Category: MDS
Deploying Apple Silicon Macs with DFU Blaster, MDS, and Apple Configurator
March 7, 2023See how to use the latest tools to quickly deploy a fully configurated Mac using DFU Blaster, MDS, and Apple Configurator.
MDS Update v4.3
June 22, 2022MDS is a system for easily deploying a large number of Mac devices. Version 4.3 has the following updates: Converted Download macOS to use Mist …
Installing PHP 7 on macOS 12 Monterey
January 7, 2022macOS 12 (Monterey) removed PHP7 in Apple’s ongoing effort to remove scripting languages from macOS. Any applications that required PHP 7 broke. MDS, our macOS …
Mounting Target Volume Read-Write in macOS Recovery
December 14, 2021When installing a package in macOS Recovery on macOS 12 Monterey, the installer requires that the target volume is mounted read/write. To accomplish this in …
What’s New in MDS 4.0
June 8, 2021Apple Silicon support With the release of macOS Big Sur 11.2, third-party utilities are now able to run in the M1 recovery mode. MDS can …
MDS 5 Administrator Guide
June 7, 2021Overview MDS is a macOS application that creates the resources needed to automate the install of macOS and initial software packages. Recent Macs do not …
MDM Device Info Users List
September 23, 2020Change Password will only change the selected user account password if the Mac has been enrolled via Device Enrollment and the user account was created …
MDM Profile User Account Guide
September 23, 2020MDM only supports creating a single user via the initial profile. You can create additional users as part of an MDS workflow. If you create …
Troubleshooting Deployment Enrollment (DEP) for macOS by Viewing the Activation Record
May 29, 2020Deployment Enrollment is part of Apple Business Manager and Apple School manager and provides a way for Macs (and iOS devices) to get some initial …
MDS Admin Guide
May 27, 2020Note: This unmaintained guide is for an unsupported version of MDS on our website for archival purposes. To view the most recent MDS Admin Guide, …