Blog

Author: Amsys

System Administrator

Deploying Firmware Updates During Imaging

Hey all, this is something we’ve been thinking about internally and, after Allister Banks’ afp548 blog post there’s possibly a workflow to let you have your cake and eat it. First a caveat: This is not something supported by Apple and

Beginner Mac OS and iOS Blogs

Get Ready for macOS High Sierra

You all probably know that Apple’s next operating system for the Mac is called macOS High Sierra. High Sierra introduces new core technologies that improve the most functions of your Mac. From re-architecting how it stores your data to improving

filevault
System Administrator

Profile to enable FileVault 2 only

Hey all, I’m on a bit of a profile binge at the moment, so bear with me. In my last blog I discussed how to sign a configuration profile and used the example of trying to force FileVault 2 enablement,

filevault
System Administrator

Profile to enable FileVault 2 only

Hey all, I’m on a bit of a profile binge at the moment, so bear with me. In my last blog I discussed how to sign a configuration profile and used the example of trying to force FileVault 2 enablement,

System Administrator

How to sign a configuration profile

Hi All. This blog has resulted from recent questions in the Mac Admin Slack group and internally on how to sign a configuration profile. I’ll start off with the why, then jump into the how! Why would I need to

LDAP Settings
Advanced Mac OS and iOS Blogs

Typical LDAP mappings for Active Directory in Jamf Pro (formally Casper)

Hi All. This blog is my attempt to document the typical LDAP mapping settings I use when connecting a Jamf Pro (formally Casper) instance to an Active Directory domain. This is used to allow scoping of policies, profiles and administration

disable-photos-autolaunch
Beginner Mac OS and iOS Blogs

Disable Photos AutoLaunch with camera devices with a profile

Hi All. You guessed it, it’s another customer request blog 😛 This time I had an education customer request that we disable Photos AutoLaunch when you connect an SD card to a Mac. This allowed the user to launch the

luxembourg airport
Beginner Mac OS and iOS Blogs

How to optimise storage in macOS Sierra

While I find myself sat in Luxembourg Airport for nine hours, I thought it may be a good time to blog. macOS Sierra has included many new features from Universal Clipboard to Unlock with Apple Watch but the one I