This process can be made easier by converting it to.pkg. One way to distribute apps in ‘.app’ format is by publishing them to the App Store and manually downloading them in all user devices. It is recommended to convert APP to PKG format. Applications that run on macOS come in various formats like ‘.app’, ‘.dmg’ and ‘.pkg’. With AnyToISO it's possible to extract PKG file contents and even convert it to ISO format, on both Windows and Mac OS X. PKG files are Mac OS X installation (setup) packages that contain installer scripts ('Scripts' file) and compressed installation files ('Payload' file) that are used to install Mac software applications onto a user's hard drive. These steps have been tested on macOS 10.15. The rest of the document outlines the recommended app preparation steps. Therefore, for apps that are of non-pkg types, it requires admins to run commands on macOS either manually or as a script to create a signed app package (.intunemac file) that can be distributed using Intune. Natively, Mac MDM only supports installing signed.
You can use Microsoft Endpoint Manager to deploy the most common app types supported by macOS such as. This post has been republished via RSS it originally appeared at: Intune Customer Success articles.īy: Arnab Biswas Program Manager - Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Intune
