automation Archives - Full Metal Mac

Cylance Privacy Preferences Policy Control and Tokenizer, Activation Script

February 13, 2024Softwareautomation, Configuration Management, PPPC, Privacy Preferences Policy Control, Scripts

macOS Mojave introduced a security feature that allows third-party applications to access protected user data. Cylance recommends that customers running macOS Mojave and later allow the Full Disk Access permission…

macOSLAPS

January 12, 2024macOSautomation, Configuration Management, Enrollment, Password, Security

Swift binary that utilizes Open Directory in order to perform passwords changes for a specified local administrator. The password is randomly generated and can be configured with your own settings.…

Identify and Collect TLS Certificate Information form hosts to files

December 29, 2023Codeautomation, Bash Scripts, debug, openssl, PKI, Scripts, setup, Signing Certificate, ssl

This macos bash script prompts for a comma delimited list of hostnames directly in terminal window, it is used to Identify and Collect TLS Certificate Information form hosts to files if there is more than one and processes the following command(s) to derive show certs information for each hostname and each of these ports.

Shortcuts URL scheme support guidance

December 24, 2023Shortcutsautomation, Bash Scripts, Shortcuts, Smart Home, Terminal

The Shortcuts URL scheme allows you to open the app, create, run, or edit a shortcut, and interact with the Gallery in the Shortcuts app. URL schemes can be used anywhere a URL can be used—your own app, in a web browser, or in the command line.

Apple Shortcuts – Transforming Your Tech Routine

December 24, 2023Shortcutsautomation, Shortcuts, Smart Home

The definitive guide to Apple Shortcuts, the ultimate tool for tech enthusiasts and everyday users alike, looking to revolutionize how they interact with their devices and smart home.

Apple Siri: Intelligent Voice Assistant

December 9, 2023Siriautomation, Smart Home, Voice Assistant

Introduction to Apple Siri "Welcome to 'Full Metal Mac's' deep dive into Siri, a digital voice assistant for Apple. At https://fullmetalmac.com/, we explore how Siri redefines interaction with your Mac,…

Script to create folders from text file

July 26, 2023Codeautomation, Bash Scripts

A script for macos that creates and names individual folders from a .txt file containing the list of names of these; place these dynamically named subfolders in the /Users/shared directory…

Save Man Page to text file from terminal

June 24, 2023Training, Uncategorizedautomation, Configuration Management, Gotcha!, Troubleshooting

This will save caffeinate Manual page in Terminal to a file on the desktop "name_your_file.txt" man caffeinate | col -bx > ~/Desktop/name_your_file.txt

Script to sign a folder of configuration profiles

April 18, 2023Jamf Proautomation, Configuration profile, mobileconfig

#!/bin/bash ### Note the hardcoded "JamfSign" certificate name # Source and destination folders SOURCE_FOLDER="~/Desktop/source" DESTINATION_FOLDER="~/Desktop/destination" # Check if the source and destination folders exist if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_FOLDER" ];…

Scan folder of software for hash values and Developer ID and publish csv

March 28, 2023SecurityAppleScript, automation, Developer, hash, Patching, Security

This script: An Apple script to check the 256 hash value, 512 hash value, and developer id, from a macintosh software folder named Ed_Software filled with software on the users…