+5Due to the issue around Mac App store updates not working properly. I need to move all apps to use the standalone package provided by the vendor. I'm doing this for the following apps:
Office365 Suite
Slack
Is there a way to decouple the apps from the app store and use them as normal apps e.g. office with the auto-updater deployed and slack using built in updates? Is my only choice to completely remove them first and reinstall the standalone package?
+9Hi @dnorman,
Not certain, but it sounds like this is what you're looking for: Downloading installer packages from the Mac App Store with AppStoreExtract.
As you may know, most people try to go the opposite way (From Standalone to VPP)
I believe the VPP and standalone version of apps are in separate containers/sandboxes. To my knowledge, total removal of the app and keychain items is often necessary to make the transition work.
+9Maybe I'm thinking too simply here, but for the O365 suite, you should just be able to do a policy which removes the App Store apps first using a command in the 'Files and Processes' item similar to:
rm -rf /Applications/Word.app
rm -rf /Applications/Excel.app
rm -rf /Applications/Outlook.app
rm -rf /Applications/Powerpoint.app
rm -rf /Applications/Onenote.app
Then you can download the packages for the Office suite direct from Microsoft here and setup a new policy to install those packages and utilize Patch Management going forward for updates.
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