This is a heads up for any organization using the Jamf Pro integration
with Cisco ISE... According to the Cisco rep on a call I had a short
time ago regarding Jamf's planned removal of Basic Authentication for
the Classic API in the Very Near Future ...
As of macOS Sonoma 14.4 using
"/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport
--getinfo" no longer returns info about the active Wi-Fi connection. If
you want to collect the active SSID for macOS 14.4 or later you...
Links for the macOS Monterey and Ventura specific Safari 17.4 installers
on Apple's CDN: macOS Ventura:
https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/30/42/052-59885-A_5IXDIWICU3/q9megna20yvg9mnjssbc92f9ogq8w5itbx/Safari17.4VenturaAuto.pkg
macOS Monterey...
(Not Jamf Pro specific but I figure this is the most appropriate
channel) If you've been using Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) to manage
updates to Office for Mac you might have noticed that your Office apps
have been stuck on the October 2023 Office 16.7...
Here are the download URLs for the standalone Safari 17.3 update for
macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey... Safari 17.3 for macOS Ventura:
https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/63/16/052-37298-A_XN59PDU2GI/0rqxiyieo4zwzxxbjo97kd2zgan9ng0274/Safari17...
@Shyamsundar That is not uncommon with Apple's MDM restrictions for
iCloud related features - they simply disable changing the setting in
the System Settings UI but if the feature is on it isn't forced to be
off.
The software update deferral mechanism isn't 100% reliable. As
@Shyamsundar mentions having multiple deferral profiles in place will
create a problem, but even if you only have one deferral profile you'll
still see some Macs manage to update. Use the...
@dreynolds1118 I don't know if it's advisable (read that as it might
have unwanted side effects) but you could create a Restricted Software
block for the process named "Notification Center" with the "Restrict
exact process name" and "Kill process" op...
@bharathmudiraj No, there isn't an approved API for enabling location
access to a specific app and Apple views it as a privacy issue requiring
user consent, While you might find posts describing how to modify the
database containing the authorization...
@MoAlJuboori When you use the "AND" conditional with multiple Static
Groups a Mac must be a member of ALL of those Static groups connected by
AND to be included in your Smart Group. The "OR" conditional will
include a Mac that appears in ANY of the S...
Did Mac software development for Lockheed Martin and Netscape/Mozilla, founded FreePPP Group, spent a while managing computers (mostly Macs) in K12 EDU, now into enabling Mac users at the Enterprise level for a Fortune 25 company.
