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munki
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Starting role as MAC admin
In the non-MDM tool space, look into Munki https://www.munki.org/munki/
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Sonoma's log gets briefer and more secretive
this experience is an indication that the opco didn't hire the right expertise. If the numbers you quoted ie 30k desktops, 50k total were not macs, it's clear that the org didn't have the kind of mac experience needed to manage a a new org with all macs.
It's entirely possible for administration of macs.
Start networking/asking around with places like Disney or Pixar, etc which have a large amount of graphic artists using macs. For example, from Disney https://github.com/munki/munki gets you to a certain point.
Other tools like Kandji (lightweight) and the 900 lb gorilla in the industry Jamf gets you the other management / administration bits needed
If this opco that you referred to never got a Jamf rep to work with them and to try out their (yes, very expensive) products, then this is mostly inexperience with the mac ecosystem.
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Show HN: Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI
There's a decent open source option: https://github.com/munki/munki
I got to use it at work at Meta (as end user), and it seemed to work quite well. They delivered Android SDKs/IDEs and a bunch of other things that I'd personally install through Brew with Munki.
- Employee monitoring softwares
- Simple App to help Mac Admins
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Boss refuses all MDMs. Any way to automate or script deployment?
Munki is not an MDM and I recently learned there's this project called Installomator that might help.
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Training recommendations?
Or Munki
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Cannot get Munki Managed Software Center to populate with my catalog?
This is a feature of munki called default manifest resolution. Though I prefer to avoid this and explicitly set the client identifier for all devices.
- I have this old G4 cube. It has an interesting decal on it.
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Giving non-admins privilege's for updating programs? Adding Printers?
another option is munki https://github.com/munki/munki, for the software update part,
autopkg
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Application for downloading packages for patch management?
Would it be Autopkg https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg or autopkgr https://github.com/lindegroup/autopkgr by any chance?
- JAMF and Cloudflare
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Download install latest pkg from a repo through Terminal?
I’d recommend you look into AutoPkg (https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg). It can do exactly what you ask - check the repo for new releases, and download them. It can even package them up if needed, or customise the package for you. Depending on the MDM you use, and/out your scripting ability, you could even have it upload the package to the MDM.
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Alternate ways of app deployment?
AutoPkg (Terminal app, takes recipes from GitHub to build packages) https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg
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What would be the best way to go around installing applications while setting up a new device
Something fancier would be setting up an autopkg build box a + munki server to deploy applications like a real macadmin.
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I’ve been put in charge of Jamf rollout
Autopkg https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg
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Get notified when select apps have an update
If anyone comes across this with the same question I found a helpful utility is autopkg. https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg Instead of a simple notification, I created a daily job that runs an autopkg update on selected apps I care about and adds it to my Testing Manifest Munki Repo. The Manager Software Center app notifies me when a package has an update the next time the client checks in.
What are some alternatives?
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
Installomator - Installation script to deploy standard software on Macs
Vlad the Deployer
autopkgr - AutoPkgr is a free Mac app that makes it easy to install and configure AutoPkg.
Capistrano - A deployment automation tool built on Ruby, Rake, and SSH.
ProfileCreator - macOS app to create standard or customized configuration profiles.
Mina - Blazing fast deployer and server automation tool
python_sankey_diagram_Apple_2020_Cashflow - This python code walks you through how to build a Sankey Diagram utilizing Apple's 2020 Cashflow data. The data I used came from the diagram found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/albi5w/apples_latest_quarterly_income_statement/
Stack Up - Super simple deployment tool - think of it like 'make' for a network of servers
ProfileManifestsMirror - Jamf JSON schema manifests automatically generated from ProfileCreator manifests (https://github.com/ProfileCreator/ProfileManifests)