Editable Dock

[NexGenHC]

Hi all,

I used dockutil (via Homebrew) when I was on Jamf Now and manually configuring every machine.

I’m trying to automate everything since moving to Jamf Pro and this includes the dock.

I’ve tried a combination of a config profile and policy to create a dock that has a mix of native and third-party apps, but it’s absolutely failing..

• Finder is the only app that appears correctly - from memory, all others have the classic question mark
• the native apps that i’ve selected in the config dropdown menu don’t appear
• none of the file:/// or file://localhost/ or full path suggestions from others seem to work for any apps, even native ones (Notes, SysPrefs, etc)
• the dock isn’t editable after the policy has run, despite the policy not being set to run repeatedly (apart from after failing)

Can anyone help guide me/point out what i’m doing wrong?

Thanks so much in advance!

[ITMichaelPage]

In recent versions of macOS some apps seem may appear as if they are in "/Applications/", but are actually in "/System/Applications/" (e.g. Photos is /System/Applications/Photos.app). An easy way to get an application's real path is to drag the app onto a Terminal window.

dockutil and Dock Master are common tools for managing the dock. A configuration profile created with Dock Master would work with Jamf Pro, but you need to sign the profile before uploading it.

[NexGenHC]

Apologies for the late reply, Michael, thank you for your help!

I've just checked out Dock Master (it looks great!!) and downloaded a custom package - I'll repost if I run into any trouble.

Thanks again!