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...
View ArticleContacting 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...
View ArticleAutoPkgr 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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