- Apple for releasing a half backed function to handle OS updates and removing all other ability to deploy OS updates.
- JAMF for half butting any effort at doing anything of OS updates as long as JAMF/Casper has been a thing. It has taken JAMF 2 years since the MDM commands were added to report on OS update status for them to be visible to us.
I am still waiting for a policy to be able to deploy OS updates which was teased as a potential functionality net add in October of 2021.
Managed Software Updates - using deferrals via a m... - Jamf Nation Community - 249821
Example mass action/remote command workflows moving forward:
- (Existing) Admins can issue a remote command to a set of devices to download and install to an upgraded version of macOS ASAP, restarting end-user machines as necessary
- (Existing) Admins can issue a remote command to a set of devices to download to an upgraded version of macOS and notify the end user
- (Upcoming, net new) Admins can issue a remote command to a set of devices to download to an upgraded version of macOS and notify the end user, and input a MaxUserDeferrals integer between 1-90, which will allow the end users to snooze a software between 1-90 days
- Potential future functionality:
- Ability to issue these commands via API
- Ability to schedule these commands
- Ability to issue these commands via policy
After monitoring for a while, it appears that the info in the computers record, Management>Operating System and History>Operating System History are in no way correct. For instance, my own Mac is fully up to date and OS build is 22D68, but Management>Operating System shows "Update in progress: MSU_UPDATE_22D68_patch_13.2.1_minor" even though this update was applied weeks ago.
