• Apple Configurator,  Apple TV,  Apple Watch,  iPhone,  JAMF,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mass Deployment,  precache

    Tethered Caching of iOS Assets from macOS 10.12.4

    March 27, 2017

    There is a new service in macOS, called Tetherator. Tethered-caching is a script that allows you to easily and quickly interact with the tethered-caching service, which has a few kinda’ cool options. This is on a client, and really speeds up all that crazy provisioning stuff you do. It can also check for the presence of a macOS Caching Server and use that as a source for the cache. The tethered-caching script is located at /usr/bin/tethered-caching. Before you do anything with the service, check the status. That’s done with the -s option (there’s also a -v option to get verbose): tethered-caching -s The results before activated should be as follows:…

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  • JAMF,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server

    Jamf Pro 9.98 Now Available

    March 23, 2017

    The next release of iOS (10.3), macOS (10.12.4), and tvOS (10.2) bring us a host of new management features. These include DEP configuration, remote wipe, single app mode, conference room mode, and remote reboot for Apple TVs. The next evolution of iOS brings us sounds in lost mode, the ability to prevent users from connecting to unmanaged wireless networks (just make sure to push that policy after sending down the actual managed wireless networks – or eek), the option to remotely shut down and reboot devices, The Mac options includes some of the above but also restricting the feature to unlock macOS devices with Touch ID, restrict documents and desktop…

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  • JAMF,  Mac Security

    Jamf Pro Extension Attribute For TouchID

    January 18, 2017

    Built a quick extension attribute for Jamf Pro environments to check if TouchID is enabled and report back a string in $result – this could easily be modified and so I commented a few pointers for environments that might need to modify it (e.g. to check for user-level as it’s currently system-level). To see/have the code, check https://github.com/krypted/TouchID_check.

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  • JAMF,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  MacAdmins Podcast

    JNUC 2017 Announced!

    December 11, 2016

    The last JamfNation User Conference, or JNUC for short, was far and away the biggest and best. It was packed though, and given the year-over-year increase in people attending, the conference is being moved to the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis. For more information on or to early-bird register for JNUC 2017, visit the official JNUC page. I’ll certainly be there, and I look forward to seeing all of you again and meeting all the newcomers this year, as well as getting a recording going of the MacAdmins Podcast while we’re all together!

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  • JAMF

    Get a list of printers with the jamf binary

    October 22, 2016

    The jamf binary can grab a list of printers. It’s easy: sudo jamf listprinters The output looks like this: MSP Lobby HP MSP_Lobby Lobby lpd://192.168.12.201/ HP 6490 C5250 PS If you have more printers, you’ll see more in the list!

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  • JAMF

    JNUC 2016 is Sold Out! But you can stream the keynote!

    October 12, 2016

    To quote the good people in JAMF marketing: You may have heard that JNUC 2016 is sold out! We don’t want you to miss out, and to give you a glimpse at what the JNUC is all about, we’re thrilled to announce that the JNUC 2016 Keynotes will be available via Livestream for the first time ever! Featuring JAMF CEO Dean Hager and industry leaders who will share their experiences, challenges and lessons learned using Apple and Casper Suite to enable their employees and students, they’re not to be missed. In our Apple Management Redefined Keynote on day one, JAMF will unveil more Apple management functionality than ever before – so much so that…

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  • iPhone,  JAMF,  Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  MacAdmins Podcast

    Don’t Forget To Accept The Latest DEP License Agreement TODAY!

    September 12, 2016

    In case you’re using DEP and haven’t noticed this, you need to accept the latest terms of service in the Apple license agreement for DEP if you’re going to continue using the service. I don’t usually post emails I get from Apple, but I can easily see orgs using accounts that don’t have email flowing to anyone that is capable of responding, so I strongly recommend you go in and accept the latest and greatest agreements so your stuff doesn’t break! Here’s the email I got from Apple: Apple Deployment Programs Thank you for participating in the Device Enrollment Program. On September 13 Apple will release updated software license agreements.…

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  • JAMF

    Casper 9.93 Now Available For Download

    August 2, 2016

    Casper 9.93 is now available, with a host of new features. These include: Fixed a lot (and I mean a lot) of product issues! Added Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML 2.0: Logging into the JSS without clicking on anything is just awesome. Added Webhooks: Scripted, triggered access to the events API. LDAP Proxy Server: Can run on our new Infrastructure Manager service on Linux and creates a tunnel between a customer location and a JSS if the JSS doesn’t have LAN access to a directory service. Patch Reporting for Computers: Now, Casper includes automatically generated reports for some common third-party OS X software packages, so you can better scope policies…

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  • JAMF

    Free Tool For Mass Updates

    July 18, 2016

    There’s a new JSS companion tool, called JSS MUT, which allows you to perform mass actions based on a CSV. Basically, set fields and enforce mobile device names (becoming a very common need out there). If you’re a JSS admin, it’s a nice tool, and a big should out to Michael Levenick for making it free! Official website is at http://jssmut.weebly.com. Hat tip to Trey Howell for clueing us in! 🙂

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