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At Netflix, we are shaping the future of global entertainment, bringing moments of joy to 200+ million customers. The Corporate Systems Engineering (CoSE) team at Netflix focuses on improving the employee experience, collaboration, and productivity o...

elliotjordan · 09-24-2015

Hi everybody, I've completely rewritten "Auto Update Magic," my guide to methodically distributing third-party software updates using AutoPkg, AutoPkgr, JSSImporter, and the Casper Suite, in case you're interested. The new guide focuses on a standard...

elliotjordan · 04-14-2015

We are using the pwpolicy binary to set the password complexity requirements of managed Macs. Unfortunately, there's a big loophole in this policy in Yosemite. Using an iCloud password instead of a standard local account password exempts you from pwp...

elliotjordan · 03-18-2015

Hi everybody, It's often useful for me to be able to refer to the IP addresses in use by Macs according to Casper, and cross-reference them with network security appliance logs. I've used various extension attributes in the past to determine active I...

elliotjordan · 10-22-2014

For those of you who weren't at JNUC this year, here are the notes and slides for my presentation, Auto-Update Magic:https://github.com/homebysix/auto-update-magic Here's the link to the latest version of AutoPkgr, which now supports direct JSS integ...

elliotjordan · 05-27-2022

Important correction: a Jamf policy that enables FileVault DOES escrow the resulting PRK for recent versions of Jamf and macOS. See details here.

elliotjordan · 11-27-2021

Hi @barmaglot - Could you provide a bit more info about what you're trying to accomplish? It seems like you might be better served by installing a simple LaunchAgent that references the script with a `StartInterval` or `StartCalendarInterval`. A good...

elliotjordan · 05-23-2021

@pmckeehan Check out this article: scriptingosx.com: Running a Command as another User

elliotjordan · 06-21-2019

I'd strongly suggest using @neil.martin83's script instead of implementing an EA for this check. Best not to give Apple another reason to consider putting captchas on lookups like this in the future.

elliotjordan · 01-24-2017

I wrote another flavor of the Chrome extensions EA, but this one allows you to specify failover locales (en, then en_US, then en_GB, etc.) and it also pulls the extension version. https://gist.github.com/homebysix/da935f8f0ef88d7d4b6300ff14066ca6 Mul...

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Auto Update Magic 2.0

EA to determine whether current user is logging in with "iCloud password" feature

Extension attribute for displaying a Mac's active IP addresses

Auto-Update Magic! Keep Mac Apps Current with the Casper Suite and AutoPkgr

Re: Firevault Enable

Re: Crontab in script

Re: Locking Contents of Dock

Re: Battery recall for 15" mid-2015 MBP

Re: Chrome Extension Reporting