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talkingmoose / Last Reboot.zsh
Last active December 20, 2024 00:53
Jamf Pro extension attribute to return date of last reboot. Create the EA with a Data Type of 'date'. This allows a Smart Group to use greater than and less than calculations.
#!/bin/zsh
# get last reboot date and time
lastReboot=$( /usr/bin/last -y reboot )
# extract date and time (e.g. Thu Dec 12 2024 08:35)
rebootTime=$( /usr/bin/awk -F '[[:space:]]{3,}' 'NR==1 { print $2 }' <<< "$lastReboot" )
# convert date and time to ISO date format
lastRebootISO=$( /bin/date -j -f "%a %b %e %Y %H:%M" "$rebootTime" '+%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:00' )
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talkingmoose / Existing user accounts.zsh
Last active September 15, 2024 18:42
A Jamf Pro extension attribute to return whether a user account (hidden or visible) in a list of user accounts exists on a computer.
#!/bin/zsh
:<<ABOUT_THIS_EXTENSION_ATTRIBUTE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by:William Smith
Technical Enablement Manager
Jamf
bill@talkingmoose.net
https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/4a2b613bf5273081459bc62c644193eb
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talkingmoose / Back up Jamf Pro objects.zsh
Last active January 2, 2025 14:50
Download JSON or XML files for multiple Jamf Pro object types.
#!/bin/zsh
# set -x # show command
:<<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT
Written by:William Smith
Technical Enablement Manager
Jamf
bill@talkingmoose.net
https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/4a950a715ad07ae3baecce2f46b0a7e5
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talkingmoose / AWK • SED • GREP: Together we can change anything!.md
Last active September 23, 2024 19:27

AWK • SED • GREP: Together we can change anything!

Download a PDF of my slides and notes

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Example code from my MacAdmins Conference at Penn State 2024 presentation.

Battery cycle count

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talkingmoose / A few Jamf Pro LAPS example scripts.md
Last active September 17, 2024 18:33

Jamf Pro LAPS scripts

Example scripts for managing, administerting, and auditing Jamf Pro LAPS accounts.

Use these as models for creating scripts for your own workflows.

  • Get Jamf Pro LAPS Settings.zsh
  • Configure Jamf Pro LAPS Settings.zsh
  • Get Jamf Pro LAPS Account Information.zsh
  • Get Jamf Pro LAPS Account Password.zsh
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talkingmoose / Download device model information from Jamf.zsh
Last active June 19, 2024 15:47
Apple doesn't provide a 1:1 list of devices for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. However, Jamf does maintain a public list for its Jamf Pro servers. This script downloads the listm parses the information, and creates a record of each device followed by its display name.
#!/bin/zsh
# set -x # show command
# trap read debug # require a RETURN after each command
# download mobile device data from Jamf
xml=$( /usr/bin/curl \
--silent \
--url https://hw-model-names.services.jamfcloud.com/1/mobileDeviceModels.xml )
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talkingmoose / iOS and iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11 compatible devices (regex)
Last active January 17, 2025 15:43
Regex looks for all iPhone and iPad models compatible with iOS or iPadOS 18 and Apple Watch models compabiel with watchOS 11. May not be up-to-date with newly released models.
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/iphone-models-compatible-with-ios-18-iphe3fa5df43/ios
https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/ipad-models-compatible-with-ipados-18-ipad213a25b2/ipados
https://www.apple.com/watchos/watchos-11/
Published Date: June 10, 2024
Updated November 1, 2024
Verification: https://regex101.com/r/0UDJHk/7
1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Jamf's hardware model identifiers list (more accurate):
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talkingmoose / Sequoia-compatible Macs (regex)
Last active December 13, 2024 21:13
Regex looks for all Mac models compatible with macOS Sequoia. May not be up-to-date with newly released models.
https://www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia/
Published Date: June 10, 2024
Updated November 8, 2024
Verification: https://regex101.com/r/bNOMXz/9
1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):
^(Mac(1[3-6]|BookPro1[5-8]|BookAir(9|10)|Pro7)|iMac(Pro1|(19|2[01]))|Macmini[89]),\d+$
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talkingmoose / Re-enroll computers for LAPS.zsh
Last active December 3, 2024 18:41
Use a Jamf Pro policy to re-enroll a computer to install a LAPS management account, and then create a launch daemon and script to update inventory immediately.
#!/bin/zsh
:<<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by:William Smith
Technical Enablement Manager
Jamf
bill@talkingmoose.net
https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/9f4638932df28c4bebde5dd47be1812a
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talkingmoose / Location Information.zsh
Created April 9, 2024 16:50
Add the following script to a Jamf Pro extension attribute to collect service provider location information based on public IP address when updating inventory.
#!/bin/zsh
# get public IP address
publicIP=$( /usr/bin/curl http://ifconfig.me/ip \
--location \
--silent \
--max-time 10 )
# get GeoIP data
locationData=$( /usr/bin/curl http://ip-api.com/xml/$publicIP \