Author: robjschroeder
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App Auto-Patch (2.0.0b6) via swiftDialog (2.3.2)
Introduction App Auto-Patch combines local application discovery, an Installomator integration, and user-friendly swiftDialog prompts to automate application patch management across Mac computers. What’s Changed in App Auto-Patch (2.0.0b6) swiftDialog 2.3.2 Required App Auto-Patch automatically installs (at least) version 2.3.2.4726 of swiftDialog. For more information on swiftDialog, review here: https://github.com/swiftDialog/swiftDialog Unattended Exit A new option for…
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Jamf Pro – Organization
I was asked last week to think of some practices as a Jamf Admin that I’ve adopted into my environments that have really helped me out. One of the first things that came to mind was organization practices. Organization is key to keeping a clean environment and can help you quickly identify what is being…
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Jamf Pro – Get Mac Warranty Information
Over the past few weeks I’ve been asked multiple times on a way that we can get an insight on our computer’s warranty expirations. This is helpful information to plan out a computer refresh cycle and to have good observability on the status of your fleet. To date, I’ve been working on getting some processes…
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App Auto-Patch
Firstly, I’d like to thank all the individuals who have directly and indirectly helped with this project. Shoutout to @option8 for the main portion of this code and the #patchomator project, @BigMacAdmin for most of the swiftDialog usage in the script, and @dan-snelson for his help and continued refinement of the script. With that said,…
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Automated Device Enrollment and Setup Your Mac version 1.10.0
Setup Your Mac is a fantastic project that gives end-users a great dialog to let them know what is going on with their Mac as organizational apps are being installed. This dialog added onto Automated Device Enrollment is an awesome replacement to a legacy DEPNotify onboarding workflow. Setup Your Mac version 1.10.0 was released earlier…
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Setup Your Mac – Zoom Room Edition
In my current organization, we are using Setup Your Mac (thanks Dan Snelson!!) to provide a zero-touch guided Mac deployment experience our end-users which has been an incredible success. After seeing the success that we’ve had for our end-users, we started to focus on how we could cut down the time to deploy a Zoom…
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Automated Device Enrollment and Setup Your Mac version 1.8.1
IMPORTANT: Please follow the latest update in this series by using this link: https://techitout.xyz/ade-sym/ Setup Your Mac is a fantastic project that gives end-users a great dialog to let them know what is going on with their Mac as organizational apps are being installed. This dialog added onto Automated Device Enrollment is an awesome replacement to…
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Guide: Creating a Signed Certificate
As a Mac admin, you may come across a time that you need to deliver a package during a PreStage enrollment. To make this possible, the package must be signed or the installation will fail. In this guide we will walk through creating a signed certificate that can be used to sign a package with…
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Getting Started With S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N.
Software Update Policy Enforcement (with) Recursive Messaging And Notification — just in case you wanted to know what the acronym meant. Huge shoutout to Kevin M. White (https://github.com/Macjutsu) for his application super. Super allows Mac Admins to have a workflow to both encourage and enforce macOS software updates for both Intel and Silicon Macs. In…
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Set Up Your Mac and Automated Device Enrollment
“Setup Your Mac aims to simplify initial device configuration by leveraging swiftDialog and Jamf Pro Policy Custom Events to allow end-users to self-complete Mac setup post-enrollment” IMPORTANT: Please follow the latest update in this series by using this link: https://techitout.xyz/ade-sym/ Dan Snelson has used Bart R’s swiftDialog to create the next evolution in notifying end-users…