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Last year, I created an extension attribute for reporting if the current logged in user is an admin user. The extension attribute is below. I noticed a few months ago that this EA had stopped working. The output of the EA was blank. What got it worki...

howie_isaacks

Last year, when I was working on getting moved over to using LAPS instead of using an admin account that we installed using a Jamf Policy, some of my support team members discovered that the password for the Jamf management framework LAPS account was...

howie_isaacks · 12-30-2024

What is the best way to stop the macOS Sequoia install app from downloading automatically? The problem that this creates is when non-admin users try to upgrade to macOS Sequoia, the install app launches. The install app requires an admin user to run ...

howie_isaacks · 11-04-2024

While attemtping to test some changes I made to our ZTP process, I performed erase all content and settings on one of my test Macs, deleted it from Jamf Pro, and then enrolled it through PreStage. Everything worked exactly as it should. The Mac auto-...

howie_isaacks · 09-26-2024

We have some users who have long since received a new Mac but for what ever reason they won't return the old Mac. I see in Jamf Pro that they are still using these old Macs and the new ones. We could send a remote lock command to the old Macs but I t...

howie_isaacks

There are problems with your approach. If Software Update ends up downloading the full installer, and it launches, it will immediately get quit by Restricted Software. Therefore, even an admin user cannot do the install. I don't want to block install...

howie_isaacks

I don't envy you on that. I hate CyberARK EPM. Absolutely HATE IT! Or at least I hate the way it's setup. I noticed last year, that a user can run "sudo jamf removeFramework" in Terminal. We were told by CyberArk that we can't block specific commands...

howie_isaacks

As it turns out, your idea of the full installer app downloading as a "fall back" was correct. We defer most updates for a set period of time to give us time to test the new version and make sure nothing will break before we allow everyone to update....

howie_isaacks

I wrote something like this to list all the admin accounts on a Mac. I like yours better!

howie_isaacks

This is another case of me figuring out the solution before someone responded to me 臘‍ The solution was to add another awk command that handles the capitalization. There may well be another solution to this but this is what is currently working. The...

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Stop macOS Sequoia install app automatic downloads?

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