What The Mac?!

Jamf package inventory recalculation - GUI, API, JamfUploader | Oct 30, 2024 |
MacSysAdmin Presentation - 03 October 2024 - Automated Testing of Managed Applications | Oct 8, 2024 |
Understanding Jamf Pro API Roles And Clients | Jul 30, 2024 |
If you're using the SOFA feed, please take note! | Jul 22, 2024 |
RocketmanTech LaunchPad Presentation - 7 June 2024 - Why and how to use erase-install | Jun 7, 2024 |
Changes to Classic API authentication in Jamf Pro - what you need to know | May 16, 2024 |
dbfileupload is dead - long live v1/packages! A new packages API endpoint for Jamf Pro | May 16, 2024 |
Check for unpatched CVEs on Mac with Jamf Pro using SOFA | May 5, 2024 |
SOFA, and how to use it with Jamf Pro | Apr 29, 2024 |
Scripting the upload of packages to Jamf Pro with a Cloud Distribution Point located on an Amazon Web Services S3 Bucket | Mar 6, 2024 |
Is XProtect up to date? | Dec 6, 2023 |
JOCADS - the Multitenant Object Copier and Deleter Tool for Jamf Pro | Dec 5, 2023 |
Personal reflections on my time at ETH Zürich | Dec 5, 2023 |
Introducing JCDS 2.0 for uploading packages to Jamf Pro Cloud distribution points | Aug 21, 2023 |
One Mac Admin's tips on maintaining a popular Open Source project | Jul 10, 2023 |
MacAdmins UK Conference Presentation - 23 May 2023 - Erase-Install: A Tool for Upgrading and Reinstalling your Mac | May 14, 2023 |
Clean up your packages in Jamf Pro automatically with JamfPackageCleaner | Apr 25, 2023 |
Use AutoPkg to install applications into the User Applications folder | Apr 20, 2023 |
Mystery solved - uninstalled system extensions still listed in System Settings | Nov 7, 2022 |
Do you need to use the softwareupdate command to discover available updates? | Sep 29, 2022 |
MacAdmins Podcast, Episode 276: Big Changes to Jamf APIs and JSSImporter | Aug 19, 2022 |
MacAdmins Presentation - 14 July 2022 - Demystifying JamfUploader | Jul 22, 2022 |
Stage packages to production with AutoPkg and JamfUploader | Jul 10, 2022 |
Comparing a JamfUploader recipe to a standard JSSImporter recipe | May 13, 2022 |
JamfRecipeMaker - use AutoPkg to make Jamf recipes automatically! | May 3, 2022 |
JamfPackageUploader 'JCDS-mode' for a new way to upload packages to Jamf Cloud | Apr 19, 2022 |
How do changes to the Jamf Pro API authentication affect JamfUploader and JSSImporter? | Feb 16, 2022 |
macOS Monterey - MDM custom preference to disable python 2 deprecation popups | Oct 25, 2021 |
JNUC Presentation - 21 October 2021 - Making package uploading and deployment easier with JamfUploader | Oct 21, 2021 |
MacSysAdmin Presentation - 07 October 2021 - AutoPkg Everything | Oct 5, 2021 |
AutoPkg - verify and update trust information on all recipes in a recipe-list | Aug 31, 2021 |
Deploying Mobile Device Apps to Apple Silicon Macs with Jamf Pro | Aug 24, 2021 |
JNUC Presentation - 21 October 2021 - Making package uploading and deployment easier with JamfUploader | Aug 18, 2021 |
A script to clean up your AutoPkg Cache folder | Apr 19, 2021 |
How to script the uninstallation of macOS System Extensions | Apr 6, 2021 |
Second presentation at the Texas Apple Admins Virtual Meetup | Mar 30, 2021 |
YAML-formatted AutoPkg recipes can now be run natively without conversion to plist | Mar 2, 2021 |
When a single Adobe package can have two versions depending on architecture | Jan 24, 2021 |
JamfUploader - new AutoPkg processors for importing packages to Jamf Pro | Dec 14, 2020 |
Better Jamf Policy Version Control with AutoPkg and Regex | Sep 17, 2020 |
A beginner's guide to using AutoPkg with GitLab Runner | Jul 10, 2020 |
Undocumented options in the startosinstall command | Jun 9, 2020 |
Automated Device Enrollment settings affect Setup Assistant beyond enrollment | Jun 6, 2020 |
Presentation at the Texas Apple Admins Virtual Meetup | May 5, 2020 |
Managing Configuration Profiles between Jamf Pro instances using the Classic API | Apr 27, 2020 |
Resetting Device Enrollment cache without reinstalling macOS | Feb 21, 2020 |
DEP tokens and MDM Activation Lock are tied to an individual Apple ID account...and password | Dec 20, 2019 |
