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Mac Client 6.5.2 – False Mount Detection (Beta) and New Malware Definitions

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Changes

  • New method of caching data from key backups systems, to prevent false positives.
  • Improved diagnostic logging if the agent gets stuck on problematic systems.
  • Better time rounding to support the upcoming Beacon Reporting
  • Faster attribute collection (faster run times)
  • Improved Backblaze reporting
  • Support for the latest Warranty Updater tool for AppleCare Lookups
  • LogicNow’s Watchman Monitoring Plugins no longer display the “Gruntwork” brand.

Bug Fixes

  • Better detection of disabled CCC jobs.
  • Some demographic information might be skipped if key plugins were disabled in the PreferencePane.
  • Better reporting of Time Machine’s backup options.
  • Addresses an issue where boot times would not be compared reliably.
Mac Client 6.5.2 is largely a maintenance release, filled with fixes from subscriber reports and additional changes

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Monitoring Policies: Control Plugin Alerts Fleet-Wide

Today’s dashboard update adds Monitoring Policies: a named, reusable answer to the question “how should this plugin notify us?”, applied to as many computers as you like. No agent update is required. This is a server-side dashboard feature, and nothing changes until you apply a Policy. Every computer starts with no Policy, which behaves exactly…

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Apple Business Manager Integration Improvements

Ten days ago we connected Watchman Monitoring to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. Today’s dashboard update is the follow-up pass: the lists now show you every Mac instead of a sample, and the tables sort. Both Mac lists are paginated instead of truncating The enriched list and the “no agent installed” list each showed…

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Apple Business Manager Integration: AppleCare Dates, MDM Enrollment, and the Macs You Aren’t Monitoring

Today’s dashboard update connects Watchman Monitoring to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. Once a connection is in place, the Macs you already monitor pick up their purchase history, AppleCare coverage, and MDM enrollment statedirectly from Apple. No agent update is required, and nothing is installed on the Macs. This is a dashboard feature…

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