Where do I get the Find My Mac PIN and what is it used for?
Where do I get the Find My Mac PIN from to wipe a device? I just entered 123456 as the password and it worked… so now I’m confused, what’s the actual point of this PIN?
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Where do I get the Find My Mac PIN from to wipe a device? I just entered 123456 as the password and it worked… so now I’m confused, what’s the actual point of this PIN?
Hi everyone, we are trying to migrate Macs to Hexnode via ABM. One device is stuck in a loop trying to remove the existing MDM profile. We tried re-enrolling, but no success so far. I got this error: “An error…
Hey, what's good everyone. I’m trying to get LAPS set up on our Mac fleet because having the exact same local admin password on 200 machines is straight-up giving me anxiety lol. I was poking around the portal and saw there are "Basic" and "Advanced"…
Quick question about battery reporting. I’m trying to get ahead of hardware replacements before batteries start swelling or dying on my users mid-shift. The standard MDM telemetry usually just shows me the current charge percentage (like 85%), which doesn't really tell me if the…
Hey guys, I’m trying to rename a few macOS devices using user details, but on some devices the rename just doesn’t go through. No proper error, it just doesn’t stick. Not sure what I’m missing here—any ideas?
Hi everyone! Our branding team has mandated that all company documents must use Helvetica Neue instead of Microsoft’s default font. We currently manage around 150 macOS devices and 200 Windows laptops using Hexnode UEM. Is there a way to enforce…
Hi everyone, We recently migrated our Mac fleet from Jamf to hexnode. We rely heavily on Anydesk for remote support, but ever since the migration, we are having major connectivity issues. Even though I have the permissions set up for AnyDesk (specifically Screen recording and accessibility),…
Hey folks, is there a way to roll back OS updates that I’ve already deployed through Hexnode? I’m mainly looking at macOS and Windows devices.
While creating a user account, we provide a password. Can the user change the password to that of their choice when they login for the first time? In Windows I can see the option “User must change password at next login” but…
Hi, Can someone help me understand how to use wildcards while creating local user accounts in Hexnode?
The Hexnode Store has a lot of great Apps like Libre Office for MacOS. I would to be able to install Hexnode Store Apps automatically via Policy. Also I would like to be able to add Hexnode Store Apps to…
To enforce a strong password policy only for standard local user accounts, while excluding administrator accounts from the same policy enforcement.
Hello Hexnode Team, It's been a pleasure to be Hexnode customer and I'm currently using Hexnode on a daily basis to manage our MacOS devices in our environment. I have been noticed that Microsoft has released a preview of platform…
Hello, It would be nice to have a policy to limit the number of registered devices for users. For example, I would only like to limit 1 macbook per user. This way the user is not able to register another…
My company requires Office Macros are disabled. For Winodws and MacOS, this is not a built in setting in Hexnode policies. I cannot find any Powershell scripts or batch files to run and enable this setting. Can this be built…
We use tools to allow local user to promote to admin for a short period of time (1h), they must provide reason and this action is sent to our SIEM for monitoring. We use : Privilege (https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges) for macOS MakeMeAdmin…
Hello Hexnode peoples, We are hoping to get a feature request placed to have the ability to use custom scripts within policies to force the installation and configuration of applications. Our use cases revolve around the need to be able…
I am interested in limiting file access to certain applications, for example a video file that can only be accessed by Adobe/etc, to limit the file from being copied,uploaded anywhere else.
The system is missing support for showing the computer name, hostname, and IP address.We would like it added to the “Device Info” tab. It would also be nice if we could revert a friendly name back to the actual computer…
I have been a long-time user of Microsoft LAPS and would like to have similar functionality in Hexnode across different operating systems. Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a function that prevents using the same administrative passwords across different endpoints/devices.…
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