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Fragile M1 MacBooks?

Hello everyone, (TL;DR at bottom)Students at our school of grades 7-12 are given MacBooks to use. Up until this school year, all models were either 11" or 13" MacBook Airs (2015). Now, half of the laptops were replaced with M1 MacBook Airs (2020). Th...  View more

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Jamf School local account management

Hello y'all. I was just recently hired by a small (less than 500 k-12) students to manage their new 1:1 technology program. They had purchased 255 MacBooks, 180 iPads, and 60 Apple TVs. They also purchased Jamf School "at the recommendation of Apple....  View more

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permission to the camera for the app

Every time after deleting the app, I need to enable the camera permission for that app.Is it possible in Jamf School that the permission is set to the camera with the distribution of app or when starting the app?Thank you  View more

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Jamf School macOS App

Hi folks,We deployed 60 MacBooks this summer with the intention of installing more next year (500+ devices). So far, I am not entirely happy with the JAMF School solution in that there is no walkthrough tutorials like JAMF Pro. Every time I look for ...  View more

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Auto Name device

Hello.Using Jamf School.I'm wondering how i can automatically name devices added to static groups? For example, an iPad gets assigned to the Blue group, I'd like it to be assigned the name Blue iPad X.I've had a look through creating a new profile, b...  View more

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Jamf api - the endpoint /teacher/ is not usable.

Hello,I have a problem with the jamf api. The endpoint /teacher/ is not usable.I would like to create a token. For this I try to determine the companieid.Creating und getting classes and users works fine. But not the teacher endpoint.I think this is ...  View more

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Extra columns on 'Device Update' screen?

It would be nice if there were 3 extra columns added to the 'Device Update' screen, specifically the current charge % of the device, the storage space of the device (max storage and how much is left), as well as the last time it checked in.Since ther...  View more

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Assign license to user on multiple devices

An assistive technology app needs to be installed for a single student that uses multiple devices. I've invited the AppleID to app management and assigned two devices, but the app still seems assigned to the device and can't be downloaded twice.Is th...  View more

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Inactivity/Idle Alternative to Log Out

We have a couple of mobile carts of MacBooks we occasionally loan out for testing or staff development days. Users will often leave online accounts signed in or have documents left in the folders. I have been seeking a way to clean up the devices wit...  View more

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Managed ID and connected devices

I have inherited a set up for a primary school, and they have a number of class sets of iPads.Each iPad in the class in currently signed into a Managed ID (eg year2@schoolname.school). i believe this is for the ASM deployed store apps.As i understand...  View more

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Restart Jamf control

Since the beginning we have problems with teachers that normally didn't restart their Macbooks and at the end we have the problem with the device and the inactive status. Anyone have a script that could restart services at Macbooks to prevent the ina...  View more

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Chrome Update

Dear All,Question on the Chrome update. All the devices are set to Auto Update and are on. However, the update only starts when I go to About Google Chrome and get this message "Nearly up to date! Relaunch Google Chrome to finish updating." How do I ...  View more

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iPads won't auto-join Wi-Fi

Hi there,we have an issue with our wi-fi. A lot devices disconnect from our wi-fi when they are in standby for 5-10 minutes. They also don't auto-join although the payload is set up with auto-join. That's a big problem because we want to region based...  View more

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JAMF Parent QR code doesn't show up

Hi there,the QR Code doesn't show up although I checked "allow parent devices to use a QR code to pair with students device" to be on and enabled JAMF Parent. Fun fact: "Requires iOS app version 6.2 or newer." But there is just version 5.2.3.I also t...  View more

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Fonts share iPad

Hello,Fonts are distributed on shared iPads (through profiles ;-))These profiles are well installed BUT the fonts are not accessible...Any idea?  View more

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Modify / Replace local account

I have an admin account created with our DEP Profile "Staff admin". We manually create a second admin account "Tech admin" when provisioning and finishing touches for distribution. I want to get rid of that Staff Admin account, both moving forward fo...  View more

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Disable shared iPad?

I have three iPads that I'm trying to switch over from shared iPads (in JAMF school) to individual student iPads. I've tried wiping/factory resetting them manually and then manually preparing them with Apple Configurator 2, but every time I do it, th...  View more

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Execution Error for erase-install.sh

I have erase-install.sh (version 25.0) deployed to a computer for testing and get an execution error when running a script with commands.The script with commands:sh /Library/Management/erase-install/erase-install.sh --version=11.5.2 --check-power --e...  View more

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Unable to Restrict AirPlay on tvOS Devices

Does anyone else use Apple TVs with Jamf School but disable AirPlay on them? The Restriction payload hasn't been working for a while for us and I was curious if anyone else is seeing the same behavior. We have an open ticket with support for the issu...  View more

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Duplicating Web Clips that can't be Deleted

Hello Everyone,I've encountered a recent issue with Web Clips on my student devices.Normally these student devices have a group full of Web Clips. Different links to educational websites, some online PDF's, etc. I recently added an app to these devic...  View more

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GMail iPadOS App domain restrictions

Has anyone found a way to restrict the Gmail app on iPadOS to only allow access to school issued Google Workspace accounts? It seems to ignore the network level restriction. I've contacted Google about this with no success. Thanks!  View more

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