Un-enroll Device and change owner.
Hi, I'm an Admin of Jamf School.I want to unenroll and unmanage it. I have to give it back to a student and let him manage with his own personal Apple ID.Could you please help me on that? Thanks View more
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Jamf School Rename Mobile Device Serial Last 4 Digits
Hi Folks, I would like to rename the school's iPads to a Prefix-%SerialNumber%(last 4 digits) In the Jamf School Documentation, it stated %SerialNumber%,5% uses first 5 digits of serialnumber. Can't find any variables that gives me last 4 digits. Any... View more
Controlled printing from iPads
Hello folks, im pretty new to jamf school. At the moment we are thinking about to add a printer in our environment so students are able to print some of their works they accomplish in school. From time to time there will be probably students who just... View more
Shared iPad storage problem
We have configured shared iPad with temporary guest mode, but guest can't login due to storage problems. What is the best configuration in the DEP profile für this (max. number of users, standard or storage quota)? View more
Jamf School Profiles - Problem with Layout and Web Clips
Hi, I use the Layout payload from our Jamf School MDM to organize the Apps on our students Shared iPads.That works BUT when I add a Web Clip in the Layout section this Web Clip is not shown nor any other reorganizing of the Apps. To me it seems Jamf ... View more
Help with a script Hide app or an option in a app
Hi 1 : first of all am no expert in scripts so go easy on me plz ;) .the first question is that i want to hide and app on my ipad or a groupe of ipads and i want to do it using a script i found some scripts but they seem no to work for me like : tell... View more
Jamf Teacher Only Showing as an iOS app
Since we have been having so many problems getting Apple Classroom to consistently work on our MacBooks,(due to bluetooth, wifi, airplay, and various issues that Apple cannot seem to help us fix), I started looking at Jamf Teacher. My first step seem... View more
What happens to Lost Mode devices when Jamf Pro subscription ends?
So our school district is considering a move from Jamf Pro to Jamf School. Due to COVID this past year we had to give out most of our iPads as 1-to-1 devices for students and our equipment turn-in date is coming up soon. Unfortunately our Jamf Pro su... View more
Trouble distributing apps in a few cases
Hi, I'm managing a couple of hundred iPads through Jamf School and ASM, this works fine mostly but I've recently discovered an issue that I'm unable to solve. Sometimes apps won't install. The status for the apps on these devices is "Waiting for lice... View more
New to Jamf School - Printer Setup and default Settings
Hello, Our school uses the Papercut System and we are deploying 50 M1 MacBooks over Jamf School. I have pushed the Minolta Printer Drivers on a test machine but want to know what is the best way to set defaults from Jamf School. Looking at Profiles >... View more
Office and jamf school authentication problem
Hello, The purpose of my manipulation is to authenticate at startup when installing the profile.I did it with Google no problem, I try with Office, problem.I can identify myself but when I finish the Office authentication, I have an error message.Can... View more
iMovie for iPad says installed on JamfSchool but its not showing on device
Hi Everyone!does anyone have any idea why the managed iMovie app will say its installed on the device but not at all appearing on the home screen nor listed under apps in the settings page? The user had originally decided that they would install the ... View more
cant login to mac (JAMFSchool) as any user apart from local admin
Hi we have not used macs on our system (over 2000 ipads) but we have some macs now on DEP that i want to try setting up, i have one setup as a test and have created profiles etc and can log on with local admin account fine, i just cant login with any... View more
JAMF Teacher App - Lesons set to Never on the timer dont seem to work
Hello all, We use JAMF teacher to restrict kids from apps and what not... We can successfully do it to one student or two up to 8 hours. But as soon as we press Never for the time it automatically errors out when trying the whole class. Does anyone h... View more
New to Jamf School
Hello! Would it be correct in saying that Jamf School is more of an iPad focused MDM solution. We plan on managing 50 M1 MacBook Airs this year and about 350 M1 MBA's next year, possibly including about 350 iPads of various gens. Any advice on choosi... View more
Jamf School macOS deployment workflow
I'm curious to hear how other Jamf School admins handle 1:1 macOS deployments. Since there are no pre-stage enrollment options, how do you prepare a new MacBook Pro or iMac for a faculty/staff member? My workflow is as follows: DEP profile creates lo... View more
Ipad deactivated after entering false login too often
Newbie question: The Ipad is deactivated after entering false login too often. In my JamF dashboard I can issue the "restart" and "wipe" command to the ipad. Suppose the Ipad is within a known Wireless Network, will it "receive" and "execute" the com... View more
Web Clips on Shared iPad - Library?
