Scripting GUI Scripting with AppleScript GUI scripting can be a high-investment, high-reward endeavor. While often intimidating, it can give you some unique and powerful tools.
Scripting Guidelines for installer types A review of a few types of condition scripts you can use for your installers. Every app has its needs, and you can meet those needs elegantly.
Addigy Accessing Addigy's Public Software pkgs Once Addigy has released a public software item, you can point your scripts at their .pkg installers, saving yourself the time and trouble of uploading them yourself.
MacAdmins 2020 Presentation MacAdmins 2020 - Early Efficiencies: Prioritizing your time as a new Mac Admin through automation and other best practices.
macOS macOS Ventura beta in VMWare Fusion VMWare Fusion doesn't make it easy to set up a fresh VM with Monterey or later. Here are some resources to help get your Ventura beta VM on its feet.
Scripting Per-device exemptions using flag files Setting and removing flag files can be a quick, reliable way to identify Macs that should be included (or exempted) from certain actions.
Addigy Exceptions in MacManage policy scoping Policy inheritance prevents MacManage scoping exceptions in child policies - but we can build around that with creative use of flex policies.
Addigy Creating support tickets in Addigy scripts You can use Addigy's go-agent binary to generate support tickets and emails from within your scripts. Here's an example of that in action.
Addigy Managing Microsoft Office in Addigy Managing the app lifecycle for Microsoft Office can be more sensitive than it looks at first glance. Optimize your deployment and update workflow in Addigy to keep your fleet up-to-date invisibly.
Scripting Using Self Service for Temporary Admin Rights With a combination of bash, AppleScript, and your MDM's self service tool, you can allow your users to grant themselves admin rights when they need it.
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Addigy Using Flex Policies to disable Find My Mac Find My Mac can be a blessing or a curse - control it in your fleet with custom facts, MDM profiles, and flex policies
Addigy Managing secrets with Addigy’s data_key_client Addigy has a native secret manager called data_key_client, here's how to leverage it in your scripts.
Scripting Managing user accounts with SecureTokens in Addigy Addigy natively doesn't support the retention of Secure Tokens when changing a deployed user password, so it's up to us to do it ourselves.
