Prestage Enforcing Latest macOS

tkimpton
Valued Contributor II

I have a MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Pro, 2023) in our test environment on macOS 14.4. When i set the prestage to enforce the latest macOS based on device eligibility i get an error:

 

System Update could not be installed, even though the machine should force it up to 15.2. Has anyone else seen this?

 

 

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sdagley
Esteemed Contributor II

@tkimpton Some versions of macOS 14 don't respond properly to the minimum OS requirement, and I _think_ it wasn't reliable until 14.5 and later.

rpayne
Contributor II

We are seeing this on pretty much every new deploy in Central America. North America seems to be ok. We had to turn it off

Éric
New Contributor II

Hi @tkimpton, have your tried to specify a version instead of latest macOS based on device eligibility.

Let's say 15.2 instead of let it choose a version for you.

 

rpayne
Contributor II

We have tried both. Our issue seems to be region specific.

AJPinto
Esteemed Contributor

Try with a newer OS. I did not see this actually performing well in my enviornment until enrolling devices with macOS 15, and now it works without issue.

The problem is, we sometimes drop ship from our vendor (like CDW) and can't guaranty OS version. Having hiccups with this makes simplified deployments... difficult.

Shyamsundar
Contributor III

we have seen this issue due to network issues during the Enrollment, Restarting the Machine and connecting with know good network resolves this issue mostly.

tkimpton
Valued Contributor II

I tested it many times, and 14.6.1 works. Jamf needs to change the minimum version on their end from 14.4 to 14.6.1. Anything lower than 14.6.1 should be skipped.

tkimpton
Valued Contributor II

 from my jamf case "it appears that this issue is related to a recently opened Product Issue (PI125574). Based on our findings, this behavior seems to stem from a third-party Apple issue, as it occurs before the device enrolls into Jamf Pro." i have been advised to set it to latest minor. In my view if jamf change the minimum to 14.6.1 they can see it works.

karthikeyan_mac
Valued Contributor

Its a known issue. We had the same issue and ended up changing to Latest Minor version which works.