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Details of Allowing / Disallowing Collection of Personal data on a License Level

FileWave Server Privacy

Collection of Personal Data Use this article when you need personal data collection disabled at t...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Anywhere Payload Script Editor

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Payloads

What The FileWave Anywhere script editor lets you edit scripts inside payloads that support scrip...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Firewall Scripts for Windows

FileWave Client

Summary FileWave installers leave Windows Firewall settings untouched by default. This historical...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

View - Reports Overview

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Reports

What Reports and Smart Groups both use conditions to identify devices. Use a Smart Group when the...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Self-Service Kiosk Overview

Kiosk

FileWave Kiosk lets users install approved apps and content themselves while admins keep control ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

ADE Troubleshooting

Apple School & Business Manager Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

Apple Automated Device Enrollment (ADE), formerly known as DEP, lets organizations assign iPhone,...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Deleting Old FileWave Client or Server Log Data

FileWave Server Privacy

Description FileWave stores many different types of logs.  Many of these logs are designed to rol...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

M1 Silicon macOS and Recovery

macOS Troubleshooting

Description Apple silicon Mac computers use a different Recovery startup flow than Intel Mac comp...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Automated Booster Configuration for Dynamic Network Environments

Boosters

Description Automated Booster configuration is useful when macOS or Windows devices move between ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Updating 3rd Party Software

Top Tips Desktop A-Game

What Third-party software needs a clear update plan.  Decide which apps FileWave should update di...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Hide local macOS admin users

macOS

Description Use a FileWave Fileset script to hide local macOS admin accounts from the login windo...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Script Best Practices

FileWave General Info Scripting

Description Tips and tricks for running Filesets with scripts Don't put passwords in scripts The ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Running Built-in PowerShell Commands with Custom Fields

Custom Fields

Current FileWave Windows clients are 64-bit, and Windows client-script Custom Fields can run in a...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Report Conditions

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Reports

What Report conditions define which devices, users, or other inventory items appear in a FileWave...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Setting Timezones on Apple Devices

Profiles (Apple)

What Use a Command Policy profile when you need FileWave to set the time zone on supervised iPhon...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Last Changed Inventory Field

Application Programming Interface (API)

What The “Last Changed” inventory field records when a device’s inventory data changed or when th...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Creating Licenses from Filesets

FileWave Central / Anywhere License Reporting

Use license tracking from a Fileset when you want FileWave to count where a deployed application ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Device Details - Booster Client Preferences Reporting

Boosters Booster Setup

What Use these Custom Fields when you need inventory visibility into FileWave Client Booster sett...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Inventory Items in Scripts

Top Tips Desktop A-Game

What Each inventory item, including each Custom Field, has an internal name. Scripts can use that...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Server on Windows - EOL

End of Life Statements

FileWave Server for Windows reached end of life with FileWave 14. FileWave Server packages are pr...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky