Get Onboard with macOS Onboarding

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GUEST & TOPIC

Presented by: Matt Jerome - Senior Engineer @ Fanatics

Presented on: Friday, June 5, 2026

Description: macOS onboarding has evolved far beyond basic setup screens. Matt Jerome walked through a few of the major players in the macOS onboarding space and how they help IT teams deliver a smooth, secure, and user-friendly first-day experience.

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KEYNOTE RESOURCES

MATT'S TOOLS & DOCS

• Matt Jerome - tools, scripts & writeups https://mattjerome.net

THE MAC ONBOARDING TOOLKIT

• Jamf Setup Manager (JSM) - Jamf's enrollment progress manager (runs pre-login) https://github.com/jamf/Setup-Manager

• JSM Webhooks - log enrollment events straight to Splunk/your SIEM https://github.com/jamf/Setup-Manager/blob/main/Docs/Webhooks.md

• Setup Your Mac (Dan K. Snelson) - swiftDialog-driven, post-login self-setup https://snelson.us/sym

• Setup Your Mac - dedicated GitHub repo https://github.com/setup-your-mac/Setup-Your-Mac

• swiftDialog (Bart Reardon) - the dialog/progress UI underpinning SYM & friends https://github.com/swiftDialog/swiftDialog

• Installomator - install & patch standard Mac apps by label (JSM can call it) https://github.com/Installomator/Installomator

• Jamf Setup Checklist (JSC) - newer onboarding tool, still in beta Find it in #jamf-setup-checklist on the Mac Admins Slack https://macadmins.slack.com/archives/C0A4J4Q3ZHC

• Setup Your Mac community channel - very active & responsive #setup-your-mac on the Mac Admins Slack https://macadmins.slack.com/archives/C04FRRN3281

SECURE TOKEN / EXTENSION ATTRIBUTES

• On verifying Secure Token status before rolling out Jamf Connect: RCC - List All FileVault-Enabled Users https://github.com/Rocketman-Tech/rcc/wiki/List-All-FileVault-Enabled-Users

• Secure Token Users EA https://github.com/bp88/Jamf-Pro-Extension-Attributes/blob/master/Secure%20Token%20Users.sh

FROM THE COMMUNITY

• Mirko Steinbrecher - "Evolution of our macOS deployment" (hands-on -> DEPNotify -> Setup Your Mac), macad.uk https://youtu.be/4K1buOOlNH4

JAMF NATION IDEAS - VOTE THESE UP!

• Add "Date Policy Last Ran" to the API (Matt Jerome) https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/JPRO-I-1806

• Add community & account to the app selector (Matt Jerome) https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/EXP-I-284

• Allow devices to be marked inactive while still fully managed - keeps patch/reporting numbers honest (Tony Young) https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/JPRO-I-144

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