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1 macOS Administration In a Post-high Sierra world Matt Manous
YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE

2 About YHC Private, Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college
Baccalaureate institution for a decade 1000+ students 600+ Windows computers 45 macOS computers

3 Timeline 2007 – YHC purchases two MacBooks 2011 – Digital Arts Lab
2013 – Tier II Mac support assigned to one technician 2015 – Digital Arts Lab refreshed, IT gets management Macs 2017 – Mac Technician departs 2018 – Tier II Mac Support reassigned

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5 High Sierra Changes Improved Photos app Improved Safari H.265 codec
Metal 2 Phasing out 32-bit apps (Mojave last to support 32-bit) Login Keychain behavior

6 High Sierra Changes

7 High Sierra Changes

8 macOS Server 5.6 Changes Supported in 5.6 Built-in to High Sierra
Profile Manager Open Directory Xsan Built-in to High Sierra File Server Caching Server Time Machine Server Source:

9 Imaging is Dead and NetBoot Isn’t Doing Well
DeployStudio seemingly abandoned Other free alternatives not as robust Imagr Restor iMac Pros do not support NetBoot

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11 Provision a New Device Example
DEP MDM Package Installs (Munki/MDM)

12 Apple School Manager

13 Redeploy macOS Example
Restore macOS DEP MDM Package Installs Munki/MDM

14 macOS Restoration Methods
Pros Cons Reinstall macOS (Command R) Easy Very Slow Does not remove user profiles Disk Utility (Command R) Easy/Fast Not Intuitive APFS Snapshot Easy/Very Fast SSD only Carbon Copy Cloner Fast? Commercial Software DeployStudio Fast Spotty High Sierra Support Dubious Future startosinstall script Supports Firmware Updates Supported by Munki, Imagr, and most MDMs. Have to Pre-stage Installer Slow

15 Reinstall macOS (Command R)

16 Disk Utility (Command R)

17 Disk Utility (Command R)

18 Disk Utility (Command R)

19 APFS Snapshot tmutil snapshot Can be done during Setup Assistant
Control Option Command T To Restore Command R during boot Select Time Machine and restore the snapshot

20 Carbon Copy Cloner

21 DeployStudio & High Sierra
Mac with Sierra DeployStudio 1.7.8 macOS Server 5.3.1 Netboot Image built with Netboot Image delivered with HTTP instead of NFS High Sierra HFS Image for HDD & Fusion Drives High Sierra APFS Image for SSD A Partition step in your workflow prior to the Restore step Fusion Drives?

22 startosinstall usage /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall Arguments --applicationpath Path to the High Sierra installer --agreetolicense Automatically accepts license agreement --converttoapfs Choose whether to convert to APFS if SSD (removed in Mojave?) --installpackage Installs distribution packages --eraseinstall Erase APFS boot volume before installing (New in ) --nointeraction Silent Install. Undocumented.

23 Designed for Education Free for single platform (iOS or macOS)
$5.50 per device per year | $14.85 per device per 3 years Intuitive User Interface K-12 Target Audience Potential use for student teachers Frequent Updates

24 Mosyle Manager Demo

25 Mac Admin Free Tools Imagr – command line based imaging
Restor – GUI based image creation and restoration AutoDMG – image builder AutoPkgr – GUI form of AutoPKG MacUserGenerator – creates a package or shell script for making local user accounts Macdaddy Install Disk Creator Crypt – FileVault key escrow Packages – package creation tool DeployStudio – image, package, and script deployment Munki – managed software installation


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