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 […]
Monitoring Policies: Control Plugin Alerts Fleet-Wide Read More »
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
Watchman Monitoring has released agent version 7.2.1.108 for macOS, with automatic rollout to all computers beginning Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Bug Fixes Plugins Failing on macOS 10.13 and 10.14 After the 7.2.1.105 rollout, Macs running High Sierra and Mojave stopped reporting correctly. The Time Machine Exclusions plugin generated a traceback, Backblaze reporting went missing, and
Mac Client 7.2.1.108 – CrashPlan, Munki, and macOS 10.13/14 fixes Read More »
We are excited to announce that Mac Client version 7.2.1.105 will be rolling out next Tuesday (August 4, 2026). In 7.2.1.105 we have updated the copy of Python that ships inside the Watchman Monitoring Mac agent, moving it from 3.9 to the newest stable release, 3.13. Why we did this The agent carries its own
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As we’ve shared previously, we’ve spent the last several months on a major upgrade to the infrastructure that runs Watchman Monitoring. This is a big investment in the future of the platform: it lets us ship updates, new features, and bug fixes far faster than before. As with any migration of this size, it also
An Infrastructure Update, This Morning’s Outage, and What’s Next Read More »
Watchman Monitoring is happy to announce the release of agent 7.1.7.712 for macOS. It will automatically roll out to all Computers next Tuesday, June 2 2026. Bug Fixes CrashPlan: more reliable destination discovery For years, the CrashPlan plugin has discovered configured destinations by parsing the DESTINATIONS section of CrashPlan’s app.log. That format has shifted repeatedly
Mac Client 7.1.7.712 — CrashPlan and P5 reliability fixes Read More »
Watchman Monitoring is happy to announce the release of agent 7.1.7.706 for macOS. Munki Improvements Munki v7 Support – The Munki plugin now supports Munki v7 and will properly display it in the Dashboard. Bug Fix – Munki plugin no longer crashes when ManagedInstallReport.plist records EndTime as a date. Affected hosted could go silent on Munki
Mac Client 7.1.706. – Munki v7 Support Read More »
Watchman Monitoring is happy to announce the release of agent 7.1.6.101 for macOS. Apple A Series Support Apple A18 / A18 Pro / A19 / A19 Pro — added processor-speed and unified-memory entries (A18: 4.04 GHz / 7500 MHz, A18 Pro: 4.04 GHz / 8533 MHz, A19: 4.26 GHz / 8533 MHz, A19 Pro: 4.26 GHz
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This release brings support for CrashPlan 11.5+, with support for the new paths and data structure.
Mac Client 7.1.5 Support for modern CrashPlan Client agents Read More »
Watchman Monitoring is happy to announce the release of agent 7.1.4.123 for macOS. Feature Additional Chrome plugins added to the Malware Detections plugin. About the Update Process This release will automatically deploy Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025. The auto-update process will apply to computers as they perform their hourly check-in. Not receiving updates across your install
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