Jamf Pro
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In the last of this series of posts about Jamf Setup Manager, I discuss how we use it to provision MacBooks. This is our primary use case for JSM. Read the first post to learn more about our decision to use it as our preferred tool for provisioning Macs. Design Goals When considering how to replace our…
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Dialpad, in their own words, an “all-in-one AI-powered customer communications platform” has a Mac app that self-updates. If it attempts to install an update and the logged-in end-user is not an admin, the app prompts for admin credentials. This frustrates end-users and help desks alike. I was unable to find a workaround for this behavior…
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UPDATE 1/13/2025: Thanks to a very helpful comment, I was able to remove the need for a manual login during this process. This is the third in a series of posts about Jamf Setup Manager. Read the first post to learn more about our decision to use it as our preferred tool for provisioning Macs.…
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When I deployed Zoom Rooms on Mac minis earlier this year, I assumed that the built-in automatic update functionality would run as the logged-in user. Our logged-in user for Zoom Rooms is not an admin, so I believed that an automatic app update would either fail or prompt for admin credentials. That would be a…
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This is the second in a series of posts about Jamf Setup Manager. Read the first post to learn more about our decision to use it as our preferred tool for provisioning Macs. Provisioning a server is the simplest of our Setup Manager provisioning processes. Prior to using Setup Manager, we had no formal process…
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I first became aware of Jamf Setup Manager during JNUC 2023. It is a tool for provisioning Macs and at that time it was in private beta. Developed by Jamf consulting engineers in Europe, it was recommended to me as a means of provisioning before any user logs in. Jamf Setup Manager’s primary mode is…
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macOS Sequoia 15 introduces a new privacy feature: randomized MAC addresses for Wi-Fi networks. Each Wi-Fi SSID gets a different random MAC address, instead of the network interface’s physical MAC address, in order to prevent tracking across public networks. This feature has been available on iOS since version 14. The macOS 15 TCP/IP stack uses…
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This year, we set out to build a more stable Zoom Rooms environment at the office. We took the philosophy of treating Zoom Rooms Macs like servers. Software updates would be installed during maintenance windows when the conference rooms weren’t in use. All automatic software update features were disabled via a configuration profile. Rather, software…
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Homebrew, the open-source UNIX package manager tool for macOS, got a new installation option last year: a macOS installer package. This is an exciting change for Mac Admins looking to deploy Homebrew for software developers, sys admins, and refugee Linux nerds in their organizations. That said, the Homebrew package appears built to be installed by…
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