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Wanted: bugreport.jamfsoftware.com
In working through various issues with JAMF, I’ve noticed that a variety of issues I’ve reported are themselves tied to JAMF’s internal bug-reporting system of defect numbers. At the moment, the only...
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Contacting AppleCare to unlock work-owned iCloud-locked iPhones
I recently had a situation where I was asked to figure out a way to get a work-owned iCloud-locked phone’s activation lock removed. After doing some research, I was able to find a way to do this and...
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Problems decrypting FileVault 2 encrypted drives while booted from Mavericks’...
While working with a colleague to prepare a FileVault 2 rollout at his institution, he reported that in his testing, the decryption process did not appear to be working correctly when he was booted...
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FileVault 2 Institutional Recovery Keys – Creation, Deployment and Use
As part of Apple’s FileVault 2 encryption, Apple has provided for the use of recovery keys. These keys are a backup method to unlock FileVault 2’s encryption in the event that the usual method of...
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Automating Oracle Java 7 updates
Something I’ve wanted to do for a while was to write a script to download and install the latest Java 7 update from Oracle. I’ve been using AutoPkg to download the latest Java 7 updates using AutoPkg’s...
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Automating Oracle Java 8 updates
To go along with my earlier post about automating Oracle Java 7 updates, I’ve also posted a script to download and install the latest Java 8 update from Oracle. The method is identical, with the...
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Uninstalling App Store apps from the command line
Over the weekend, Rasmus Sten posted to Twitter about an interesting uninstall command line utility that he had found while testing 10.10. On investigation, it became apparent that this uninstall...
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AutoPkgr receipe now available for AutoPkg
To go along with my use of AutoPkg, I’ve started relying on AutoPkgr to automate running AutoPkg and notifying me when I had new updates. While I was checking over my current list of AutoPkg receipes...
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Installation error reporting now available in First Boot Package Install
Following up on a pull request by Matthew Kweskin, I’ve updated First Boot Package Install so that it now reports whether an installation has succeeded or failed. This error reporting is in addition to...
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First Boot Package Install With Automated Apple Software Update.pkg
While working recently on First Boot Package Install.pkg, I decided to implement a way to automatically install all available Apple software updates along with enabling other packages to be installed...
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Deploying Sophos Enterprise Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 9.x
For the past few major releases, Sophos used a standard installer package to install both their free and paid antivirus solution. With the release of Sophos Anti-Virus 9.x though, Sophos changed how...
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Stopping unwanted collabd errors in /var/log/system.log on Mavericks Server
As part of standing up a new DeployStudio server on Mavericks Server in my shop, I noticed that I had a lot of errors showing up in /var/log/system.log that looked like this: September 5 10:21:16...
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Disabling the Featured Banner in Casper 9.5.1
As part of preparing for Yosemite, I’ve started testing Casper 9.5.1. As part of my testing, I wanted to address an issue that first appeared for me in Casper 9.4: The blue Featured banner in Self...
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Virtualization session at JAMF Nation User Conference 2014
I’ll be speaking about how to leverage virtualization in your test environments at JAMF Nation User Conference 2014, which is being held from October 21st – 23rd, 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. For those...
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Scripted decryption when using a FileVault 2 institutional recovery key with...
Something that has usually been a manually-driven process for me has been FileVault 2 decryption when using an institutional recovery key. In large part, this is because you need to boot to either...
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Disabling the iCloud and Diagnostics pop-up windows in Yosemite
Starting in 10.7.2, Apple has set the iCloud sign-in to pop up on the first login. In 10.10, Apple added a new Diagnostics & Usage window that pops up at first login after the iCloud sign-in. Since...
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First Boot Package Install Generator.app
With the release of Yosemite, Apple has apparently made an undocumented change to the way it allows packages to be added to the OS installer. If you add any additional packages for installation as part...
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FileVault 2 decryption can be initiated but will not complete while booted...
To address this issue that caused problems for folks decrypting from Mavericks’ Recovery HD and Internet Recovery, Apple has made a change to Yosemite’s Recovery HD and Apple Internet Recovery with...
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Slides from the “Bringing the Casper Suite to Life with Virtual Test...
For those who wanted a copy of my virtualization talk at JAMF Nation User Conference 2014, here are links to the slides in PDF and Keynote format. PDF: http://tinyurl.com/jnuc2014vmPDF Keynote:...
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New FileVault 2 enablement option in Yosemite’s Setup Assistant
One new window that appears in Apple’s Setup Assistant application for Yosemite is one that encourages new users of Yosemite to enable FileVault 2 encryption. However, this Setup Assistant window...
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