Introduction Last year Microsoft announced the end of support for Office 2016 for Mac in October 2020 (End of support for Office 2016 for Mac). This includes: All software updates … Read More
Announcing Notifier
Recently, the team has been busy making significant improvements to the way user notifications are handled within our Auto-Update framework, adding persistent notification functionality when a logout is required. These … Read More
The guide to mobile device management – and why it is the future for Apple.
Apple’s increased commitment to mobile device management (MDM) is becoming more evident with every new release of its operating systems. With an ever-expanding set of management features that continue to … Read More
How to create Managed Apple ID accounts
Managed Apple IDs are special, school-created and school-owned, accounts that provide enhanced access to Apple services. These IDs are available to all schools, colleges, or universities that are enrolled with … Read More
Adobe Suite deployment packages now resolved on macOS Catalina
Introduction In a previous post, we outlined the challenges faced when trying to deploy Adobe software and macOS Catalina (10.15). Last week, a little more than seven months since the … Read More
datajar.mobi – Updates to our service
Introduction In response to requests by our customers, we have been busy making some amendments to our datajar.mobi macOS offering. Given the current situation, we have held back on making … Read More
Apple Enterprise: Shared iPad for Business
Introduction The concept of shared iPad in education has been around for quite some time, but with the release of iPadOS 13.4, Shared iPad for business is now available. This … Read More
Challenges with Adobe deployment compatibility and macOS Catalina
Update: This is now resolved, see this post for more info Introduction Here at dataJAR, we deploy a large variety of software titles as part of our day to day work, … Read More
Apple’s single sign-on extension for macOS
History Historically, macOS has had a number of solutions in providing single sign-on (SSO) for users to access an organisation’s services. These have included: Apple’s Active Directory plug-in to allow … Read More
The new normal; an Apple admin’s guide to employee onboarding
The landscape of the corporate workspace has been altered many times over the last few decades. The rows of private offices (the best ones usually came with a view) gradually … Read More
