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Forcing MacOS to Update

Hello World!This issue is kind of weird since it should work, but it doesn't work. We're using JAMF School as our MDM to control circa 230 M1 MacBook Air that have from MacOS 11.3 all through 11.5.1 We have 11.6.1 available for update on some devices...  View more

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"Success - false" message when updating an ipad

Hi, we are trying to remotely update an 8th gen iPad from iOS 14.7.1 to 15.0.2, and whenever we click Update > Install, we get a "Success- false" green popup message at the top right corner, the status is an update scheduled for a time that is in the...  View more

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What's New in Jamf School 10.0.4

Hi Jamf Nation, We have just released Jamf School 10.0.4 with updates, bug fixes and enhancements including a new Restrictions (Enhancement) Allow iCloud Private Relay.Jamf School 10.0.4 introduces Allow iCloud Private Relay —(allowCloudPrivateRelay)...  View more

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Use of Managed Apple ID + Personal Apple ID

Hello, We have a large group of schools, some with parental purchase programs. On those cases, parents request access to personal Apple IDs for game download and streaming services on the weekends, on top of the Managed Apple ID provided by the schoo...  View more

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No Apps on shared iPads for some users

Suddenly our shared iPads show only the settings app (and iBooks to be precise) for some users. This happens to users from new classes we‘ve created. Other users from last year on the same iPad see all the apps we‘ve configured in the shared iPad pro...  View more

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Bash Script

Dear All, Need help on executing a bash script: How to run this via bash script? sudo defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.controlcenter.plist Sound -int 18 sudo defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.controlcenter.pli...  View more

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Safelist and Blocklist Apps MacOS 11

HiDoes anyone know how to fully restrict an app using the safelist and blocklist payload in Jamf School? I added the path and it kind of works, but our students are Administrators on the computers so all they need to do Is click "allow once" and then...  View more

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Allow Game Center on managed Apple ID

Hi!First of all I know close to nothing about MDM..I work at a school in Sweden where our students have managed Apple IDs on their iPads.The thing is that when they try to log in to Game Center they get the message that the managed Apple ID won’t all...  View more

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Grant Privacy permissions for a program via script?

(We use Jamf School, which has less flexibility with customizing deployment of scripts compared to Jamf Pro, but with the Scripting Module we are able to push out scripts normally.)SMART boards are used a lot in the building and we have had issues wi...  View more

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Apple Classroom iPad OS 15 troubles

We’ve started seeing messages on students iPads in the classroom settings pane that „teacher and student certificates have expired“ and that classes cannot be joined. No idea where those certificates come from though. Any suggestions? TIA  View more

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App-Distribution, User Licenses and App-Requests

Hi, i would like to know what is the criteria for distributing apps through app-requests. Disclaimer: We don't have fixed device pools for each class, neither do pupil own devices. All classes have all shared iPads associated. When a teacher requests...  View more

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Smart Group Feature request

Hi thereDon't know if this has been requested before, but I'd like to be able to make a smart group so I can see who has turned off Bluetooth on their devices. So... Bluetooth status on/off.ThanksAlan  View more

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Remove Old iPad Wallpapers

Is there a way to remove old, unused iPad wallpapers from the list of available lockscreens and backgrounds? The drop-down menus are getting a little unwieldy with a few years of unused wallpapers sitting there. Thanks!  View more

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Discovering Rouge Devices

We are making a big push to get all of our devices into JAMF and finally have purchasing controls in place but we would estimate about 30% of our devices are not in DEP/ASM and not in our JAMF. Does anyone know of a good way to do a network scan that...  View more

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Zoom Update

Hi Everyone,I need some help with the Zoom auto-update bash script for MacBook Pro/Air M1. Does anyone manage to script the Zoom auto-update? Thanks!RJ  View more

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Add (Student) Groups to existing users (batch)

Hi,I have JamF School all set up (all 760 students in their default classes), but now I need to add User Groups (clusters/combined groups) to a batch of students.So, for example I have these students in their default class:UsernameGroupssvanbuurenTTO...  View more

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error when enrolling iPad

I'm trying to enroll an iPad. When I make contact with WiFi, the devices tells me it will contact external management. After clicking "next", a user name and password are asked. My admin login doesn't work (doesn't recognize it). The device is availa...  View more

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Jamf School: User Upload not going into groups

Hi, I'm trying to upload a handful of students via csv import with Jamf School. When I upload the CSV, I check the box to "make the group" if it is not there. It will upload the student but doesnt make the group, it will say in in the User profile of...  View more

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Inventory management integration with SnipeIT

We use Jamf School for our iPads and AppleTVs in our school division. We use Jamf Pro for our computers due to the extra features offered with Jamf Pro.We also use SnipeIT for our inventory management.I have SnipeIT working with Jamf Pro. Is there a ...  View more

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Token-Notification

Hi. We manage about 100 independent schools within our Jamf School server. The system creates several messages, when VPP or DEP-Token expire, which is actually good, but impossible to manage for us. I was on vacation and received about 400 messages w...  View more

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