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Admin Password management (MDM Command - macOS)
What The Admin Password Management command lets FileWave change the managed local admin password on eligible macOS devices through MDM. Use it for the admin account that FileWave created during Automated Device Enrollment (DEP/ADE), without needing physical ac...
Control Await Configuration state (ADE enrolled devices)
What When Apple devices are enrolled via the Device Enrollment Program (DEP)—now known as Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)—they enter an “Await Configuration” state during the initial setup. In this mode, the user cannot interact with the device until the con...
Deploying iOS Applications to macOS Devices Using FileWave
What FileWave can associate iOS app Filesets with compatible macOS devices. If Apple allows the app to run on Mac and your organization has available licenses in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, FileWave can install that app on eligible macOS de...
View macOS Background Tasks with DDM
What FileWave can inventory the launch agents, launch daemons, login items, applications, and other background tasks that a managed Mac reports through Apple Declarative Device Management (DDM). DDM status reporting is declarative. When the device management s...
Force Enable Notifications on iOS and macOS for FileWave Kiosk
What To ensure that notifications from the FileWave Kiosk and End User Notifications are consistently displayed on macOS and iOS/iPadOS devices, administrators can deploy an Apple Profile that forces notifications for the relevant Kiosk app bundle identifiers....
Troubleshoot DHCP and Static IPs on FileWave Debian Appliances
What FileWave provides Debian appliances for these components: FileWave Server Booster IVS FileWave Debian appliances use DHCP by default. The same networking principles apply to other Debian installations, but the commands and examples here focus on FileWave ...
Apple MDM Command History
What Any Apple devices that are MDM enrolled should receive MDM Requests. Each Client Info lists the requests for that device. Why MDM Command History exists to display all requests queued and sent to devices, along with the result of those requests; addit...
Windows Imaging in FileWave: Secure Imaging Option (15.5+)
What In FileWave version 15.5.0, significant changes have been made to the Windows Imaging process using the Imaging Virtual Server (IVS). Previously, when imaging or capturing a Windows system, the device would mount NFS (Network File System) volumes directl...
Apple Device Management - DDM Assets
What DDM Assets let you define reusable values for Apple Declarative Device Management configurations. Use them for shared settings such as credentials, server details, certificates, or other data that more than one DDM configuration needs. Instead of copying ...
Run PowerShell Commands as a Specified Windows User
Description The FileWave Client normally runs Windows scripts as System. This example uses PowerShell remoting to run a specific command block with credentials for another Windows account. Ingredients Text editor FileWave Central Directions Credentials are req...
Control Managed Apple Account Access in ABM and ASM
What access management controls Apple Business Manager (ABM) and Apple School Manager (ASM) let administrators control which devices, apps, and Apple services users can access with a Managed Apple Account. Apple introduced the expanded service controls with iO...
FileWave Automation Scripts
This article contains the scripts used by the Downloads page. The scripts are here for documentation purposes. Note that you don't need to directly deal with this page aside from reference documentation. Each download page has the right 1-liner for upgrading t...
Build Custom FileWave Client and Booster Installers
What a custom installer contains A custom FileWave Client installer includes the connection settings a new device needs, such as the FileWave Server address. It can also include Booster addresses, Booster routing, and the Remote Connections setting. A custom B...
Superprefs Fileset
What When you create a Custom Client installer, the FileWave Client preferences are packaged into that installer: server name, ports, Boosters, and related client settings. That is useful for the base configuration, but one preference set is not always right f...
Troubleshooting Deployment Issues with the FileWave Upgrade Fileset
If you’re experiencing issues deploying the Upgrade Fileset to devices, the resolution steps depend on the target operating system. Scope: This article covers upgrade fileset deployment, redeploy, and Windows import/extraction issues. If the Windows upgrade fi...
FileWave Version 15.5.1 (Unsupported)
These downloads are provided for the purposes of migrations and should not continue to be used in production. You should upgrade to either the most recent release or the one prior. They can always be found here: Supported FileWave Versions The FileWave endpoin...
Open Source Software Included in FileWave 15.5.1
This page inventories the open source software (OSS) included in FileWave 15.5.1. Each entry preserves the shipped component version together with its license and source download links for compliance and technical review. The inventory below is organized by Fi...
Apple Push Notification Service
What Like to know a new message has been sent? Want to see how many messages are unread from the Home Screen, per App? APNs is the Apple service FileWave uses to wake Apple devices for MDM/DDM check-ins. The device still contacts the FileWave server for the ac...