Profiles (Apple)
Apple Configuration Profiles contain settings and restrictions to manage and configure Apple devices. These profiles are created and distributed by administrators or IT departments to enforce specific configurations, policies, and restrictions on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS devices.
Configuration Profile management is broad, including: network configurations, security policies, app restrictions, email, VPN and more. These profiles can be deployed over-the-air (OTA) or installed manually on devices, allowing organizations to maintain consistent settings and efficient management.
Providing a centralised and flexible custom management, Configuration Profiles support various deployment scenarios.
Background Login Items Notification Suppression (macOS Ventura+)
What macOS 13 Ventura and later can notify users when services such as LaunchAgents and LaunchDae...
Find Application Bundle IDs for Apple Profiles
What an application bundle ID does An application bundle identifier uniquely identifies an Apple ...
Create TCC Privacy Policy Control Payloads
Description There is no way to escape the need to identify which services are being requested an...
Alternate Browser Configuration on iOS/iPadOS
What FileWave can direct iOS and iPadOS web links to a browser other than Safari in two ways: tar...
eSIM Management for Apple devices
Some Apple devices use cellular service through an eSIM instead of a physical SIM card. Apple’s e...
macOS Privacy Preferences Payload
Description With macOS 10.14, Apple has introduced another new payload that requires User Approve...
Managing Web Clips on iOS / iPadOS
Description Web Clips can be managed alongside apps in supervised iOS and iPadOS deployments. Thi...
FileWave Apple Profile Editor Explained
Description Apple configuration profiles contain payloads that manage operating-system settings a...
Apple Profile: Apple Intelligence
What Apple has introduced new controls that allow Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions to man...
Configure Microsoft 365 OAuth for an Apple Exchange Profile
Configure Exchange Online with OAuth Use the FileWave Exchange profile to configure an Exchange O...
Moving the App Portal Web Clip using the Home Screen Layout Payload
Current App Portal. FileWave now deploys App Portal as an app instead of a Web Clip. The version ...
FileWave 13.1 TCC Payload Separation (Historical)
This page records a FileWave 13.1 profile migration. For current configuration steps, use Create ...
Apple Profile: ACME Certificate
What The ACME Certificate payload lets FileWave configure Apple devices to request and renew devi...
Profile Editor Command Policy
What The Command Policy in the Profile Editor is unique; the contents of a Command Policy is not ...
Apple Profile: System Logging
What The System Logging profile in the FileWave web Profile Editor configures Apple's com.apple.s...
Profile Editor details for Apple
The primary management tool for client management / MDM on iOS and macOS X is the Profile Editor....
macOS 11 Big Sur and later profiles require MDM
Before macOS 11 Big Sur, configuration profiles could be installed on macOS devices in several wa...
Restrictions Profile: macOS System Settings and Control Center
What On macOS 13 Ventura and later, System Preferences is named System Settings. Apple also intro...
Set Safari Homepage (macOS)
What this profile controls This Custom Settings profile sets Safari's homepage preference for use...
Set the Lock or Home Screen Wallpaper on iPhone and iPad
Description Use the Command Policy payload in FileWave's Profile Editor to set the Lock Screen, H...
Setting Timezones on Apple Devices
What Use a Command Policy profile when you need FileWave to set the time zone on supervised iPhon...
Using Parameters in Apple iOS/macOS Profiles
Variables—also called parameters in FileWave—let one Apple profile use device, user, directory, o...
Signed Apple Profiles
What FileWave automatically signs configuration profiles deployed to Apple devices. Profile signi...