I'm looking for comments and experiences from anyone who has used Boot Runner to handle dual/multi-boot Macs. We're still clinging to some classrooms that need to dual-boot between OS X and Windows and Boot Runner seems to be a good option to keep th... View more
Quick question to all: I'm now getting new machines that were purchased thru DEP. Broke out one to start testing and was wondering if there was a way to 'zero the machine out' and get it back to how it was right before i started testing? If i erase t... View more
We are seeing some computers reporting the wrong Operating System Version: Inventory > Operating System > Operating System Version ...compared to: $ defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductVersion and $ sw_vers | grep ProductV... View more
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I've been trying to consume as much info about SIP as I can so I can understand how it is going to affect my users and the apps they use. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have an app that installs into one of the protected areas (such as /sbin), y... View more
I need to create a simple shell script to call on PlistBuddy to add the new string "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Script Menu.menu" to the existing menuExtras array in the file from the screenshot. The syntax of the PlistBuddy command is k... View more
Hi guys , i would like to find out if there is anyway to block the notifications at the Self Service Dock icon ? Either permanent or temporary ??? Thanks in advance !!! View more
I played around today with the new Apple ID-less VPP assignments and noticed a potential issue. We currently have all apps assigned with individual user Apple IDs. We are interested in using device VPP assignments in the future, as well as now with l... View more
Hello, Bit of background; I re-designed our JSS on a separate server to our existing JSS and created loads of new functionality for it. One of the things I implemented was that wonderful CasperCheck auto-reenrollment policy which worked like a charm.... View more
I've tested OS X 10.11.1 Beta 2 and 3 and on both systems the jamfAgent is broken - and therefore the Self Service does not work. Unfortunately there is not that much information - disabling the startup of the agent via launchd and starting /usr/loca... View more
Hey y'all! Any recommendations on where we should meet to craft and chat? I'll be bringing two knitting projects and a crochet project with me to the JNUC most likely. What is everyone else working on? (RSVP here: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/... View more
I've been noticing problems uploading packages to my test 9.81 JSS with Casper Admin. This has happened on 2 different Macs. One client running 10.10.5 and the other 10.11. Some packages will work and others not. Then a couple minutes later those tha... View more
I created a profile that starts the screen saver after 15 minutes and one minute later requires a password. The profile works, but it seems to have an unintended side affect. If a user has Energy Saver settings that put the computer to sleep after sa... View more
Kind of a quick inquiry and recommendation, our company a few months ago performed bare metal installs of 10.10.x and now are wanting to upgrade some of these users to 10.11 - we have FV2 enabled and are curious do you decrypt the FV2 drive or just i... View more
Anyone successfully deployed this? Is it similar to 11, where installing a) Pro Toolsb) iLokc) Avid HD Driverd) Avid Codecs And then running this script (for 11.3, not sure if it also applies to 12) will do the trick? https://app.box.com/s/i6exf4r6d2... View more
I'm still at 9.51. when Mavericks casper imaging configuration completes, policies that are set to run at 'Enrollment Complete' do not get triggered. If I enroll via quickaddpkg the policies run as expected. anyone have any insight on what might be t... View more
Hello!JSS: 9.8.1iOS Devices: iPad AiriOS Version: 9.0.2 Anyone have a good workflow for assigning VPP apps to iOS devices that does not require a student AppleID? I have about 50 iPads to assign to a group of students, and if I don't have to gather t... View more
Have any of you guys had issues with FileVault 2's deferred enablement feature since upgrading to El Capitan? Here's the scenario I'm running into so far: Mac had FileVault 2 successfully deployed and encrypted via Casper using deferred enablement wh... View more
Recently updated my JSS to 9.8.1, and since then Macbook Airs from my most recent Yosemite image are not connecting to WiFi. The network is listed as a preferred network, but I have to manually connect the imaged computer to the SSID (and put in the ... View more
Is this a known issue? I cannot get FV deferral to prompt for the user's password at login, only at logout. fdesetup claims it is in deferral mode for the user, but it never triggers. View more
I know it's theoretically possible to send out a plist with a managed app. Does anyone have the settings for TestNav? If not, could I steal the file from the desktop version and use the same settings? View more
We are doing a phased move to a new building, and are setting up new network segments (we currently scope a bunch of policies based on network segments). I'm thinking about setting up a new segment, and then changing the name once all the moves are c... View more
Hey All, I wanted to get a running list together of what are some common issues everyone has seen in regards to El Capitan. We are currently doing our evaluation of the new OS to make sure that it is working with all our software. As many of us know ... View more
Does anyone have a bash script that will allow adding a networking host during imaging? Essentially we want to make sure all of our machines point to our server IP address. If you need an example type: sudo vi /private/etc/hosts to see your hosting f... View more
Hello, Wanted to update those that are seeing this message at the top of their JSS web interface, but when we click "Update policies here" there are no polices to edit and dismiss the message. What we have seen is if we used Casper Remote to install ... View more
We're currently planning to upgrade our JSS from 9.65 to the 9.81. Has anyone ever had a failed upgrade, or had things go awry with this sort of upgrade and done a snapshot recovery (we run our JSS in VMware vSphere) -- and has that worked well for y... View more
Now that the DockFixup plist is guarded by SIP (/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/com.apple.dockfixup.plist), how are admins keeping those "extra" Apple apps out of a managed dock? View more
Hi, Anyone here experiencing this issues after upgrading to El Capitan 10.11. Ms Outlook 2011 & WPA2 Enterprise stop working after El Capitan upgrade. I'm having problem restoring back to Yosemite after i wipe my HD. Im getting that restriction sign ... View more
This might be a longshot, but I figured I would throw this out there - I am trying to configure/setup an old xServe backup server with lights out management functionality (there was never anything configured on this box before). Essentially I just wa... View more
A nagging issue I've always encountered here and there with our Mac deployment is that when a client computer loses the current date/time, the keychain is "broken" and as such, any password-protected known Wi-Fi networks can't be joined. This situati... View more
