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Greetings, MacAdmins campers! 🏕️

You’ll find everything you need in these workshop resources. Keep this page handy!

Download a copy of the presentation slides and notes

1. Welcome!
2. What you’ll need for today

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https://www.apple.com/os/macos/
Published Date: June 8, 2026
Updated: June 10, 2026

Verification: https://regex101.com/r/GRwi7n/3

1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):

^(Mac(BookPro1[78]|1[3-7]|BookAir10|mini9),\d+|iMac21,\d+)$

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#!/bin/zsh

# create a list of local usernames (non-AD) with UIDs between 500 and 1024
usernames=( $( /usr/bin/dscl /Local/Default -list /Users uid | /usr/bin/awk '$2 >= 501 && $2 <= 1024 { print $1 }' ) )

for aUser in $usernames
do
	echo "Evaluating user account $aUser"
	
	# get home directory for user account

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#!/bin/zsh

<<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

	Written by:William Smith
	Professional Services Engineer
	Jamf
	bill@talkingmoose.net
	https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/67e5fb6b62855a169eca13e5efb3ba35

talkingmoose

Greetings, MacAdmins campers! 🏕️

Thanks for coming today!

You’ll find everything you need in these workshop resources. Keep this page handy! *

Download a copy of the presentation slides and notes

talkingmoose

https://www.apple.com/os/ios/
https://www.apple.com/os/ipados/
https://www.apple.com/os/watchos/


Published Date: June 9, 2025
Updated: April 7, 2026

Verification: https://regex101.com/r/tYaV8u/5

talkingmoose

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122867
Published Date: March 10, 2026
Updated: March 19, 2026

Verification: https://regex101.com/r/YXAchM/9

1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):

^Mac((BookPro1(6,[124]|[78],\d)|(1[3-7]|BookAir10|mini9|Pro7),\d+))|iMac2[01],\d+$

talkingmoose

#!/bin/zsh
# set -x

:<<ABOUT_THIS_SCRIPT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

	Written by:William Smith
	Partner Program Manager
	Jamf
	bill@talkingmoose.net

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#!/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' )

talkingmoose

#!/bin/zsh

:<<ABOUT_THIS_EXTENSION_ATTRIBUTE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

	Written by:William Smith
	Technical Enablement Manager
	Jamf
	bill@talkingmoose.net
	https://gist.github.com/talkingmoose/4a2b613bf5273081459bc62c644193eb