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Plan Dynamic Text for iOS and iPadOS Wallpapers
What Use this guide to size, position, and test FileWave dynamic text on iPhone and iPad wallpapers without losing text when the device rotates or crops the image. When/Why FileWave provides three font sizes and nine text positions. The best choice depends on ...
White Labeling FileWave Components
Use the guides below to apply your organization's name, colors, logos, and enrollment branding to supported FileWave components. Choose the component you want to change. Each linked article lists the supported assets, settings, and rollout steps for that part ...
Deploy a Windows Image with FileWave IVS
Start the deployment After capturing the master image, associate it with target devices, confirm that the IVS has downloaded it, and PXE boot a representative device before wider deployment. Associate an image with devices Associate the image with an enrolled ...
Create and Manage Fileset Associations
Use FileWave Central's Associations pane to connect Filesets with Clients, device groups, Smart Groups, and clones. The pane also controls deployment timing, Kiosk availability, deactivation, and removal behavior. An association is the link between a Fileset a...
Configure Firefox on Windows with a Fileset
What this recipe does This Fileset deploys Firefox AutoConfig files so you can set or lock browser preferences such as the home page, first-run behavior, telemetry, and update settings. Block auto updates Set home page Disable Mozilla First Run Pages Choose th...
Find iOS and iPadOS 27-Compatible Devices with Inventory Reports
Description Use the included JSON definitions to import two Inventory Reports (formerly Queries) that identify managed iPhone and iPad devices in Apple’s published iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 compatibility lists. One report lists compatible devices; the other lists m...
Find Macs Compatible with macOS 27 Using Inventory Reports
Description Use the included FileWave Inventory Reports to identify managed Macs that Apple lists as compatible or incompatible with macOS 27. Prerelease information: macOS 27 is currently in preview. Apple may change the supported-device list before the final...
Resolve a Revoked Apps and Books (VPP) Token
Problem FileWave Central can show VPP token is Revoked on the Dashboard or during a manual Apps and Books (VPP) sync. This can happen when the same location token is uploaded to another service, including Apple Configurator. Solution Download a fresh Apps and ...
MDM Command History Content Pack
Description The MDM Command History Content Pack installs ready-made Reports and a dashboard for reviewing Apple MDM command activity in FileWave. Use it to inspect recent commands, connect profile identifiers with profile names, see which apps and profiles ar...
Create and Update PKG and MSI Filesets
What FileWave can create installer-aware Filesets for macOS PKG and Windows MSI packages. The Fileset runs the installer when its deployment activates. Why Use this Fileset type for a standard PKG or MSI that does not need custom install arguments or extra orc...
Deploy 7-Zip with Custom MSI Parameters
What this recipe does Use FileWave Central to deploy the 7-Zip MSI with a custom installation directory. The custom MSI options shown here remain available in current FileWave versions. Ingredients FileWave Central 7-Zip MSI installer FileWave runs MSI Fileset...
Target Windows Imaging with Smart Groups
What Smart Groups do in imaging Use Smart Groups to select Windows devices for imaging based on inventory or Custom Field criteria such as hardware model, UEFI, or legacy MBR boot mode. When to use Smart Groups Smart Groups reduce manual target selection when ...
Set Up the FileWave Imaging Virtual Server (IVS)
What the Imaging Virtual Server does FileWave Windows network imaging uses an on-premises Imaging Virtual Server (IVS). The virtual appliance runs in Hyper-V or VMware, PXE boots Windows devices in UEFI or legacy BIOS mode, captures or deploys disk images, and...
Restart ChromeOS Devices
What Send Restart from FileWave Central or FileWave Anywhere to reboot one or more managed Chromebooks. Use it after an update that requires a restart or as a targeted troubleshooting step. Before you restart a Chromebook Plan around the active user Restart in...
Include the FileWave Client in a Windows Base Image
What Include the FileWave Client in a Windows base image so newly imaged devices can check in immediately. Keep other applications out of the base image when possible, and prevent the source device from checking in after Client installation so its Device ID an...
Understanding FileWave IP Address Inventory
Which IP address should you use in a FileWave Inventory Report? Choose the field based on whether you need the address seen by the server or the addresses reported by the FileWave Client. Two IP address fields FileWave provides two distinct IP inventory entrie...
Assign Apple Books to Managed Apple Accounts with VPP
Description Managed Apple Accounts and user-assigned licenses This guide explains how to use VPP user assignment to distribute Apple Books (formerly iBooks) to Managed Apple Accounts (formerly Managed Apple IDs). FileWave can silently associate the VPP user w...
Deploy swiftDialog on macOS with a PKG Fileset
Description swiftDialog is an open source macOS utility that lets scripts display dialogs, progress, and prompts to the signed-in user. This recipe packages swiftDialog as a FileWave PKG Fileset and optionally deploys a profile that allows notifications. Ingre...