Adding a web clip to a Shared iPad isn't done through Profiles, it's created and managed through Classes > > Apps > Web Clips tab. But here is the problem, it's done at the Class level. So adding a common web clip for all school shared devices is pe... View more
Jamf School - Send Push Notification to Devices from MDM
Hi,I believe you have this feature in JamF Pro, but can't find it in Jamf School - would love the ability to send a push notification to selected devices with a custom message (e.g. Update your device tonight). Thanks! View more
Prestage Enrollment with Google Auth - can it populate the add user screen?
HI everyone - my Prestage Enrollment includes an Enrollment Customization Configuration wherein I have a PreStage Pane connected to my Google SAML App. I have a similar setup in JAMF School and the Setup Assistant > Add User fields are already popula... View more
Jamf School iMovie stuck in 'Installing' with weird version number
Hi Peeps, We have Jamf School and encountered this issue on a MBA with 11.2.1 iMovie is stuck in 'Installing' status and the version number of the app is a weird number, instead of v10.2.3 (latest on AppStore) Have anyone encountered this before and ... View more
LDAP-sync: DisplayName doesnt work anymore
HiLast year it became possible to enter "displayName" under Group Name. Number 18 here: https://docs.jamf.com/jamf-school/deploy-guide-docs/Synchronizing_an_LDAP_Directory_Service_with_Jamf_School.html Suddenly this doesnt work anymore. All our group... View more
Adobe apps, on Jamf School not working
I have been having trouble uploading named adobe licences to the apps section on Jamf School. I can't even get the packages to upload to Jamf Schoo. Does any one know a way to deploy Adobe creative cloud apps on Jamf school? Thanks in advance. View more
No Apps installed iTunes/VPP Error
Hey there, i'm really struggling with installing apps. I've created device groups. But all apps assigned to them won't push to the devices. All iPads have the same error "Sign into iTunes to allow "XXX.jamfcloud.com to manage and install apps" I've r... View more
Jamf Teacher - classes not showing for multiple teachers
Hello We've been using Jamf school with Apple School Manager and Office 365. Users get synchronized from Azure to ASM (default as student). In ASM, first the users (teachers) get the teacher role and then the classes are created. They then get synchr... View more
Set Static Timezone
Hello all, we have a small problem. It's about the fact that the time zone is always set to Pacific.But since we are in Germany, it comes again and again to sync problems.It is very annoying to check and change it again and again with hundreds of IPa... View more
the mdm profile shows not verified
mdm profile for all devices had been showing not verified and the worry if the user erase his/her ipad will it enroll back into jamf or not? if the enrollment is set to auto after erasing? View more
Custom Icon for package in Jamf School
So, this is pretty straight forward for Jamf Pro, but I can't seem to figure out how to apply a custom icon to an in-house package deployed via Jamf School Self Service. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks! View more
Safari Short cut on Home Screen will not delete
I have a teacher that created a short cut on the home screen, because the app for that program was not working. App is working, but cannot get the short cut to delete from the home screen. View more
Jamf Teacher Weblock/Lessons
I am testing out the Teacher app with Jamf School and am noticing that when I deploy a lesson with weblock, it is not locking students into the sites I specify or even adding the bookmark to Safari. I can lock in Safari and my other restrictions take... View more
