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5 days ago Jan 14, 2026

I cannot clear the history for Safari browser, even though App configuration profile is applied

Hey, I used the App configurations policy to apply a custom app configuration profile to the Safari browser, where a key was created to delete browser history older than 7 days automatically. The policy association was successful, and the key was created, but history beyond the last 7 days has not been deleted. 

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6 days ago Jan 12, 2026

Restrict printer sharing

Hi everyone, we’re trying to restrict printer sharing on our macOS devices. Our concern is that employees shouldn’t be able to share printers with other devices on the network. Most of our users have local administrator rights on their Macs, so we’re unsure if this restriction can still be enforced through Hexnode UEM. Has anyone handled this before? 

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2 weeks ago Jan 07, 2026

Managed Macs not appearing in AirDrop discovery

Hi all, I’m hitting a wall with our managed macOS fleet. We use Hexnode to manage about 50 MacBook Pros. I’ve confirmed that AirDrop is enabled in the Advanced Restrictions section of our policy, but for some reason, these Macs cannot receive files.  My users can send files from their managed Macs to unmanaged devices perfectly fine, but the managed Macs never show up as an available…

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2 weeks ago Jan 05, 2026

Unable to Edit or Remove ADE-Created Local Admin Account on macOS Devices

We are enrolling macOS laptops using Apple Automated Device Enrollment for our enterprise rollout. As part of the ADE profile, we have configured a local admin account for first-time setup. Now we have a few operational concerns. For already enrolled laptops, we want to manage or remove existing local accounts and also change the admin…

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1 month ago Dec 10, 2025

Change user name

Hello everyone, I have few macOS devices enrolled in Hexnode, but it currently displays the default username. I’d like to update it to the real username. I can’t find any option to change the name.

Ideation
4 months ago Sep 09, 2025

Update option in HexNode UEM App Catalog software

The UEM application App Catalog is aware of the software being installed, and is aware of the current version of software. It would be nice if there was a button that could be clicked in the App Catalog that would allow you to update the software. I spoke with support today and their recommendation was…

Ideation
1 year ago Sep 18, 2024

Filevault report

I see a possible report for Bitlocker, but it would be incredibly helpful to know which macs have Filevault enabled and the status of the encryption key (Is it is the cloud, or "Unable to fetch the recovery key" errors.

Ideation
1 year ago Sep 16, 2024

Platform SSO for macOS on Hexnode MDM with Google Workspace

Hello Hexnode Team, It's been a pleasure to be Hexnode customer and I'm currently using Hexnode on a daily basis to manage our MacOS devices in our environment. I have been noticed that Microsoft has released a preview of platform SSO on MacOS for Intune & EntraID. I was wondering if Hexnode is having a…

Ideation
1 year ago Aug 27, 2024

Streamline Hexnode Access Login

As an admin user, I'd like Hexnode Access to streamline the number of login authentications when logging into a device.   When using Hexnode Access currently, a user has to authenticate multiple times to get into their workstation. On macOS with FileVault enabled, it's three times: drive decryption login, local user login, Google/M365 login. This…

Ideation
3 years ago Oct 19, 2022

Slack Integration

Dear Team, A slack integration could be really useful for generating alerts. All alerts and notifications can be easily notified to a channel or an IT admin.Saves the time to check emails or Hexnode dashboard. Cheers Ceetus

Ideation
5 years ago Mar 03, 2021

Terminal for macOS or / Remote Desktop

It would be great to have a terminal / remote desktop for mac to directly control the user device. Because have a little troublesome when using Custom Script to fix/install software for user.

Ideation
5 years ago Sep 09, 2020

MacOS AppCatalog - Download / Install progressbar

It would be really nice to have a progress bar for the macOS App Catalog. So when i click on the desired App i can see the installation progress and also a confirmation once it is done. Just like the Managed Software Update application for Munki.   Also the "installed" banner is not really appealing.

Ideation
6 years ago Jun 29, 2020

Policies/Custom Profiles for macOS & iOS Devices

Will there be changes to reflect the new profile customizations in Mojave, Catalina, and Big Sur in policies? Will there be a roadmap to be able to import custom profile configurations in to a policy so that we can further lock down and customize the look and feel to the end user?

Ideation
8 years ago Jun 08, 2018

Terminal - Shell Commands

Hi, We would like to have Terminal feature in Hexnode portal. So we could able to monitor devices deployed remotely. e.g. Running logcat command to check device/app performance, manage files in storage, etc. Thanks