Resources for my Jamf Nation User Conference 2026 presentation.

10 More Things Jamf Pro Admins Should Know.md

From the introduction

Jamf Nation User Conference 2022

• 10 Essential Takeaways for Jamf Pro Mac Admins from JNUC 2022 | Jamf Blog
• 10 Things Jamf Pro Admins Should Know | Handout
• MIST - macOS Installer Super Tool | GitHub
  A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers

1 • Install PowerShell on macOS

Downloads

• Install PowerShell 7 on macOS | Microsoft Learn
• Make a new Terminal window on macOS with a given Profile | Automatica
• Cascadia Mono | Google Fonts

You might also be interested in Windows App for macOS (formerly Microsoft Remote Desktop)

Example commands

Install Exchange Online management module > Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement -RequiredVersion 3.10.1

Import the Exchange Online management module into PowerShell > Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement

Create a variable > $Tenant='0344bcc1-c70b-4ff4-a67e-922cb9a226a7'

Authenticate to Entra ID > Connect-ExchangeOnline -Organization $Tenant

2 • Apply set-it-and-forget-it OS updates

Semantic Versioning 2.0.0

Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:

1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes
2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backward compatible manner
3. PATCH version when you make backward compatible bug fixes

Blueprint Builder > Configuring the Software Updates Component | Jamf Learning Hub

3 • Increase your login session timeout

Jamf Account Release History | Jamf Learning Hub

4 • Get help in Mac Admins Slack

Downloads

• Download Slack Desktop for Mac | slack.com
• Download Slack Desktop for Mac | App Store

Participate

• Join the Mac Admins Slack community | Mac Admins Foundation
• Sign in to the Mac Admins Slack community | slack.com

5 • Work faster with Jamf Extender

Jamf Extender | Jamf Concepts

Downloads

• Install for Safari from Mac App Store
• Install for Firefox from Firefox Browser Add-ons
• Install for Chrome and Edge from Chrome Web Store
  (For Edge, enable "Allow extensions from other stores" then navigate to this link.)

“I wrote the MUT, and you can too!” | Jamf Resources

6 • Retire Rosetta from your fleet

Using Intel-based apps on a Mac with Apple silicon | Apple

Inspired by Adam Selby’s MacAdmins Conference at Penn State presentation Rosetta’s Retirement Party: How to Prepare (Slides | Video)

Command to find Intel-based apps launched since last major macOS upgrade:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler -json SPLegacySoftwareDataType

Command to find all Intel-based apps:

/usr/bin/mdfind 'kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == "x86_64" && kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != "arm64" && kMDItemContentType == "com.apple.application-bundle"' \
| /usr/bin/awk -F '/' '{ print $NF }' \
| /usr/bin/sort

Rosetta-dependent apps.zsh | GitHub Jamf Pro extension attribute to identity Intel-apps requiring Rosetta to run on Apple Silicon Macs. Requires macOS Sequoia 15 or later.

7 • Enrich screen shots in Preview

Annotate an image in Preview on Mac | Apple Preview User Guide

8 • View Jamf’s product roadmap

Jamf Account > Resource Center > Customer Roadmap

9 • Standard and directory logins in Jamf Pro are deprecated

Deprecations and Removals | Jamf Pro Release Notes 11.30

10 • Identify computers copatible with macOS 27 Golden Gate

macOS 27 compatibility | Apple

Command to display a computer’s model identifier:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | /usr/bin/grep "Model Identifier"

Regular expression to identify all Mac models compatibile with macOS 27 Golden Gate.

^(Mac(BookPro1[78]|1[3-7]|BookAir10|mini9),\d+|iMac21,\d+)$

Golden Gate-compatible Macs (regex) | GitHub