Category: MDS

Network Ports used by MDS

February 29, 2020

MDS uses network ports for various communications. In order for certain features to function, the network ports shown below must be accessible. Service Protocol Port(s) …

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What’s New in MDS 2.1

February 6, 2020

Fixed issue with repackaging and copying A package that was not distribution type was not repackaged. Popup menu options for Variables When specifying variables, the …

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What’s New in MDS 2.0.1

December 17, 2019

Fixed issue with .app error A regression where adding in an app to the Packages folder gave an error instead of being repackaged. Fixed Preferences …

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Getting Fixes and Features in MDS

November 17, 2019

Please submit any issues (features or bugs) here. If you would like a new feature or an issue resolved in MDS, we prioritize fixes based …

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Device Enrollment with MDS

November 11, 2019

MDS not only has a MDM service built-in, it also makes it easy to configure macOS clients that are available to Apple Business Manager or …

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Manual MDM Enrollment with MDS

November 11, 2019

MDS uses an MDM service to allow Mac clients to be easily set up by enrolling in the MDM service. Upon enrollment, resources such as …

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Downloading macOS installers with MDS

November 11, 2019

MDS uses the macOS installer for installing macOS as well as for preparing disk images for restoring with Apple Software Restore (ASR). Open Download macOS …

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Deploying Macs with Workflows, MDM and Device Enrollment

November 11, 2019

MDS 2 added Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Deployment Enrollment to MDS. Deployment Enrollment is part of Apple Business Manager (ABM) or Apple School Manager …

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What’s New in MDS 2

November 5, 2019

MDS 2 is an open source project for setting up, deploying and managing modern Macs. MDS 2 builds on the features of MDS 1 and …

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Creating and Importing MDM Push Certificates into MDS

September 25, 2019

In order to manage Macs with MDM, MDS requires an Apple-signed Push Notification Certificate to talk with the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). There are …

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