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Restrictions Profile & Control Center

Profiles (Apple)

What Apple provides separate Restrictions profiles for iOS, macOS and tvOS.  macOS Ventura has s...

Updated 2 years ago by Sean Holden

Background Login Items Notification Suppression (macOS Ventura+)

Profiles (Apple)

What macOS 13 Ventura includes new functionality in the new System Settings app to control servi...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple Notarisation and Custom PKG Installers

FileWave Client Enrolling Devices

Description Apple has introduced notarisation as a requirement for installation of PKGs on macOS...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave iOS Kiosk (IPA) Location Tracking Problem

iOS / iPadOS Troubleshooting

We have been made aware of an issue with our FileWave Kiosk Enterprise IPA app with regard to loc...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Block iOS TV App (iOS 10.2+)

iOS / iPadOS

This article will show you how to block the TV app introduced with iOS 10.2 with your updated and...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple ID prompt still appears even when Activation Lock Bypass Code is used during Remote Wipe

iOS / iPadOS Troubleshooting

PROBLEM When executing a Remote Wipe against a Supervised iOS 7.1+ device and the "Remove Activa...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

iOS 12+ Profile Installation Failed

iOS / iPadOS Troubleshooting

Description On attempting to enrol iOS 12 devices, we have seen some instances of the profile in...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

iOS BYOD and VPP License Assignment Change

iOS / iPadOS iOS/iPadOS BYOD User Enrollment

What For a few years, device license assignment has been the preferred method for assigning lice...

Updated 2 years ago by Andrew Kloosterhuis

iOS BYOD User Enrollment Overview

iOS / iPadOS iOS/iPadOS BYOD User Enrollment

What With Version 14(+) of FileWave, you can now BYOD (bring-your-own-device) enroll a device wi...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Working with iOS Inventory

iOS / iPadOS

The iOS Inventory pane exists for you to have instant access to the attributes of your iOS device...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

M1 Silicon macOS and Recovery

macOS Troubleshooting

Description Apple M1 devices require an alternate method for Recovery Mode and other considerati...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Force shared device passcode type

Apple Classroom

There is a limitation (As of July 2018) in Apple's Roster API by which FileWave uses to obtain al...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

iOS 12 / macOS 10.14+ and self-signed certificates

macOS Troubleshooting

iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 introduce more secured rules ; certificates must be generated from at leas...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Notify Users with a dialog (Windows)

Microsoft Windows

Description The provided Fileset is an example of notifying users, in particular here, a message...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

How to write to a custom field using the FileWave API

Application Programming Interface (API) API Sample Code

It is often desirable to alter FileWave Custom Field values, especially when it comes to driving ...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Detecting the Display Model using a Custom Field

Custom Fields Example Custom Fields

Use a FileWave Custom Field to store the model of display connected to a Mac or Windows system.  ...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

How to Setup a LAMP Server on a Ubuntu Linux system

Linux Tips and Tricks

The purpose of this brief guide is to take you through the process of setting up a LAMP (Linux, A...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

How to Disable Apache Version Number Disclosure on FileWave Server

Linux Tips and Tricks

What The Apache instance in FileWave can sometimes disclose version numbers in its HTTP response...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Upgrading or Updating MariaDB on AlmaLinux 9

Linux Tips and Tricks

What This article provides a step-by-step guide to upgrading or updating MariaDB on AlmaLinux 9....

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky

Could not create the /Volumes/XYZ directory error when opening client info

FileWave Central / Anywhere Troubleshooting

Problem Error when opening client info for a client machine that it "Could not create the direct...

Updated 2 years ago by Josh Levitsky