| 2024-04-23 |
Losing a giant |
Personal ‧ rtrouton |
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| 2024-03-28 |
Updated scripts for downloading packages from a JCDS2 distribution point |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
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| 2024-03-27 |
Migrating a Jamf Pro AWS-hosted cloud distribution point to a JCDS2 cloud distribution point |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-09-05 |
Starting a sole proprietorship business to get a DUNS number for Apple Business Manager |
Apple Business Manager ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-08-15 |
Updating management status in Jamf Pro computer inventory records on Jamf Pro 10.49.0 and later |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-08-14 |
Blocking Oracle Java |
Java ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-08-12 |
Removing Oracle Java from macOS |
Java ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-08-11 |
Session videos now available from Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2023 |
Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2023 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-07-21 |
Disabling in-app review requests for apps installed from the macOS App Store |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-07-21 |
Slides from the “Introduction to Declarative MDM” session at Penn State MacAdmins 2023 |
Declarative Device Management ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-07-01 |
Listing and downloading available macOS installers using Apple’s softwareupdate tool |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-06-24 |
Manually triggering MDM profile renewal with Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-06-23 |
Booting into macOS Recovery in UTM on Apple Silicon Macs |
Apple Silicon ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-06-07 |
WWDC 2023 notes |
Documentation ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-05-29 |
AutoPkg recipes for NexThink Collector |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-05-26 |
Downloading installer packages from Jamf Pro when no other options are available |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-05-25 |
20 years of Der Flounder |
Personal ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-05-12 |
Setting user-level global preferences in a macOS configuration profile |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-05-03 |
Using Script2Pkg to create payload-free installer packages |
Packaging ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-04-16 |
Using the plutil command line tool to work with JSON on macOS Monterey and later |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-04-12 |
Migrating an APNS certificate from one Apple ID to another Apple ID |
Apple Push Notification Service ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-04-02 |
macOS Ventura 13.3 alters expected behavior for Finder’s Open With functionality for macOS installer packages |
Installer ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-03-17 |
Creating a sysdiagnose file using Activity Monitor |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-03-11 |
Granting Volume Owner status on Apple Silicon Macs |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-03-05 |
Setting a user account to automatically log in using sysadminctl on macOS Ventura |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-03-04 |
Backing up Der Flounder Revisited Once Again |
Backup ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-02-28 |
Apple Device Management Second Edition book now available for purchase from Amazon, Apple Books and Apress |
Books ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-02-26 |
Providing Jamf Pro computer inventory information via macOS configuration profile |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-02-13 |
Certificate expiration affecting macOS App Store and VPP apps |
Apple Volume Purchase Program ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-01-26 |
Using the Jamf Pro API to retrieve FileVault personal recovery keys |
FileVault 2 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-01-20 |
Verifying installer package signing and notarization using pkgutil |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-01-19 |
Finding the version number of the Xcode command line tools using the softwareupdate command |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2023-01-02 |
Apple Device Management Second Edition book available for pre-order from Amazon |
Books ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-27 |
Identifying Mac laptops and desktops from the command line by checking for a built-in battery |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-20 |
When does the upgrade to macOS Ventura need admin rights? |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-12 |
Using AutoPkg to build installers for Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN software |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-05 |
Creating a NexThink uninstaller for deployment via Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-04 |
Creating a NexThink installer for deployment via Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-12-01 |
Session videos from Jamf Nation User Conference 2022 now available |
iOS ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-11-20 |
autopkg-conductor updated to support reporting to Slack and Microsoft Teams |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-11-17 |
Downloading macOS IPSW files for use with Mac virtual machines on Apple Silicon Macs |
macOS ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-11-13 |
Apple Device Management Second Edition book coming soon |
Books ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-11-12 |
Downloading macOS Monterey from the App Store |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-28 |
Adding hidden Login Items on macOS Ventura |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-26 |
Opening macOS Ventura’s System Settings to desired locations via the command line |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-19 |
Creating AWS S3 buckets for webpage redirection |
Amazon Web Services ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-15 |
Using the Jamf Pro API to report on Self Service policies |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-13 |
Building Jamf Pro smart groups for Ventura-compatible and Ventura-incompatible Mac models |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-10 |
Running Jamf Pro inventory updates at startup time using a Jamf Pro policy |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-09 |
