Posted on 03-07-2024 08:23 AM
This is such a weird thing, and it's likely a glitch of some kind, but I would like to see if there is a workaround or a way to prevent this from happening.
This happens only on computers with a brand-new install of Sonoma, not any earlier OS versions. Once I connect to the internet and allow enrollment to begin, the computer completely blacks out and cannot be resurrected without a nuke and pave. If it weren't for the touch bar lighting up, the computer looks and acts completely dead.
Whenever I install an earlier OS, it works exactly as it should. Enrollment completes and the user has a fully functional computer. They can then upgrade to Sonoma without issue. It doesn't black out the computer.
Has anyone else experienced this? The first time it happened, I chalked it up to it being an older computer, and didn't really think much of it or investigate. But it has now happened twice more on brand-new machines.
Posted on 03-07-2024 11:59 AM
What enrollment process are you using? Pre-Stage?
And if you are using pre-stage are you using Jamf Connect? Or something else?
Posted on 03-07-2024 12:51 PM
Yes, Pre-Stage and with Jamf Connect
Posted on 03-07-2024 01:59 PM
Are you running Jamf Connect 2.27 or earlier?
Posted on 03-07-2024 02:33 PM
I'd like to second this suggestion. Jamf Connect 2.27 and earlier would cause screen blackouts. Installing JC v2.28 and higher solved that issue for us.
Posted on 03-11-2024 08:42 AM
Thank you! I will look into this and get our Jamf Connect updated- because we are a couple of versions behind. Do you have any best practices to share on how you keep it updated- especially with already deployed computers? Is it really the manual process of redoing the configuration profile each time? I clone the previous one but when I switch the version, it removes all the settings and I have to redo it.
Posted on 03-11-2024 08:59 AM
Jamf Connect is in the Jamf App Catalog as well there are update workflows under Settings > Jamf Apps. You can also utilize Patch Management. Which depends on the needs and policies of your environment. I prefer the Jamf App Catalog now that it has control over the deployed version. You can lock in your version until you're ready to update.
Posted on 03-11-2024 08:12 AM
We had this occur when we still had the User Initiated Enrollment Management Account and the Prestage managed Administrator set to the same user name.