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...
@roach I believe the key is your reference to "standard users". To run
the full macOS Installer app requires a user to have admin rights. For
standard users Software Update can use a delta installer which only
requires they be a volume owner.
@BriBri210786 If these are M1 MacBook Airs that you have in hand simply
use Apple Configurator 2 to do a DFU Restore with the latest version of
the macOS Sonoma .ipsw image before sending to users. Total time to
re-image the Mac is around 10 minutes....
You'd need to put code into your script that would write to a file in
/var/log. Here's a useful example of that:
https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/script-log-to-text-file/m-p/137935/highlight/true#M127017
@_aDiedericks You really don't want to put scripts you need to be on the
Mac long term in /private//var/tmp. A better location would be something
like "/Library/Management/MyOrgName" or "Library/Application
Support/MyOrgName"
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.
