macOS Imaging with IVS - EOL
What
macOS Imaging: Changes made by Apple withchanges such as APFS, T2 chipschips, and Apple Silicon,silicon Imagingmoved macOS devicessetup hasaway beenfrom parttraditional of history for a long time.imaging. With the deprecation of Compatibility mode,mode thedeprecated, lastFileWave reasonno forlonger keepingkeeps macOS imaging options in FileWave are gone.IVS.
When/Why
For years Apple has stateddiscouraged thatmacOS imaging isfor dead.years. This EOL change should not haveaffect anycurrent impact to your workflowworkflows because wemodern domacOS notdeployment believeuses anyoneenrollment isand stillmanagement usingworkflows this methodinstead of setting up macOS systems. imaging.
How
With the release ofFileWave 15.4.0 inremoved the first half of 2024 we will remove all trace ofmacOS imaging asfrom it relates to ourthe IVS solution. ThisRemoving willit eliminatealso removed the NetBoot configuration warning tied to that hasretired been an annoyance to most admins about Netboot not being configured and will remove a feature that has no use.workflow.