Category: MDS

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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MDS 2: ASR Imaging and MDM / DEP Deployment

September 20, 2019

MDS 2 added in some big, new features. ASR imaging reduces macOS install times from 22 minutes to less than 2 minutes. MDS 2 also …

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What’s New in MDS 1.9

July 16, 2019

New Features in MDS 1.9: First User Log In Packages Installation: Packages can now be specified to install when the first user logs in. Some …

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What’s New in MDS 1.8.1

July 15, 2019

MDS 1.8.1 includes various bug fixes Fixed issue with packages installed with the workflow Fixed issues where home directory didn’t exist for additional scripts Fixed …

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Use MDS to Set Up macOS Dock and Background Image

June 17, 2019

MDS can be configured to set up a macOS Dock and Background image. The Dock is configured by using a preference file from a Mac …

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