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2017

Deploy Firmware Passwords

What if you don’t have the luxury of a system like JAMF Pro or its predecesor the Casper Suite? Enter Munki, one of the most versatile, open source Mac Management tools. If your reading this you likely already have Munki. In this blog were going to walk through the approach of creating and deploying a package via Munki that can set or reset the firmware password on computers in your environment.

Enable Accessibility Apps via ARD

Sounds simple right? Well one little hitch, Apple wont let you run the automated UI apps made in automator without first adding them to the accessibility section of OSX. Creating an app that can run a few clicks automatically and then trying to open and run that app on a large number of computers remotely poses some challenges, namely how do you add the app to the accessibility pane remotely?