ABM

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Discussion
1 week ago Jan 23, 2026

Activation lock disrupting enrollment

Hi everyone, I was enrolling an iPhone into Hexnode and suddenly got stuck with Activation Lock. It’s asking for Apple Business Manager (ABM) credentials. Has anyone faced this before?

Discussion
2 weeks ago Jan 18, 2026

ADE renewal

Hey, we’re seeing an issue where our ADE profile failed to sync in Hexnode due to unaccepted Apple terms. However, when we checked Apple Business Manager (ABM) and the Apple Certificates portal, there were no new terms presented for acceptance. Has anyone else faced this? Not sure what we’re missing here.

Discussion
2 months ago Dec 04, 2025

Facetime and iMessages are greyed out, even though they are Required Apps

Hey everyone, our organization recently purchased a few iPhone16 devices. We have provided managed Apple IDs to be used with these devices to our employees. The problem now is that the iMessage and FaceTime apps are greyed out in the devices, even though the Required Apps, which were configured under our main iOS policy, were applied for both these apps. It says that there is no Apple ID signed in…

Discussion
2 months ago Dec 02, 2025
Solved

I found “Content Tokens” in ABM, is that the VPP token? Solved

I’m about to renew a token in Apple Business Manager and I’m getting that “this will replace the old token” warning which is making me hesitate. In Hexnode, I see an upload token section for ADE accounts… but I’m also hearing about Apple VPP tokens for apps. Before I click something irreversible: Are ADE tokens…

Discussion
2 months ago Dec 01, 2025

Mac enrolled via ABM won’t complete FileVault encryption

We’re stuck with a Mac that refuses to complete FileVault encryption. The device was enrolled through ABM, and encryption worked earlier, but now it just won’t finish. We’ve tried renewing profiles and reinstalling them from the terminal, but nothing seems to change. Also, wiping the device is not an option for us. Has anyone dealt…

Discussion
3 months ago Nov 09, 2025

macOS enrollment stuck for hours turns out it wasn’t the network

Enrollment on a MacBook keeps getting stuck in a strange loop. Profile installation starts, then just… waits. Sometimes an hour, sometimes five. Eventually it moves forward on its own. Sometimes it throws a vague “network connection lost” message. What’s odd is that normal browsing works fine. We’ve tried office Wi-Fi, home Wi-Fi, even a mobile…

Ideation
2 years ago Oct 04, 2023

End User App Updates

At my company we have IOS devices. These IOS devices are amanged by us and each user is assigned a managed apple ID that cannot make purchases on the app store. Therefore, we rely on apple buisness manager and Hexnode to work together to divy out licenses for applications to each user. This function works…