use HTTPS.At this time, we only use SMB file sharing for one distribution point. If we want to acti... View more
CreateUserPkg to update passwords?
Hi all, I'm successfully imaged a few machines with the and used createuserpkg to set the admin account/password. Has anyone attempted to update the password (we need to do this quarterly) by creating another pkg and pushing it to the machine with th... View more
Undocumented feature in the Script Editor: moving text around.
Some of you may know about @rtrouton's post about a hidden property sheet in the Script Editor. Have a look-see, because it absolutely relates to what I'm about to tell you: I discovered a cool easter egg in the Script Editor that makes moving text a... View more
Trouble customizing PPDs using the CUPS webctl in OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Hi All, Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere. I did my best to search existing threads. In the past, when deploying printers with Casper I've used a workflow where, on a packaging computer or VM, I install the printer drivers and add the pr... View more
NetSUS Appliance on RHEL 6.5
Hey all, Was hoping for some help on this issue. Recently, we've been told that we have to move to RHEL instead of using the Ubuntu OVF. I have built out a RHEL box and uploaded my standard NBI that is on all my other NetSUS Appliances. I configured ... View more
Serial Number and User Name extraction
I'm looking for a way to get the username and serial number from a user's iPad to be able to send it to a form (PDF, PHP, etc) for their user agreement. I want to be able to do this programmatically without much user interaction. From what I've seen ... View more
Unable to Migrate Scripts to the Database
After clicking "Migrate" and clicking "OK' to the warning prompt in the Casper Admin application, an error message is received that says that .sh could not be uploaded. The Casper Admin Sync log shows an error message that says "Temp Folder could not... View more
Self Service error Contact administrator
If a software is already installed on a Macbook and the user tries to install it again from Self Service then in this case Self Service gives you an error message "contact your administrator". In logs it shows that DP is already mounted. The question... View more
Time Zone on iPads
Is there a way to set Time Zone on iPad devices. The problem is that when iPad is initially set up even though the Location services are enabled but the iPad is still stuck on Los Angeles unless you go inside and change it to Manual and your local ti... View more
JSS in a Box
Hello! Today I presented at Mac Admin UK. Part of the presentation I made was to announce a project i've been working on for a while. Introducing JSS in a Box - the complete Ubuntu Casper set up script. (with added LetsEncrypt certificate goodness!) ... View more
