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Setting Timezones on Apple Devices

What

In FileWave 14.1+ you are able to make command policy profiles for iOS (14+ supervised) and tvOS (14+ supervised) 

When/Why

Setting the timezone can help a user with their localization settings.

How

Native Admin Web Admin
1. Filesets view
2. New Mobile ( or Desktop) Fileset
3. Profile
4. Command Policy
5. Configure...
6. Find "Time Zone"

You can choose between 

* Don't Change timezone - (Default) Does nothing
* Use FWAdmin time zone (X) - Where X should be the timezone of the computer admin is running
* This option is something like a quick-set value that makes it so you don't have to wade through the long list of time zones
* Select from the list of all time zones - A second drop down list will show of available timezones

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1. Payloads
2. Plus image.png
3. Command Policy
4. Configure
5. Find "Time Zone"

You can choose between 

* Don't Change timezone - (Default) Does nothing
* Use FWAdmin time zone (X) - Where X should be the timezone of the computer admin is running 
Known issue that the webadmin  does not reflect the proper local timezone...under development
* Select from the list of time zones - A second drop down list will show of available timezones

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Please remember, Command Policy profiles are not persistent. Meaning a user could change it at anytime after this command has been received, but the command policy does re-apply periodically.  So, it is not a "restriction" per se.