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Deploy swiftDialog on macOS with a PKG Fileset

Description

This article provides instructions on how to deploy swiftDialog usingis FileWave.an open source macOS utility that lets scripts display dialogs, progress, and prompts to the signed-in user. This recipe packages swiftDialog isas a simpleFileWave utilityPKG forFileset macOSand optionally deploys a profile that allows shell scripts to display GUI dialogs. swiftDialog is beneficial when you want to provide interactive user feedback or collect user input during a shell script's execution. By deploying swiftDialog via FileWave, administrators can efficiently distribute this utility across all managed macOS devices.notifications.

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Directions

 

Deploying swiftDialog to your Macs using FileWave

  1. Download the required swiftDialog PKG from:from the Releasescurrent ·GitHub bartreardon/swiftDialogreleases. (github.com)Check that release's macOS requirement before setting the Fileset compatibility range.
  2. Create a new PKG fileset in FileWave and import the swiftDialog PKG. See the example: PKG - swiftDialog.fileset.zip
    • "Choose New Desktop Fileset"Fileset, wasselect picked andPKG, then PKG and thenimport the PKGdownloaded select.package.
    • On Properties forIn the Fileset Iproperties, madeset itthe work onsupported macOS 11.xrange andto higher.match  Newer versions ofthe swiftDialog mayrelease you downloaded. Current releases can require a newer macOS 12.xversion orthan higherolder so consider that.packages.
    • Additionally the script below was added to set the notification icon to be a FileWave icon. You'll see in our example Fileset that it has this as a Preflight Script. When the icon is in place before the PKG it allows the custom icon to be used.

      #!/bin/zsh

if [ -f "/usr/local/sbin/FileWave.app/Contents/Resources/fwGUI.app/Contents/Resources/kiosk.icns" ]
then
    mkdir -p "/Library/Application Support/Dialog/"
    sips -s format png /usr/local/sbin/FileWave.app/Contents/Resources/fwGUI.app/Contents/Resources/kiosk.icns --out "/Library/Application Support/Dialog/Dialog.png"
else
    echo "File not found: /usr/local/sbin/FileWave.app/Contents/Resources/fwGUI.app/Contents/Resources/kiosk.icns"
fi

exit 0
  3. DowloadDownload Profile - swiftDialog - Enable Notifications.fileset.zip if you want to ensureallow swiftDialog notifications will be seen.notifications.
  4. Assign both swiftDialog and the swiftDialog Enable Notifications Filesets to your target macOS devices.
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