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Nomad - auto login if not signed in
I see a issue on Nomad, that if people restart the nomad is auto-signed in as it use keychain and everything is fineHowever, if client that goes into standby some time or leave company network and come back(without it is restartet), that the nomad is... View more
Office VPP - anyone using it ?
Several month has gone since the new option to install office 365 from Appstore apps.I have tried to use it some times, but it still seems very buggy?. Nearly always the installation of apps is not working and each app has only a very small size of f... View more
Mac Appstore apps not installing
Every now and then I encounter the issue that Appstore apps are not installed during enrollment.In the log it shows: vpp redownload call timed out Right now the only way to get them installed is wiping the disk and re-enrolling the machine...Is ther... View more
macOS 10.14.4 work with AD : Keychain lost after updating password out of mac
Hi everyone, I was told Apple finally fixed AD password syncing issues on macOS 10.14.4 several days ago, which I thought is great. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209149#macos10144) However I confirmed a new issue while using 10.14.4: If I change... View more
Apple releases SecureToken Documentation
We have been waiting for Apple to document SecureToken for a long time now. The wait is finally over. I dug into the new Apple document to see if I could find any new bits of information. https://mrmacintosh.com/securetoken-documentation/ View more
Copying Launchpad items to multiple computers
We're looking into using Launchpad as a Launcher in a lab as an easy way for students to launch applications. We previously were using DragThing, which was perfect for our needs, but the developer is removing support for it. Unfortunately, I'm not ab... View more
2018-2019 Macbook Pro black screen after enrollment
I have been getting reports form my techs that the MBP 15" 2018-2019 have been becoming unresponsive after imaging stuck at a black screen. You can SSH into the machine and reboot or run any commands. I just found this odd, I'm working on fixing now ... View more
802.1x "Vanishing"
Edit: FYI - Working off of 10.9 - moving to 10.11.1 this Thursday. I also want to note we don't see this behavior with the other profiles, just our 802.1x profile Hey everyone - We have just started experiencing a weird behavior with our 802.1x MDM p... View more
Deploy.apple.com is down right now
Just in case you're wondering if it's just you, just got off the phone with support, they're getting calls for this from all over. "Authentication service 'AppleConnect' experienced a malfunction: java.lang.RuntimeException: AppleConnect: fatal valid... View more
Restricting Microsoft Edge?
Hello Everyone, We are trying to create a restricted software piece for Microsoft Edge. We can restrict the "dev" version of the installer, but the canary build isn't being blocked. As the end of the school year is quickly approaching, we really don'... View more
Disable ability to backup IOS devices?
We have users who mindlessly backup their iPads and iPhones to their company computers, taking up a lot of space on their drive, is there an easy clean way to disable their ability to do this? View more
Java version reporting as 15.0.1 - What is this?
I have an extension attribute which does the following: defaults read /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString We have several machines which are reporting Java Version 15.0.1. These machines don't a... View more
Dock and Dockutil and Jamf Policy Woes...Ideas?
Hello all, So, in our environment we have a Mac lab used by elementary students (PreK-3), there's a single login for each class. Finding a way to have each of these user accounts to get a custom dock has been a nightmare (tired built in Jamf tools: p... View more
Upload files to iOS device via MDM?
Apple Configurator allows to upload files and assign them to an app on the iOS device. Is there a way to do the same via the MDM? View more
Apple Business Manager - Adding Serial Numbers
Good day, I have been out of the loop for a while when it comes to Apple management. I'm trying to grok Apple Business Manager... I had a discussion with a former associate who said that you can upload your older machine serial numbers via CSV to ABM... View more
IP in menu bar package behavior
I install the "IP in menubar" app on our Macs to show the computer name and its IP address in the menubar (https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Software/IPinmenubar.shtml). For this deployment I use Composer to simply capture the app in the Application... View more
WiFi/AD issues
Hi, Hope some of you can help me out here. We experience that when our users change their AD password, they lose their connection to our WiFi, but I can still view the Wifi Profile on their Mac. Anyone experienced this before? *They way I solve it to... View more
Emergency notification to Mac desktop
Hey folks. I have been asked by our estates team to see if we can come up with a mechanism to display a message on our Macs in the event of an emergency in our buildings. Setting up a simple Jamf Helper notification for this has gotten me halfway the... View more
Redirect personal filevault keys to Jamf
I know this has been discussed before, but wanted a fresh take on it as it seems old methods are no longer supported. We have numerous users who have enabled FileVault via System Preferences, and not by Jamf, therefore we don't know what their person... View more
How to: Imaging Mojave 10.14
First: This is not Apple approved. I know that, you know that, do it at your own risk. I do, this works fine. This is not a discussion about why or opinions :). Some of us have this need, this is one solution! Step 1: Making a Mojave Image:Have a goo... View more
Locking Classroom macOS Preference Pane settings without PreStage Enrollment
Found the solution to my problem - How to lock classroom pane/options with a custom profile in JAMF explained in first comment We are looking into deploying Classroom for our teachers and students next year. We would be doing Teacher Managed classes.... View more
Minimum passcode length with 4 digits not applied on mobile devices with iOS 12.2
We using 4 digits as a minimum requirements of passcode length for iPad devices. We have discover that this not been applied through config profile on devices with iOS 12.2. Instead for 4 digits you need to choose at least sex digits. We using JamfPr... View more
GUI Testing Suite Suggestions
Hi! We are planning to build up a testing lab for GUI testing. Right now we are evaluating several solutions such as Squish, Eggplant and SikuliX. Our requirements to the solution:- automated GUI testing with scheduling- support for macOS & Win10, iO... View more
Workaround for Script Parameter $3?
Does anyone know of a workaround to get user input from Self Service either than using the script parameter $3? We have noticed since the JAMF PRO JSS 10.11.1 update, this is broken. We utilize this parameter heavily when onboarding in August, for ab... View more
Nomad and Nomad Login syncing
Hello all, I've seen this mentioned a couple of times before on here, and it seems no one really has an issue with it aside from me. We have a print server that uses Active Directory to auth users for print jobs- they have an NFC card they can boop, ... View more
Finder keeps quitting unexpectedly since 10.14.4 upgrade
I have multiple users including myself where Finder keeps quitting unexpectedly since 10.14.4 upgrade. I kill the finder plist, reboot and issue persists. Anyone have any ideas or have seen this in their environment recently? View more
Deploying Office 2019 without Outlook
As a GSuite district, our users use google for all our email needs. We do have several users that need the Microsoft Office suite deployed to their machines due to reports, programs that are not nicely compatible with Google. I want to be able to pus... View more
Push out OS update
First of all, excuse my ignorance. My knowledge of Jamf has come from trial and error and believe me when I say, there's been a lot of it. Most off of our MacBook Airs are on 10.12. I'd like to update them (about 1200) to 10.14. Is there an easy way ... View more
Multi-User Login Issue
Let me start off by saying that we are a school site/district and all of our users are domain based of our network and not local user accounts. We upgraded one of our Mac labs to Mojave and quickly discovered an issue with the login screen. Once a us... View more