Jamf and AutoPkg: JNUC 2019 Session Links and commands - UPDATE: video and slide deck now available | Nov 14, 2019 |
AutoPkg 1.3 is incompatible with JSSImporter. UPDATE: fixed in version 1.3.1 | Nov 5, 2019 |
Slack notifications for errors in a multi-context Jamf Pro environment | Oct 22, 2019 |
JNUC Presentation - 14 November 2019 - Jamf Pro and AutoPkg | Oct 6, 2019 |
Update a config profile on multiple Jamf Pro servers with the API | Sep 25, 2019 |
Prevent TeamViewer from opening during package installation | Jul 17, 2019 |
JSSImporter 1.0.2b3 puts the brakes on | Jun 13, 2019 |
IBM SPSS Statistics 26 silent installer woes | May 31, 2019 |
Java SE licensing, macOS, and AutoPkg - what now? | Apr 19, 2019 |
Updates to the erase-install.sh script | Apr 2, 2019 |
Send Slack notifications when a partition size exceeds a threshold | Jan 15, 2019 |
Maintain daily, weekly and monthly MySQL backups | Jan 15, 2019 |
Send an Email from Jamf Pro Self Service | Oct 31, 2018 |
Disable macOS Upgrade Notifications | Oct 19, 2018 |
Writing AutoPkg recipes and other plist-formatted files in yaml | Aug 29, 2018 |
Using the Keychain to store passwords for Jamf Pro API calls in bash scripts | Aug 14, 2018 |
ETH Zurich and Jamf Pro - Jamf Nation Roadshow, Munich, 13 June 2018 | Jun 13, 2018 |
Erase All Contents And Settings - erase and reinstall macOS in situ | Mar 26, 2018 |
Fix Jamf Pro 10 Reinstall Button Values | Feb 17, 2018 |
Jamf Pro uninstaller policies with a little help from Munki | Jan 19, 2018 |
A Slack notification post-processor for AutoPkg/JSSImporter | Dec 22, 2017 |
Help Make the Jamf Pro API Better | Nov 30, 2017 |
Rootgate - Keep Calm and Carry On Being Secure | Nov 29, 2017 |
Showing the Language Chooser screen after reinstalling macOS | Nov 22, 2017 |
How many Jamf Pro Policies does each application need? | Nov 2, 2017 |
Customise Atom for editing AutoPkg recipes | Oct 20, 2017 |
AutoPkg Setup for JSS | Jul 27, 2017 |
Changing settings in DeployStudio NetBoot images | Jun 30, 2017 |
Run-Munki-Run: Another Simple Munki Test Environment | Mar 17, 2017 |
Writing a (better) application to run shell scripts with admin rights | Jan 8, 2017 |
Writing an application to run shell commands with admin rights | Jan 7, 2017 |
Configuring SplashBuddy | Nov 10, 2016 |
Archive E-Mails from an IMAP E-Mail account | Sep 20, 2016 |
Apple Security Update mistakenly disables Ethernet ports | Feb 27, 2016 |
Version controlling Munki and AutoPkg | Dec 7, 2015 |
Munki-Do: Restrict who has access to edit manifests | Nov 30, 2015 |
Git branches with Munki-Do | Nov 25, 2015 |
Jekyll blogs: create a bookmarks file for commonly used weblinks | Nov 25, 2015 |
Blogging with Jekyll | Nov 23, 2015 |
Munki, Git and Munki-Do | Oct 15, 2015 |
Munki-Do (beta): a web tool for managing Munki packages | Sep 30, 2015 |
Importing Matlab into Munki | Jul 3, 2015 |
A 'Do Not Disturb' application for Munki | Jul 3, 2015 |
'Connect to Server' favourites across devices using Safari bookmarks | Jun 27, 2015 |
Munki-Enroll tweaked: Leverage DeployStudio's 'Computer Information' fields to customise Munki builds | Jun 13, 2015 |
Microsoft Office 2016 Preview and OneDrive for Business Beta don't play together, yet | May 27, 2015 |
Docker: Use Cases presentation - 19/3/2015 London Apple Admins @ ThoughtWorks London | May 20, 2015 |
A test Docker-BSDPy environment | Apr 28, 2015 |
Munki: How to remove cruft | Apr 24, 2015 |
Munki: find out in which manifests a package is available | Apr 23, 2015 |
Creating a pre-configured Junos Pulse VPN client on OS X with The Luggage | Mar 27, 2015 |
DeployStudio 1.6.12 with Late-2012 Mac minis and Early-2015 MacBook Pros | Mar 23, 2015 |
Making MunkiReport-PHP and MunkiWebAdmin work nicely together | Nov 7, 2014 |
An undocumented change to Captive Network Assistant settings in OS X 10.10 Yosemite | Oct 29, 2014 |
Buggy 802.1x authentications in OS X 10.10 Yosemite - UPDATE: Fixed with 10.10.1 | Oct 29, 2014 |
Give Active Directory group members admin rights to their Mac while offline | Aug 18, 2014 |