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Execute macOS scripts as Defined User

FileWave General Info Scripting

Description By default, FileWave Client runs scripts and tasks as root on macOS. Use this pattern...

Updated 2 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Deploy Folder with Icons (macOS)

macOS

Description This article shows how to deploy macOS folders or applications with custom icons. App...

Updated 2 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Windows Wallpaper via CSP Personalization

Windows Scripting

Description This article explains how to enforce and remove a desktop and/or lock screen wallpape...

Updated 2 days ago by Andrew Kloosterhuis

Securly Classroom macOS Agent (Beta)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Overview Securly Classroom now supports macOS devices, allowing educators to monitor student scr...

Updated 2 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Force a Reboot After Installing a Fileset (macOS/Windows)

Filesets / Payloads

What The Force reboot option lets a Fileset reboot macOS or Windows after the Fileset installs. U...

Updated 2 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Control Await Configuration state (ADE enrolled devices)

Apple School & Business Manager Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

What When Apple devices are enrolled via the Device Enrollment Program (DEP)—now known as Automat...

Updated 3 days ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Known Issues

Downloads

Here you will find known issues in FileWave along with workarounds. FileWave v16.3.x Known Issue...

Updated 4 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Open Source Software included in FW v16.3.1

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...

Updated 4 days ago by Pierre-Nicolas Rigal

Open Source Software included in FW v16.3.2

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...

Updated 4 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Custom Fields

Evaluation Guide 5. Inventory Reporting

Extend Inventory even more? Check. With FileWave you can even further extend your Inventory Repo...

Updated 5 days ago by Zachary Butterfield

Adding non macOS devices to business.apple.com (ABM) and Apple School Manager (ASM) using Apple Configurator 2.5+

Apple School & Business Manager

What With iOS 11 and Apple Configurator 2.5+, it is possible to add non macOS devices to ASM and ...

Updated 5 days ago by Jared Jones

Importing a FileWave Appliance into Scale Computing (OVA → QCOW2)

FileWave Virtual Appliances

Overview This article explains how to deploy a FileWave Server appliance (OVA) on a Scale Computi...

Updated 5 days ago by Emma Ainsworth

Imaging Association Deletion, Enable and Disable

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Imaging (Windows)

What Existing imaging associations can be deleted, enabled, or disabled, depending on their curre...

Updated 5 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Editing Filesets that have Revisions

Filesets / Payloads Fileset Revisions

What You may need to edit an existing Fileset after it has more than one revision. The revision s...

Updated 5 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Inventory-only Clients

FileWave Client

Management Mode Management Mode controls whether a computer client is fully managed or inventory ...

Updated 5 days ago by Josh Levitsky

How does FileWave work?

FileWave General Info

FileWave combines the tools and services you use to manage devices from a shared administrative i...

Updated 5 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Setting up the IVS (Imaging Virtual Server)

Network Imaging / IVS Getting started with the Imaging Virtua...

Guide for Networking Imaging with FileWave The following steps will assist you in the setup and i...

Updated 6 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Automatic updating of iOS/iPadOS Kiosk

Kiosk

What FileWave Kiosk on iOS and iPadOS is the self-service application that lets users open Kiosk,...

Updated 6 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Run macOS Scripts as the Logged-In User with Outset

FileWave General Info Scripting

What By default, FileWave Client scripts on macOS run as root. That is the right context for most...

Updated 6 days ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple MDM Lost Mode

Apple General Info Apple MDM

What Apple Managed Lost Mode is an MDM command for supervised iPhone and iPad devices. When FileW...

Updated 6 days ago by Josh Levitsky