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Viewing Install Log

May 3, 2022Apple, macOSinstall, logs

/var/log/install.log grep 'Installed' /private/var/log/install.log View the entire install log cat /private/var/log/install.log | open -f Link https://applehelpwriter.com/2013/05/21/how-to-check-whats-been-installed-on-your-mac/

Jamf Privacy Preference Policy Control Profiles

May 2, 2022SoftwareJamf Pro, Privacy Preference Policy Control, Profiles

This profile will leverage Apple's new Privacy Preference Policy Control payload to allow the Jamf framework to communicate with three main apps and services used that leverage AppleEvents to provide…

Jamf Application Removal Script

April 30, 2022Jamf Proautomation, Bash Scripts, Jamf Pro, MDM, Patching, Scripts, Security

This is a great Application Removal script (Remove Application.sh) Graham Pugh has posted to Github here: https://gist.github.com/grahampugh/97cd9c3de8f4690a9dc242f74c3211a9

Apple’s Wild Vulnerabilities for macOS Big Sur & Catalina

April 23, 2022News10.15 - macOS Catalina, Big Sur, Patching, Security

intego.com reported Apple Neglects to Patch Two Zero-Day, Wild Vulnerabilities for macOS Big Sur, Catalina. https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/apple-neglects-to-patch-zero-day-wild-vulnerabilities-for-macos-big-sur-catalina/#which-vulnerable

Automate installations with Installomator

April 22, 2022Jamf Proautomation, Bash Scripts, Jamf Policy, Patching

Getting third-party software installed and updated on Mac clients is a major task for Jamf Pro administrators. Unfortunately, it is also a tedious and error-prone task. Links https://scriptingosx.com/2020/06/using-installomator-with-jamf-pro/ https://scriptingosx.com/2020/05/introducing-installomator/

Terminal command to show connected displays/monitors/resolutions?

April 22, 2022Apple, macOSDisplays, system_profiler, Terminal, Troubleshooting

system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions

Bypass a FileVault Password On a Per Boot Basis

April 22, 2022Apple, macOSFileVault

sudo fdesetup authrestart Link https://osxdaily.com/2015/03/06/bypass-filevault-password-per-boot-mac-os-x/

kill safari in terminal

April 21, 2022Apple, macOSSafari, Terminal

osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to quit"

Who is logged in

April 21, 2022Apple, macOSaccount, Terminal, Users

stat -f '%u %Su' /dev/console who NAME w – display who is logged in and what they are doing w SEE ALSO finger(1), ps(1), uptime(1), who(1) Link https://superuser.com/questions/180819/how-can-you-find-out-the-currently-logged-in-user-in-the-os-x-gui https://osxdaily.com/2014/03/25/see-users-who-connected-to-mac/

macOS Catalina Build: (19H1824) Version Information 2022-03-14

April 21, 2022Apple, macOS10.15 - macOS Catalina, Patching

macOS Catalina Version Information --------------------------------------------------- Version: 10.15.7 Build: (19H1824), Last Revision Date: 2022-03-14T21:17:26Z