Running Jamf Pro inventory updates at startup time |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-10-04 |
Slides from the “Leveling Up – Managing admin rights in the enterprise” session at MacSysAdmin 2022 |
MacSysAdmin 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-09-29 |
Slides from the “Running Jamf Pro at Scale, from SAP with ❤️” session at Jamf Nation User Conference 2022 |
JAMF Nation User Conference 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-09-13 |
Microsoft Defender tamper protection status detection for Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-09-13 |
Jamf Pro 10.41.0 and SSL verification alerts |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-09-10 |
Microsoft Defender and tamper protection |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-07-22 |
Privileges.app and time-limited admin |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-07-16 |
Specifying shell commands to run when opening new Terminal windows from macOS’s Terminal settings |
macOS ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-07-15 |
Customizing Terminal behavior for documentation needs |
Documentation ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-07-02 |
Removing unwanted Time Machine backups from APFS-formatted Time Machine backup drives on macOS Monterey |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-06-29 |
Session videos from MacDevOps YVR 2022 now available |
MacDevOpsYVR 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-06-20 |
Videos from Penn State MacAdmins Campfire Sessions 2022 |
Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-06-18 |
Slides from the “Leveling Up – Managing admin rights in the enterprise” session at MacDevOpsYVR 2022 conference |
MacDevOpsYVR 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-06-17 |
Slides from the “Leveling Up – Managing admin rights in the enterprise” session at Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2022 |
Penn State MacAdmins Conference 2022 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-06-08 |
WWDC 2022 notes |
Documentation ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-05-23 |
Using AutoPkg to build a Cisco AnyConnect installer |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-05-19 |
Safari 15.5 embedded content slow to load |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-05-19 |
Discussing standard versus admin rights, hosted by Kandji |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-04-22 |
Apple discontinues macOS Server |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-04-21 |
Building a Privileges installer package using AutoPkg |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-04-04 |
Payload-Free Package Creator 2.4 now available |
AppleScript ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-04-03 |
Simple Package Creator 1.5 now available |
AppleScript ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-03-23 |
profiles command includes client-side rate limitation for certain functions on macOS 12.3 |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-03-10 |
Using macOS installer disk images to boot VMware Fusion virtual machines to macOS Recovery |
create_macos_vm_install_dmg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-02-22 |
Using custom variables in an AutoPkg recipe to set version information |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-02-21 |
Jamf Pro Server software no longer supported on macOS as of Jamf Pro 10.37.0 |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-02-18 |
Using AutoPkg to get the latest Jamf Protect installer and uninstaller from your Jamf Protect tenant |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-02-13 |
autopkg-conductor updated to support both JamfUploaderSlacker and Slacker AutoPkg processors |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-02-03 |
Querying an API for AutoPkg download URLs |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-30 |
zsh history command doesn’t show all history entries by default |
indigodaddy |
|
| 2022-01-28 |
Python 2.7 removed from macOS Monterey 12.3 beta |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-14 |
Jamf Pro server installer for macOS retirement planned for March 2022 |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-13 |
Backing up Self Service icon graphic files from Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-12 |
Amazon Web Services’s new EC2 metadata tag option doesn’t allow spaces in tag names |
Amazon Web Services ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-08 |
Identifying Intel Macs with Secure Enclave using Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-06 |
Updated script for obtaining, checking and renewing Bearer Tokens for the Classic and Jamf Pro APIs |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-05 |
Basic Authentication deprecated for the Jamf Pro Classic API |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2022-01-03 |
2021 Holiday Vacation Project |
Linux ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-12-28 |
Preventing user and location inventory information from being changed by the jamf binary’s recon verb |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-12-14 |
Remediating Log4Shell on Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-12-10 |
Obtaining, checking and renewing Bearer Tokens for the Jamf Pro API |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-11-30 |
Disabling Recent Tags in the Finder window sidebar |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-11-20 |
Session videos from Jamf Nation User Conference 2021 now available |
Amazon Web Services ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-11-01 |
Running Jamf Pro actions from outside Jamf Pro |
Jamf Pro ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-30 |
Use of FileVault Institutional Recovery Keys no longer recommended by Apple |
FileVault 2 ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-27 |
Silently uninstalling system extensions on macOS Monterey and earlier |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-26 |
Disabling the Erase All Contents and Settings function on macOS Monterey |
Mac administration ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-22 |
Slides from the “AutoPkg in the Cloud” session at Jamf Nation User Conference 2021 |
Amazon Web Services ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-15 |
Using AutoPkg to create an installer package for SAP GUI |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-12 |
Installer package identifiers and the mystery of the missing Java 11 files |
AutoPkg ‧ rtrouton |
|
| 2021-10-05 |
Slides and video from the “AutoPkg in the Cloud” session at MacSysAdmin 2021 |
Amazon Web Services ‧ rtrouton |
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