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Timed profiles - not reliable

A profile called "whitelist during school hours" is setup with a time filter. It has a whitelist, so that private games and other unwanted apps will disappear from the students' home screen. Unfortunately, the profile works only for 60-80 % of the iP...  View more

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locations changing..

We're currently integrated with Apple School Manager and have been noticing that students are spontaneously changing locations randomly. We have location mapping set to one location for all of our existing locations so they should all be the same and...  View more

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Guides

Hi Everyone, new here! Does anyone know where I can find an administrators guide for Jamf School? The one for Jamf Pro is there but nothing for school? Any documents/pdf's welcome :)  View more

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Web Content Filter

Anyone have experience using the Web Content Filter in JAMF School to block URLs? We have some websites they want blocked while Mac's are outside our network and the profile is very different from the iOS one.  View more

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Jamf School issues

I am encountering some issues with Jamf School and our iPads. I needed to erase and reset a device yesterday and the apps would not load. After erasing and resetting numerous times, I noticed that the profile was pulling in on our guest network. This...  View more

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Time Restricted URL/App Block

Hi All.We would like to block access to YouTube between certain hours for our iPads. It is obviously possible to do this via the Jamf Teacher App. I'm surprised that it isn't possible on a global level via the main Jamf interface.Or am I missing some...  View more

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Jamf Parent Help

So I am working to get Jamf Parent up and running and integrated with Jamf School, and i seemingly have done everything correctly. However, whenever a parent tries to scan the QR code to add their child's device to their Jamf Parent app, the message,...  View more

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Jamf Parent Help

So I am working to get Jamf Parent up and running and integrated with Jamf School, and i seemingly have done everything correctly. However, whenever a parent tries to scan the QR code to add their child's device to their Jamf Parent app, the message,...  View more

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iPadOS Updates fail

Is anyone able to remotely update iPadOS with Jamf School?I'm testing a 14.6 -> 16.2 and left it over night to fail.Jamf School cannot determine the OS update status. The update likely failed on the device.There is no passcode and it was left plugged...  View more

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JAMF School APi

I am looking at wanting a Powershell script to access the JAMF School API to pull a list of devices and their WiFi Mac addresses.Any hints or directions for a start with he JAMF API?  View more

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Jamf management not being well received...

The long version:Previously unmanaged Mac user population at my org. Spent the last 4 months aggressively chasing the users to get their devices enrolled and setup with management. This was a battle in itself. Many Mac users struggling with the the f...  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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Updating Time zone

Hi,Location service is running and detecting correctly London/Europe. However the time still set to UTC. I cannot see any obvious payload in JamfSchool to update the time to London/Europe. Any other alternatives to set it up please? Thanks  View more

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Undo removal of apps

For some unknown reason, the apps GoodNotes and TI-Nspire have been removed from a lot of students' and teachers' iPads. Now these apps show the status "Deferred item. Will be removed on 2022-12-28." I can only click on "Remove item", but I would lik...  View more

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Blocking Freeform App iPad 16.2

We are trying to find a way to block the Freeform app on iPadOS 16.2 for our K12 District. We normally would use a Restriction Profile using the SafeList and Blocklist Payload but I do not see an option for that app. Does anyone have a script or way ...  View more

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Temporary Admin rights using Jamf School

I have found some information from a Jamf Pro system on creating a temporary Admin through Self-Service and would like to do the same using Jamf School but can not find any documentation if it is possible and how to get it set up. Our teachers are st...  View more

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add user script

I am trying to add another user to our mac fleet using a script. The script goes through without error and creates a user but no directory folder so when I attempt to log in as the "sub" it just spins and spins. Here is my script....what am I missing...  View more

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Jamf 100 Exam questions

Hello all,Just wanted to know if anyone here has taken the Jamf 100 certification exam. I've been studying for about 3 weeks and wanted to know anyone's experience taking the exam in the past.Also I would like to know how accurate is the practice exa...  View more

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Jamf 100 Practice test

I am currently studying for my Jamf 100 and have ran into a couple question on the Jamf 100 practice test and I am not sure I understand the material or understand the questions. Can you all give me a hand?Supervision is available as part of a comput...  View more

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