The first time you open Apple Configurator 2, if you’ve been using Apple Configurator 1, your settings will be upgraded from the old sqlite3 database in Apple Configurator 1 into the Apple Configurator 2 decentralized file structure. To get started, first backup your computer. I’d recommend a clone as with certs and profiles and databases and all that fun stuff. Once you have a solid backup, open the new Apple Configurator 2 app and then click on the Next button at the Introduction screen. At the Library Migration screen, select each of the types of data that you’d like to migrate and click on the Next button. At the Device Backups screen, you will…
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Increase The Logging Level Of Apple Configurator
Apple Configurator, by default, logs only a limited amount of data. To increase the logging level for Apple Configurator, use the defaults command to write All into the LogLevel key in com.apple.configurator, using the defaults command: defaults write com.apple.configurator LogLevel ALL Re-open Apple Configurator and you’re golden. Then, have some problems and be so happy to get some logs, viewable in Console. defaults read com.apple.configurator {AcceptedLicenseVersion = 20150317; CDFirstLaunch = 0; CDMainViewType = 3; ChaperoneCertificateIssuer = ; ChaperoneCertificateSerial = ; LogLevel = ALL; NSNavLastRootDirectory = "~/Desktop"; NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForSaveMode = "{712, 620}"; "NSToolbar Configuration C484E2C8-5B9C-4999-9304-7233D38B3F95" = { "TB Display Mode" = 1; "TB Icon Size Mode" = 1; "TB Is Shown" =…
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Install the Command Line Tools For Apple Configurator 2
A great new feature of Apple Configurator 2 is the command line interface for Apple Configurator: cfgutil. Go ahead and click on the Apple Configurator 2 menu and select Install Automation Tools from the menu. When prompted, Once installed, you’ll find cfgutil at /usr/local/bin/cfgutil.
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Install Fonts on iOS Devices Using Apple Configurator 2
Apple Configurator 2 is an incredibly useful tool. One of the things you can do with Apple Configurator 1 and Apple Configurator 2 is to install fonts on an iOS device. To do so, first open Apple Configurator 2 and click on an existing profile or create a new profile for the font installation. Here, we’ll select New Profile from the File menu. At the Untitled screen, we’ll enter Fonts, as that’s all this profile will do. Next, scroll down in the list along the left sidebar until you see Font. Click on Font and then click on Configure. You are then presented with a dialog box to select a font file. Browse…
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Profile Manager In OS X Server 5
Profile Manager first appeared in OS X Lion Server as the Apple-provided tool for managing Apple devices, including Mobile Device Management (MDM) for iOS based devices as well as Profile management for OS X based computers, including MacBooks, MacBook Airs, Mac Minis, Mac Pros and iMacs running Mac OS X 10.7 and up. In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple added a number of new features to Profile Manager and revved the software to Profile Manager 2.0, most notably adding the ability to push certain types of apps to mobile devices. In Mavericks Server (Server 3), Apple provided new options and streamlined a bunch of things, most notably App Store and…
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The Top 8 Features for Small Businesses in iOS 9
Smallbizdaily posted an article I did for Bushel about the top 8 new features in iOS 9 that help small businesses. Find it here, if you so choose: http://www.smallbizdaily.com/22820/top-8-new-features-ios-9-help-small-business/
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Bushel Ships Same Day Support For El Capitan
For the second time this month, Apple has released a major new operating system. Today, OS X 10.11 El Capitan became available in the Mac App Store. We are pleased to announce that, even with the significant changes in the operating system, Bushel extends full compatibility to Macs running this latest release. That means that all of your managed Macs within Bushel can be upgraded to OS X 10.11 and new Macs can be enrolled as well. In other words, your users should take advantage of this free software update! Read More About Bushel’s Same Day Support for OS X El Capitan On The Bushel Blog
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Apple Music, iTunes and iBooks Now In China
Like the title says, Apple Music, iTunes, and iBooks are now available in China. This brings a whole new set of content to one of the worlds largest markets. This will also likely result in a lot of new content being added to the store. If you are an iTunes affiliate, you’ll also be pretty stoked to know that you are now able to provide affiliate links for Apps and content in China as well! And if you’re a Chinese site and don’t yet have an iTunes Affiliate account, I’d look to sign up for one now.
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Apple Configurator 2
Apple Configurator 2 is now out and there are some really cool new features available to people deploying Apple Configurator. Apple Configurator 2 now supports feature called Blueprints. A Blueprint is a set of configuration options (such as profiles, apps, etc) that are easily applied to devices by applying a given Blueprint. So basically a canned set of options that can be configured on a device. For example, you can have a Blueprint called Training that have training apps and settings for a training room network and then you can have another Blueprint for Kiosks, that have different apps for a kiosk, one app for a kiosk, an SSID for a kiosk…
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New iOS 9 Payloads
There are some new restriction payloads in iOS 9. These include the following: allowNews Boolean Supervised only. If set to false, disables News. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later. forceAirDropUnmanaged Boolean Optional. If set to true, causes AirDrop to be considered an unmanaged drop target. Defaults to false. Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later. allowUIAppInstallation Boolean Supervised only. When false, the App Store is disabled and its icon is removed from the Home screen. However, users may continue to use Host apps (iTunes, Configurator) to install or update their apps. Defaults to true. Availability: Available in iOS 9.0 and later. allowScreenShot Boolean Optional. If set to false, users can’t save a screenshot of the display…