The jamfHelper binary is used to deploy an alert to client computers that are enrolled in the JSS. This can be a full screen alert with headings, icons, text, and countdowns. This could also just be a small utility window that informs a user that something was installed. You can do similar tasks with push notifications, but I find that a lot of times an APNs update will disappear before someone can click on it. Therefore, we can use the jamfHelper binary to send alert screens in OS X. We’ll go through a couple of minor examples here. The first is to send a window called KRYPTED that is full screen, with test as the…
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Visit Bushel At MacTech
MacTech is a conference for the Mac engineer and developer. And at JAMF Software, whether you prefer the Casper Suite or Bushel, we love to hang out with engineers and developers. So we’ll be at MacTech this week, in Southern California, hanging out to meet you, answer any questions you might have, and maybe have people from product management ask you lots of questions. If you’ll be there, come find us. For more on MacTech, check it out at: For More, Read About Visiting Bushel At MacTech on the Bushel Blog
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Mac@IBM Presentation from JNUC
Two weeks ago, Fletcher Previn from IBM gave a great presentation at JNUC all about the Mac@IBM program. This is a great story that highlights the advantages of the Apple platform: user preference, easier deployment, and lower support costs. And they love the combination of IBM + Apple + JAMF so much that they decided to come to JNUC and make national tech news out of their deployment. Watch their video here! And keep in mind that they can transform your organization as well. Find out more about their Mac@Work MobileFirst offering here.
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Bushel: JAMF Named Number 14 Out of the Twin Cities Fast 50
Bushel is made by JAMF Software. JAMF Software has been named the 14th of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Twin Cities! Read more here at http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/print-edition/2015/10/23/fast-50-no-14-jamf-software.html and learn a little more about our company. Read More About JAMF Getting Named Number 14 in the Twin Cities Fast 50 On The Bushel Blog
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Help Us Make The Casper Suite Better!
We’d love your help to make the Casper Suite better! And we’re trying to be pretty organized about how we’re trying to get there (being organized and getting better are both ongoing efforts at most organizations) and letting our admins take a stab at helping us to prioritize various initiatives. One way we’re trying to make the product better is in UX. So if you have some time and want to help us organize the various tasks and workflows in Casper, please feel free to take this quick UX study at https://jamf.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/edge! Thanks for helping us make your life easier! Want to help us improve the UX of our products? I’ll do…
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Guest Blogging for the #jnuc on Vulnerability Assessments
In case anyone missed this fact: I love to write. The nerdier the content, the better. And when I heard that the JAMF Nation User Conference had a session for InfoSec (and specifically around how we do vulnerability assessments), I knew that was my kind of session. So, the marketing team was kind enough to let me write it up. Here it is on the JAMF Software blog: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/blog/jamf-software-security-and-vulnerability-assessments/.
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Bushel: Invite Your Friends For More Free Devices
Bushel gives you three devices for free. But you can get more free devices if you like the product and choose to share it with your friends and family. To do so is pretty straight forward. Simply click on the Accounts icon in the sidebar and then click on the Profile tab. Here, towards the bottom of the screen, you’ll see the Referrals section. To Read More About Inviting Your Friends To Bushel To Get More Free Devices Forever on the Bushel Blog
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Bushel Ships Same Day Support For El Capitan
For the second time this month, Apple has released a major new operating system. Today, OS X 10.11 El Capitan became available in the Mac App Store. We are pleased to announce that, even with the significant changes in the operating system, Bushel extends full compatibility to Macs running this latest release. That means that all of your managed Macs within Bushel can be upgraded to OS X 10.11 and new Macs can be enrolled as well. In other words, your users should take advantage of this free software update! Read More About Bushel’s Same Day Support for OS X El Capitan On The Bushel Blog
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Troubleshooting Apache, Proxies, and Tomcat in OS X Server 5
OS X Server 5 dropped last week. It’s the first time I’ve seen an OS X Server version drop before an OS release. I’m guessing there was an impetus to get it out the door before OS X 10.11 ships, so that caching and software update servers can facilitate quicker adoption and tools like Profile Manager will work on 0-day. But, there are some funny issues that are popping up. One of these is OS X Server usurping some ports that would otherwise potentially be used by other tools. Notably for Casper administrators, this includes port 8443. So here are some issues I’ve seen with Apache in the latest OS…
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Casper 9.8 and Bushel Now Support El Capitan
JAMF Software has long had 0 day support for new Apple releases. The latest version of Bushel allows you to enroll El Capitan devices. Casper 9.8 also allows you to enroll devices. There are certainly going to be subsequent updates that allow us to do even more. This was a tricky one, as the jamf binary had to be moved and there were some new enrollment policies, to keep your Apple devices as secure as possible! Bushel is SaaS, so it’s available today. Casper should be updated. You can access our installers using your My Assets page on JAMF Nation. Happy updating!