Jamf Pro Self Service for macOS: Erase Assistant

Background

Now that macOS Monterey is out, we wanted to allow our opt-in Beta Testers with local admin rights easy access to nuke-and-pave their Macs the “Apple” way:

macOS Monterey includes Erase All Content and Settings, a way to quickly and securely erase all of your settings, data, and apps, while maintaining the operating system currently installed. If your Mac includes this feature when using macOS Monterey, use it instead of other utilities to erase your Mac.

Source: HT212749

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Smart Group

Erase Assistant

And / Or		Criteria	Operator	Value
		Operating System Version	greater than or equal	12.0.1
and	(	Architecture Type	is	arm64
or		Boot ROM	like	iBridge	)

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Policy

Options

General

• Display Name: Erase Assistant
• Execution Frequency: Ongoing

Files and Processes

• Execute Command:

/usr/bin/su \- "/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console" -c "/usr/bin/open '/System/Library/CoreServices/Erase Assistant.app'"​

Scope

Targets

• Erase Assistant

Self Service

• Self Service Display Name: Erase All Content and Settings
• Button Name Before Initiation: Erase
• Button Name Before Initiation: Erase
• Description:

### Warning: Permanent Data Loss

macOS Monterey includes [Erase All Content and Settings](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212749), a way to quickly and securely erase all of your settings, data, and apps, while maintaining the operating system currently installed.

Erase Assistant opens and asks you to sign in with administrator credentials.

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Resources

• erase-install Erasing and reinstalling macOS
• Disabling the Erase All Contents and Settings function on macOS Monterey
• Erase All Content And Settings in Monterey
• macOS Monterey Erase All Content and Settings for companies

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