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What MDM servers have the ability to enforce a minimum operating system version on enrolling devices when using Automated Device Enrollment (ADE).  This feature was added in FileWave version 15.1.0 for macOS 14.0 Sonoma and iOS/iPadOS 17.0. Apple does not sup...

Description Example recipe for deploying Microsoft Defender. Ingredients On Windows devices this is relatively straight forward.  Just a couple of items required: Deployment Script: WindowsDefenderATPLocalOnboardingScript.bat Below provided Fileset D...

Description Example recipe for deploying Microsoft Defender. Ingredients The list is actually quite extensive, due to the necessary payloads: Microsoft Defender PKG Deployment Script: MicrosoftDefenderATPOnboardingMacOs.sh Below provided Fileset Profi...

What When I upgraded my FileWave Client to 15.3.0 or newer I saw a popup saying "zsh is now running in the background".  When/Why This happens once when first going to version 15.3.0 or higher of the client on macOS. There is nothing to do. This popup is be...

Description As described, this only blocks macOS Installer Applications.  Preventing users from using Software Updates can only be achieved with Defer Apple OS Updates and you should consider this because Software Update is capable or running the upgrade even...

What At times, MDM may appear slow or even worse, the MDM Enrolment Profile no longer seems to be apparent, preventing MDM management until re-enrolled.  Why Apple observed that osquery can cause such issues, depending upon configuration. osquery is a tool...

Description This will be a guide to take FileWave usage one major step further than simply installing an application like Microsoft Defender. In this article you will see how to use Custom Fields, Smart Groups, Filesets, and Grafana to report on the status of...

Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together.  Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn...

What FileWave has integrated Apple’s Declarative Device Management (DDM) capabilities to enhance the monitoring of background tasks on macOS devices. This new feature allows administrators to receive detailed reports on the background tasks that are present. ...

What With the latest updates to FileWave 15.5.0, administrators now have the capability to associate iOS application filesets with macOS devices. This means that if an application is compatible with both iOS and macOS platforms, it can be installed on macOS d...

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 co...

What The Admin Password Management feature in FileWave allows administrators to remotely change the admin password on macOS devices enrolled via Automated Device Enrollment (DEP). This functionality utilizes MDM commands to securely update the admin account p...

What With the release of FileWave version 15.5.0 and onward, administrators can now send custom messages to enrolled devices directly from FileWave Anywhere, FileWave Central, or through API calls. These messages appear as system notifications on users’ devic...

What To ensure that notifications from the FileWave Kiosk and End User Notifications are consistently displayed on macOS devices, administrators can deploy an Apple Profile that forces notifications for the com.filewave.kiosk2 application. This profile enforc...