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Is there an easy way to set the local administrator dock in os 10.15 that can be pushed out to all laptops when they are enrolled? I would like to get rid of the excess icons and only have a handful that we would use.

I am only wanting Chrome, Terminal, Activity Monitor, Console, Disk Utility, Sublime Text, Batchmod, and settings

You're welcome to take my admin dock script and tweak it for your needs. You'll need a copy of dockutil in /usr/local/bin. Then you'll want to run the script with a login policy limited to your admin user.

#!/bin/bash

# Don't do anything until the Dock has started
if [[ ! $(pgrep -x Dock) ]]; then
  until [[ $(pgrep -x Dock) ]]; do
    echo "Dock not started. Waiting 1 second..."
    sleep 1
  done
  echo "Dock started at: $(date +"%r")"
else
  echo "Dock already started"
fi

sleep 1

# Define variables
user=admin

# Function to create dock URLs
function create_url_items {
  su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Users/${user}/Downloads --label 'Downloads' --position beginning --sort name --no-restart"
  echo "Added Downloads"
  su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications --label 'Applications' --position beginning --sort name --no-restart"
  echo "Added Applications"
}

# Function to create application items
function create_app_items {
  if [ -d /Applications/Server.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Server.app --label 'Server' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Server"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Self Service.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Self Service.app --label 'Self Service' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Self Service"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/App Store.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/App Store.app --label 'App Store' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added App Store"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/System Preferences.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/System Preferences.app --label 'System Preferences' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added System Preferences"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/System Preferences.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/System Preferences.app --label 'System Preferences' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added System Preferences"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app --label 'Terminal' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Terminal"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app --label 'Terminal' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Terminal"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app --label 'Migration Assistant' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Migration Assistant"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app --label 'Migration Assistant' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Migration Assistant"
  fi
  if [ -d /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app --label 'Microsoft AutoUpdate' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Microsoft AutoUpdate"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app --label 'Disk Utility' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Disk Utility"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app --label 'Disk Utility' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Disk Utility"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Directory Utility.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Directory Utility.app --label 'Directory Utility' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Directory Utility"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Console.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Console.app --label 'Console' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Console"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Console.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Console.app --label 'Console' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Console"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app --label 'Boot Camp Assistant' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Boot Camp Assistant"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app --label 'Boot Camp Assistant' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Boot Camp Assistant"
  fi
  if [ -d /System/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /System/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app --label 'Activity Monitor' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Activity Monitor"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app --label 'Activity Monitor' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Activity Monitor"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Safari.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Safari.app --label 'Safari' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Safari"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Firefox.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Firefox.app --label 'Firefox' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Firefox"
  fi
  if [ -d /Applications/Google Chrome.app ]; then
    su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Applications/Google Chrome.app --label 'Google Chrome' --position beginning --no-restart"
    echo "Added Google Chrome"
  fi
}

# Build the Dock

# Delete existing dock items
su -l ${user} -c "/usr/local/bin/dockutil --remove all --no-restart"

# Add new dock items
create_url_items
create_app_items

# Restart Dock
echo "Restarting Dock for ${user}"
su -l ${user} -c "killall Dock"
sleep 5

exit 0

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