EDIT: Apple’s readded sierra to MAS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-sierra/id1127487414?mt=12 One of the changes that came with High Sierra’s release and affected fellow macadmins was the removal of Sierra from the app store. For now, there’s a work around as Apple still has Sierra in the Software Update Catalogue Sign into the Mac App Store with an account that had Sierra Download…
Today’s task, figure out if the machine has a touch bar or not. While there’s a few files that contains info about the touch bar: “~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.controlstrip.plist” “~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.touchbar.agent.plist” These are user files. Which is fine to pull on, but better yet would be pulling on a file that doesn’t require Casper Jamf Pro to know about the user. Emily had a great…
While reading on the web about OSX bluetooth I came across an article talking about resetting the bluetooth module. Pressing Shift+Option keys and clicking on the Bluetooth icon on your top bar, now displays hidden debug menus. This menu has a few interesting options, “Reset the bluetooth module”, but the one fascinates me more is referenced below “Factory reset all…
While working on DEP, I noticed something interesting. As of 10.11 you can screenshot Setup Assistant using the standard keys Command + shift 3/4 (add a space for just a window). This raised the question, where do the screenshots go? Supprisingly when you finish the Setup Assistant they end up as expected on the desktop.