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Fileset to block Apple Install macOS applications
Description As described, this only blocks macOS Installer Applications. Preventing users from using Software Updates can only be achieved with Defer Apple OS Updates and you should consider this because Software Update is capable or running the upgrade even ...
macOS 11 Big Sur and later profiles require MDM
Before macOS 11 Big Sur, configuration profiles could be installed on macOS devices in several ways: Opening a profile locally in System Preferences Command line tools Via MDM to devices that are MDM enrolled FileWave could use either command-line installation...
Integrating MacOnboardingMate (MOM) with FileWave
What MacOnboardingMate (MOM) helps onboard or migrate Macs between Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions while preserving Automated Device Enrollment context. This page explains where MOM fits when FileWave is the destination MDM or part of the onboarding f...
Background Login Items Notification Suppression (macOS Ventura+)
What macOS 13 Ventura and later can notify users when services such as LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons are installed. Apple surfaces these controls in System Settings > General > Login Items. When/Why For managed Macs, you may want to suppress these background ...
Minimum OS version for enrolling Apple devices via ADE
What FileWave can require a minimum operating system version during Automated Device Enrollment (ADE). During enrollment, the MDM server can return Apple's required software update response when the device is below the configured minimum version. The device th...
Apple EOL Advisory: Intel-Based Apps and Rosetta Dependencies on Apple Silicon
What Apple is signaling the end of the Intel-to-Apple-silicon transition window for Mac software compatibility. In macOS 26.4 beta, testers/reporters have observed user notifications such as: Support Ending for Intel-based Apps This version of "[App Name]" wil...
View macOS Background Tasks with DDM
What FileWave can inventory the launch agents, launch daemons, login items, applications, and other background tasks that a managed Mac reports through Apple Declarative Device Management (DDM). DDM status reporting is declarative. When the device management s...
Understanding FileWave IP Address Inventory
Which IP address should you use in a FileWave Inventory Report? Choose the field based on whether you need the address seen by the server or the addresses reported by the FileWave Client. Two IP address fields FileWave provides two distinct IP inventory entrie...
Apple MDM Enrollment Methods
Description Enrolling Apple devices involves the installation of an MDM Enrolment Profile. Installation may be initiated by either the user or the device. This same distinction also applies to the linking of the enrolment. Who starts enrollment? Apple enr...