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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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Apple Remote Desktop

I'm trying to set up remote management with Apple Remote Desktop on MacBooks The devices are on a different site, and I need to remotely enable the functions that you normally have to check box, like Generate reports, Restart/Shut Down, etc. Is there...  View more

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Phone numbers on Jamf?

Hi! i have a question to an Jamf GURU :)Is it possible to automatically add phone number to an iPhone via Jamf? Would be very nice if I could get an answer soon :) Thank you!  View more

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Installing Mac mobileconfig remotely

My predecessor was able to install the mobileconfig file on all the Macs in our district remotely and I'm finding some computers were missed. I'm not seeing any notes of how he accomplished this unless he hosted the file on a server and scripted it.I...  View more

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Jamf School: clear teacher restrictions fails

Our teachers routinely use Jamf Teacher to restrict students access to apps, websites and resources during class. Sometimes the restrictions stay active longer than the set duration. There are a few ways to solve this:Cold reboot: this way restrictio...  View more

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Microsoft Office 365 A3

Hello everybody. Our IT team manages 10 schools. These are equipped with over 1,000 IPads.In the future, M365 A3 will be rolled out on every device.Students should be able to work directly with Word or Excel without having to log in.I have seen that ...  View more

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Allow users to install and use apps

Hi all, we currently have a bunch of teachers wanting to install and test apps on their own. Previously I pushed the apps to the devices but that is too long of a wait for some. So I changed the restrictions in the profile for those iPads. I now have...  View more

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issue update to iOS 16.1

I can't update our iPads (6 gen and 9 gen). Everyone currently has iOS 15 installed and communication between the iPad and jamf school is working. All other commands and app installations etc work. These are shared iPads with guest access...does it m...  View more

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Apps randomly disappearing

Hello everybody,i habe a strange problem: Since a few days apps disappearing randomly. They are not removed, because everytime i save (saving is enough) a profile of this device group the apps appear again. But not much later the next user complains ...  View more

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Jamf School Admin Issue

Hi everyone,I have a Jamf School issue I can't fix or find anything online about. This is a shot in the dark.In the summer of 2018 an IT employee no longer with our company set up and deployed Jamf School to our iPads. His account appears to have mor...  View more

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Looking to Switch from FileWave to Jamf!

Hello all,We are currently using FileWave to manage all our iOS and macOS based products!We have been looking into Jamf a little as we are not getting all our needs met / aren't completely happy with FileWave.Hopefully someone can help with the follo...  View more

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Mac Mini Caching on external Volume

Hi,since our mac mini caching servers are run out of storage we're curious if it's possible to have an external volume for cache storage or other options. We#Ve already tried to use the "Content Caching" payload and entered Data Path "/Volumes/nameof...  View more

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Jamf School Block Ventura

Does anyone else have an issue with Ventura being available even when you have a restriction profile in place?We use Automated Device Enrollment Jamf School. We see the 12 g version of Ventura available even though our Restriction Profile is set for ...  View more

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