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Removing unwanted Time Machine backups from APFS-formatted Time Machine...
I recently needed to prune some Time Machine backups, where I wanted to manually delete some older backups while not deleting everything on the drive. When I researched this, the guidance provided used...
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Customizing Terminal behavior for documentation needs
As part of writing documentation today, I was given a script to follow when making some videos as part of the documentation process. The script included the following requirement: Prepare the Terminal...
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Specifying shell commands to run when opening new Terminal windows from...
As a follow-up to a previous post, as part of that post I had been running certain shell commands by adding them to a .zshrc file: export PS1=”\$ “: Sets the prompt to only display “$” (no quotes)...
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Privileges.app and time-limited admin
Privileges is an open source tool from SAP which helps folks manage admin rights for their account. As part of its feature set, it includes an option for time-limited admin using a specific function...
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Microsoft Defender and tamper protection
One of the features of Microsoft Defender for macOS is tamper protection. This option is designed to prevent Defender or its settings from being removed or changed. As of posting date, Defender’s...
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Jamf Pro 10.41.0 and SSL verification alerts
Following an upgrade to Jamf Pro 10.41.0, you may notice that you have an alert showing in the Jamf Pro admin console. When you click on the alert, you will see the following alert notification....
View ArticleMicrosoft Defender tamper protection status detection for Jamf Pro
As a follow-up to my earlier post about working with Microsoft Defender’s tamper protection, I’ve written an Extension Attribute for Jamf Pro which detects and reports on Defender’s tamper protection...
View ArticleSlides from the “Running Jamf Pro at Scale, from SAP with ❤️” session at...
For those who wanted a copy of my scaling talk at Jamf Nation User Conference 2022, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF: https://tinyurl.com/jnuc2022pdfKeynote:...
View ArticleSlides from the “Leveling Up – Managing admin rights in the enterprise”...
For those who wanted a copy of my filesystem talk at the MacSysAdmin 2022 conference, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF: https://tinyurl.com/macsysadmin2022pdf Keynote:...
View ArticleRunning Jamf Pro inventory updates at startup time
With the release of macOS Ventura expected this month, an important topic to many Mac admins is having their systems management tools detect as quickly as possible which of their Macs have upgraded to...
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Running Jamf Pro inventory updates at startup time using a Jamf Pro policy
As a follow-up to my previous post on running Jamf Pro inventory updates at startup, several folks have asked if the approach I showed was better or more efficient than using a Jamf Pro policy to run...
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Building Jamf Pro smart groups for Ventura-compatible and...
As part of preparing for macOS Ventura, it may be useful to have a way to easily distinguish between the Macs in your fleet which can run macOS Ventura and those which can’t. Apple has published the...
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Using the Jamf Pro API to report on Self Service policies
Every so often, it may be necessary to generate a report from Jamf Pro of which policies are available in Self Service. To assist with this task, I’ve written a script which uses the Jamf Pro Classic...
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Creating AWS S3 buckets for webpage redirection
I recently had an issue where I needed to solve a particular problem: 1. I had a DNS domain name dns.name.here 2. I needed to point it to a HTTPS URL hosted on another domain:...
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Opening macOS Ventura’s System Settings to desired locations via the command...
With the release of macOS Ventura, the System Preferences application has been replaced with the System Settings application. macOS Monterey System Preferences: macOS Ventura System Settings: Along...
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Adding hidden Login Items on macOS Ventura
One of the changes made between macOS Monterey’s System Preferences and macOS Ventura’s System Settings is that the Hide checkbox in System Preferences’ Login Items has disappeared from System...
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Downloading macOS Monterey from the App Store
Now that macOS Ventura has been released, it’s become more difficult to access the macOS Monterey installer for those who still need it. Fortunately, macOS Monterey has not been removed from the App...
View ArticleApple Device Management Second Edition book coming soon
Three years back, both Charles Edge and I wrote a book together: Just in time to bring a little Holiday cheer, the @apple Device Management book I wrote with @rtrouton is now shipping from @Apress...
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Downloading macOS IPSW files for use with Mac virtual machines on Apple...
A change between creating Mac virtual machines on Intel Macs and creating them on Apple Silicon Macs is that virtualization on Apple Silicon Macs often assumes that the virtual machine is built using a...
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autopkg-conductor updated to support reporting to Slack and Microsoft Teams
When the autopkg-conductor tool was first written, one of its primary functions was to send the output of JSSImporter to a Slack channel. With JSSImporter being deprecated in favor of JamfUploader,...
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