Is there a way to allow non-admins to install Monterey Software Updates? I thought this had been fixed in a previous version of Monterey/Big Sur but I can't recall.
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Monterey - Allow non-admins to install SoftwareUpdates
+7Best answer by ljcacioppo
macOS Upgrades (major versions - Big Sur to Monterey for example) need to be initiated by an administrator - or kicked off via an MDM policy or APNS command since the MDM would run as an administrator to perform the Upgrade.
Updates should be allowed by a non-admin user. On Apple Silicon Macs, there typically is a prompt for a volume owner password to perform software updates, but one does not need to be an admin on the Mac to have volume ownership
+17macOS Upgrades (major versions - Big Sur to Monterey for example) need to be initiated by an administrator - or kicked off via an MDM policy or APNS command since the MDM would run as an administrator to perform the Upgrade.
Updates should be allowed by a non-admin user. On Apple Silicon Macs, there typically is a prompt for a volume owner password to perform software updates, but one does not need to be an admin on the Mac to have volume ownership
+7Ahhh, ok. I was thrown off because of the password prompt. I didn't actually think to try it as a standard user. Thank you!
+5Something to look into, running the installation from self service and bypassing admin credentials, https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/macos-installer-script-not-working-for-apple-silicon-m1-macbook/m-p/251358
+3macOS Upgrades (major versions - Big Sur to Monterey for example) need to be initiated by an administrator - or kicked off via an MDM policy or APNS command since the MDM would run as an administrator to perform the Upgrade.
Updates should be allowed by a non-admin user. On Apple Silicon Macs, there typically is a prompt for a volume owner password to perform software updates, but one does not need to be an admin on the Mac to have volume ownership
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