macOS Archives

Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) Utility

March 2, 2022Apple, macOSJamf Pro, PPPC

PPPC Utility is a macOS (10.15 and newer) application for creating configuration profiles containing the Privacy Preferences Policy Control payload for macOS. The profiles can be saved locally, signed or…

McAfee macOS Configuration Profiles

February 28, 2022Apple, macOSAntivirus, Firewall, McAfee, Profiles, Security

McAfee Agent command-line switches https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB52707 Configuration Profiles in macOS What allowed extensions or filters are required to enable McAfee endpoint products to successfully protect your Mac depends on what version…

Profile Manager User Guide

February 26, 2022Apple, macOSProfiles

Profile Manager creates and distributes configuration profiles. You install them on a device to configure the settings. To learn more about configuration profiles, see the Profile Manager User Guide. When…

Is Mac equipped with a T2 security chip?

February 25, 2022Apple, macOSFull Disk Encryption, Jamf Extension Attribute, Security, T2

system_profiler SPiBridgeDataType | awk -F': ' '/Model Name:/{print $NF}' https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/extension-attribute-to-track-macs-with-t2-chips/td-p/257507

Apple Remote Management Screen Stuck?

February 17, 2022Apple, macOSautomation, business.appple.com, Gotcha!, Jamf Pro

If it seems that macOS provisioned device(s) are stuck on their Remote Management Screens like the one below after reboot and or imaging; please note that you will have to…

macOS secure token, bootstrap token: FileVault encryption

February 5, 2022Apple, macOSFileVault, Full Disk Encryption, Security

Apple Platform Deployment Guidance: Using secure token, bootstrap token, and volume ownership in deployments To view the current list of volume owners on a Mac computer with Apple silicon, you…

Apple macOS 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)

February 5, 2022Apple, macOSmacOS 12, Security, STIG

The Apple macOS 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) provides security policy and configuration requirements for the use of Apple macOS 12 in the Department of Defense (DoD). Guidance in…

Hide macOS user account

February 3, 2022Apple, macOSaccount

Hide a user account in the macOS login window 1. Log in with an administrator account. 2. Use this Terminal command. Substitute the short name of the user that you…

Local Administrator Password Solution for Mac (LAPSforMac) for Jamf

January 21, 2022Apple, macOSJamf Pro, Security

Local Administrator Password Solution for Mac on jamf | PRO Thanks to the University of Nebraska – Information Technology Services. I am testing their LAPSforMac solution. The Projects developed by…

scutil

January 16, 2022Apple, macOSBash Scripts, Terminal

System Configuration Utility DESCRIPTION Invoked with no options, scutil provides a command line interface to the "dynamic store" data maintained by configd. Interaction with this data (using the SystemConfiguration.framework SCDynamicStore…