Organizations are looking to manage their Apple Macs along side their existing Windows systems using existing tools already used in enterprises like Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager. Click the Block M in the Mac Menu Bar Click 'Managed Software Center' Click the 'Updates' tab along the top. Managed Software Center will check in with the software server and find any applications that have been 'pushed' or sent for install.
Introduction
Munki is a set of tools that, used together with a webserver-based repository of packages and package metadata, can be used by OS X administrators to manage software installs (and in many cases removals) on OS X client machines.
Munki can install software packaged in the Apple package format, and also supports Adobe CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 Enterprise Deployment 'packages', and drag-and-drop disk images as installer sources.
Additionally, Munki can be configured to install Apple Software Updates, either from Apple's server, or yours.
Munki is currently in use at organizations all over the world, managing software for tens of thousands of Macs.
Get started
Get started with Munki here: Getting Started with Munki
Check out the Wiki for some notes and documentation, and browse and/or check out the source. See the releases page or munkibuilds.org for pre-built installer packages.
Get help
If you have questions, or need additional help getting started, the munki-dev group is the best place to start. Please don't post support questions as comments on wiki documentation pages.
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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)
This article describes how to deploy and maintain the Configuration Manager client on Mac computers. To learn about what you have to configure before deploying clients to Mac computers, see Prepare to deploy client software to Macs.
When you install a new client for Mac computers, you might have to also install Configuration Manager updates to reflect the new client information in the Configuration Manager console.
In these procedures, you have two options for installing client certificates. Read more about client certificates for Macs in Prepare to deploy client software to Macs.
Important
To deploy the client to devices running macOS Sierra, correctly configure the Subject name of the management point certificate. For example, use the FQDN of the management point server.
Configure client settings
Use the default client settings to configure enrollment for Mac computers. You can't use custom client settings. To request and install the certificate, the Configuration Manager client for Mac requires the default client settings.
The next time the devices download client policy, Configuration Manager applies these settings for all users. To initiate policy retrieval for a single client, see Initiate policy retrieval for a Configuration Manager client.
In addition to the enrollment client settings, make sure that you have configured the following client device settings:
For more information, see How to configure client settings.
Download the client for macOS
Enroll the Mac client
Enroll individual clients with the Mac computer enrollment wizard.
Managed Software Center Mac
To automate enrollment for many clients, use the CMEnroll tool.
Enroll the client with the Mac computer enrollment wizard
Client and certificate automation with CMEnroll
Use this procedure for automation of client installation and requesting and enrollment of client certificates with the CMEnroll tool. To run the tool, you must have an Active Directory user account.
To verify that the client installation is successful, open the Configuration Manager item in System Preferences on the Mac computer. Also update and view the All Systems collection in the Configuration Manager console. Confirm that the Mac computer appears in this collection as a managed client.
Tip
To help troubleshoot the Mac client, use the CMDiagnostics tool included with the Mac client package. Use it to collect the following diagnostic information:
The information collected by CmDiagnostics is added to a zip file that is saved to the desktop of the computer and is named
cmdiag-<hostname>-<datetime>.zip
Manage certificates external to Configuration Manager
You can use a certificate request and installation method independent from Configuration Manager. Use the same general process, but include the following additional steps:
Renew the Mac client certificate
This procedure removes the SMSID. The Configuration Manager client for Mac requires a new ID to use a new or renewed certificate.
Macbook Software List
Important
Windows Software Center
After you replace the client SMSID, when you delete the old resource in the Configuration Manager console, you also delete any stored client history. For example, hardware inventory history for that client.
Disable Managed Software Center Mac
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