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Apple macOS and iOS System Administration

Integrating and Supporting iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks

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Authors:
  1. Drew Smith

    1. Cincinnati, USA

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  • Let macOS clients participate as first-class citizens on Windows network; accessing the same resources as their PC counterparts
  • Apply Apple DEP and Profile Manager solutions for Mobile Device Management (MDM)
  • Automate software installations and upgrades on thousands of macOS and/or iOS clients across multiple geographic locations

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction to Apple Platforms

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 1-19

  3. macOS Client Administration

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 21-81

  4. macOS Security

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 83-108

  5. iOS Client Administration

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 109-144

  6. Managing Devices with Apple Configurator

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 145-195

  7. Managing macOS Clients with Apple Remote Desktop

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 197-246

  8. macOS Server

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 247-310

  9. Mobile Device Management

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 311-338

  10. Profile Manager

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 339-396

  11. Automated macOS Application Deployment Using Munki

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 397-451

  12. Microsoft Integration

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 453-504

  13. Mass Provisioning of iOS Devices

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 505-531

  14. Deployment of macOS Clients

    • Drew Smith
    Pages 533-561

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 563-573
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About this book

Effectively manage Apple devices anywhere from a handful of Macs at one location to thousands of iPhones across many locations. This book is a comprehensive guide for supporting Mac and iOS devices in organizations of all sizes.

You'll learn how to control a fleet of macOS clients using tools like Profile Manager, Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP), and Apple Remote Desktop. Then integrate your Mac clients into your existing Microsoft solutions for file sharing, print sharing, Exchange, and Active Directory authentication without having to deploy additional Mac-specific middle-ware or syncing between multiple directory services.  


Apple macOS and iOS System Administration shows how to automate the software installation and upgrade process using the open source Munki platform and provides a scripted out-of-the box experience for large scale deployments of macOS endpoints in any organization. Finally, you'll see how to provision and manage thousands of iOS devices in a standardized and secure fashion with device restrictions and over-the-air configuration.  


What You'll Learn
  • Integrate macOS and iOS clients into enterprise Microsoft environments
  • Use Apple’s Volume Purchase Program to manage App installations and share pools of Apps across multiple users
  • Mass deploy iOS devices with standard configurations
  • Remotely manage a fleet of macOS devices using Apple's Remote Desktop

Who This Book Is For


System or desktop administrators in enterprise organizations who need to integrate macOS or iOS clients into their existing IT infrastructure or set-up a new infrastructure for an Apple environment from scratch.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cincinnati, USA

    Drew Smith

About the author

Drew Smith has spent the last twenty years in system administration, providing technology support and designing solutions across the United States. He has been responsible for fleets as large as 6,000 macOS devices across 52 different locations. In 2012, he deployed over 30,000 iPads to higher-education students in 15 different states, at the time it was one of the largest iPad 1:1 deployments. Drew enjoys sharing best practices with others to help them simplify and streamline the management of Apple devices in multi-platform environments. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Apple macOS and iOS System Administration

  • Book Subtitle: Integrating and Supporting iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks

  • Authors: Drew Smith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5820-0

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Drew Smith 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-5819-4Published: 02 May 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-5820-0Published: 01 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 573

  • Number of Illustrations: 442 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Apple and iOS

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