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Mac Client 4.4

  • [Bugfix] Would sometime not properly respond to remote removal requests
  • [Bugfix] Disk IO error checking failed to notice certain errors.
  • [Bugfix] Corrected a case where a scheduling a Time Machine manual run would prevent error notices.
  • [Change] No longer logs “200” in the console
  • [Feature] The client now checks every 10 minutes to verify it’s hourly run schedule.
  • [Feature] The client no longer checks status within the first two minutes of system boot
  • [Feature] The Time Machine check now waits for 1 hour after boot before sending a warning.
  • [Feature] The client will send a one time warning if Time Machine is disabled.
  • [Feature] Internal changes have cut the client run time and processor usage by 50% in most cases.
  • [Feature] Crashplan Client status reporting (All versions including Crashplan, Crashplan+ , Pro and ProE clients) New
  • [Feature] Lightspeed Server status reporting (server activity, backup activity monitor, and backup folder usage)
  • [Feature] Report on Malware installations
  • [Feature] Uptime reporting now in Day Hour Minute format

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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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