Create a Bootable MacOS Catalina Installer Drive
How to Make a Bootable macOS Catalina 10.15 Beta USB Installer Drive This process requires using the command line, if you are not comfortable using the Terminal than it is…
Viewing Install Log
/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
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
This is a great Application Removal script (Remove Application.sh) Graham Pugh has posted to Github here: https://gist.github.com/grahampugh/97cd9c3de8f4690a9dc242f74c3211a9
Automate installations with Installomator
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?
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
sudo fdesetup authrestart Link https://osxdaily.com/2015/03/06/bypass-filevault-password-per-boot-mac-os-x/
kill safari in terminal
osascript -e "tell application \"Safari\" to quit"
Who is logged in
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
macOS Catalina Version Information --------------------------------------------------- Version: 10.15.7 Build: (19H1824), Last Revision Date: 2022-03-14T21:17:26Z