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Description Member of iTunes U? Need to get iBooks Author out to your staff? We can do that. Ingredients FW Central 10.7 (Lion) or higher iBooks Author.app already installed Directions Log onto the FileWave server with FileWave Admin as an account...

Description Creating a FileSet for Mass rollout of Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition Version 10 Ingredients FW Central Attached Script FileSet - script - activate parallels desktop.fileset.zip Resources available from Parallels.com Direction...

Description Skype is a self-contained application and so deployment is as simple and getting it into the Applications folder. Ingredients Latest Skype ( https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/ ) Directions Downloaded the latest DMG of Skype Mount and d...

Description Installing the Wacom intuos drivers Last tested with WacomTablet 6.3.30 Ingredients FW Central Latest Wacom intuos Installer - https://www.wacom.com/en/products/intuos Directions Do a Fileset Magic capture In /priviate/var/ the only...

Description Installation of Chrome or any app that simply goes in /Applications can be fairly simple to do with a Fileset, but if the application is presented as a PKG that does other things besides simply copying a file to /Applications, then this can be a g...

Information The Nation Cyber Security Centre has various guides on security.  This article covers a section of the End User Device Security Collection and how to use FileWave to monitor or follow the guidance as laid out: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/eud...

CentOS 6 that is now end of life. Starting with IVS 14.2.0, the imaging appliance is based on CentOS 7, which makes upgrade from a previous IVS a challenge. There are two possible approaches: Simple upgrade (Recommended) The easiest way to upgrade is to rem...

Who is Dave? An AI-powered assistant from wonderchat with full knowledge of the FileWave Knowledge Base, capable of having conversations in any language about using FileWave. Why is he called Dave? Ever wondered why we named our AI assistant "Dave"? It's ...

Description Boosters running on Windows systems may be configured with a SuperPrefs Fileset: Creating a Superprefs Fileset Alternatively, it is possible to script Booster settings using a script.  The following script may be used to change booster settings o...

Description There are setups where automated Booster configuration is desirable; for example devices that may move in and out of the business or between offices.  Covered here is an example method allowing clients to automatically adapt their Booster settings...

As FileWave continues to develop our industry-leading multi-platform solution, our primary goal is to make it as simple, stable, and scalable as possible. We believe the best way to provide complete support for all endpoints, develop exciting new features more...

What FileWave Deployments (the next generation of Associations) are now fully implemented in FileWave Central for creation, edit and deletion. When/Why We’ll use a FileWave Deployment to assign content to devices, Deployments are like associations, except t...

What The Force Reboot feature is a new functionality that is available in FileWave v14.10.0. This feature enables you to force a macOS or Windows device to reboot after installing a Fileset. This feature is helpful in situations where quick and immediate inst...

What Prior to version 14.9 of FIleWave, Password and Keyguard policies were included automatically in an Android Default Custom Policy. An Android Default Custom Policy sets certain device parameters for ALL managed Android EMM devices. In Version 14.9, this ...

What Deployments are not exactly the same as associations, but they are very, very similar. You can think of them as über-associations, or grouped associations. When/Why We’ll use deployments to assign content to devices, just as we would with an associatio...

What Deployments are new, and will replace Associations entirely eventually. But, does this make them better? Why yes, indeed it does! However there are exceptions where Associations still may be required. Deployments First consider deployments. When/Why ...

What So deployments allow us to put together multiple payloads for deployment in an easy way and then edit these deployment rules in bulk. Great! But, which things should I put in the same deployment? When/Why The question above applies whether you are crea...

What Every deployment has related metadata about the content being deployed. That is, HOW it should be deployed, WHEN it should be deployed, and what LICENSING options to use. When/Why Deployments are only effective for multiple payloads/destinations if ALL...

What We have established in the previous article that you can combine any payloads or destinations into the same deployment if all of the metadata would be the same. For example, I want to deploy Firefox and Chrome to the IT and HR departments starting on Fri...

What We’ve covered in other articles what types of content we might put together in a singular deployment, and we’ve discussed best practices for deployments in general. But some of you may be asking: “I have 1000 associations currently, is there a way for me...