Would a Package built using composer with APFS work on a machines that has HFS

[Michael_Allsop1]

Hello All,
We are upgrading our machines to 10.13.6 in preparation for the upcoming semester. Has anyone encountered any issue running apps that were built on a machine with APFS on a HFS machine.

[jwojda]

no they won't, but there's an option to use hfs in composer.

[boberito]

No but yes is the answer.

If the machine is 10.12.4 or better it should read the APFS formatted DMG. But to be safe just make it HFS for the time being.

[bpavlov]

Or don't use DMG as a package format. Use pkg.

[Michael_Allsop1]

Thank You All for your feed back

[ronhunter]

WOW .... to answer your question... YES it will work I use Mojave and 60% of our machines are on Sierra and lower I currently create all my packages on Mojave

[Look]

Unless something has changed with JAMF 10.7
DMG = No
PKG = Yes
I have been exclusively using PKG for quite some time now, it just seems more reliable and gives you the options of post install scripts etc...