This post is a list of resources for my 2022 Brainstorm session, Practical Automation for Apple Devices. The slides are available here:
Time Tracking Apps:
- Hourstack
- Timing
- Clockify
- Sunsama (Note – this is a referral link)
- Stopwatch and calendar
AutoPKGr Resources:
- Download AutoPKGr – The source. Make sure to check out the readme.
- AutoPKGr for Dummies – This is an older post from Emily Kausalik-Whittle that is still chock full of great information.
- Jamf and AutoPKG – This JNUC video from 2019 by Graham Pugh is about AutoPKG and AutoPKGr.
- jssImporter – The jssImporter project is officially deprecated but is still the fastest way to set up automation of PKG files into Jamf Pro.
- JamfUploader – JamfUploader is the successor to jssImporter.
Other Tools:
- Automated Reporting in Jamf Pro – This webinar from Jamf shows the built-in reporting capabilities that are included in Jamf Pro and how you can use the API with tools like Splunk or PowerBI for even more reporting power.
- Prune – This tool will clean up your Jamf Pro instance for you.
- Deleting ASM Classes – This is a link to my script that will delete ASM-generated Jamf Pro classes.
- Renaming iPads – This is my GitHub repo for renaming iPads automatically.
Jamf Pro API Resources:
- Official Jamf Pro API Documentation – Don’t forget that you can also try out API commands at [your Jamf Pro URL]/api
- Jamf API Noob to Ninja – There are quite a few JNUC talks out there about the Jamf Pro API but this one is my favorite.
- A Beginner’s Guide to the Jamf Pro Classic API – Rich Trouton’s guide is packed with information.
LaunchDaemons:
- Intro to LaunchDaemons – The resource page for my JNUC 2021 talk on LaunchDaemons is quite good, if I do say so myself.
- Launchd.info – I learned all about LaunchDaemons here.
- Launched LaunchDaemon generator – Very easy-to-use tool for creating LaunchDaemons on the fly.