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Jamf manifests solve three problems with managing Configuration Profiles in Jamf Pro:
- Terminal work not required. Admins no longer need to know how to create plists for manageable apps, convert the plists to plain text and upload to Jamf Pro.
- Admins no longer need to maintain their plists outside of Jamf Pro in order to update them.
- All settings are manageable from within Jamf Pro.
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After locating a Jamf manifest (you'll find several community-provided manifests here), copy the entire contents of the manifest to your clipboard.
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Log in to Jamf Pro and choose Computers > Configuration Profiles and click the New button to create a configuration profile. Name the profile in the General payload and assign a site, category and distribution method as needed. Set the profile to install at Computer Level.
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Scroll down the list of payloads to Application & Custom Settings.
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Click External Applications.
Set Source to "Custom Schema"
Provide the Preference Domain (the manifest may provide this information for you)
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Click Add Schema and paste the copied manifest under the Schema tab. Click outside the Custom Schema field before you Save.
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Configure each setting as needed. Click the Add/Remove Properties button to disable unwanted settings.
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Click the Plist preview button in the upper right corner of the list to view the resulting plist file.
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Scope and click Save to deploy the configuration profile.