Solved Apple OSX - Public Desktop
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So the loginhook didn't do what I wanted, at least not for the second user. . . maybe back to my original idea of just copying the script to a folder added to / and then running it when the user logins in. . .
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@travisdh1 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Shows you how popular Apple's computers are in a business environment.... nobody else even has them!
I have not been in an org (anywhere from 40 - 1500 users) in the last 10 years that has had more Windows machines and Mac, ChromeOS, LInux. Mac has usually made up the majority in most orgs. ChromeOS was the lead in one, 60% total.
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@DustinB3403 Head on over to macadmins slack and perhaps check out #macos. Lots of people there supporting mac's and it's not just mac focused. https://macadmins.herokuapp.com/
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Are you just trying to have scripts run on login for each new user on each new machine?
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@SmithErick said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Are you just trying to have scripts run on login for each new user on each new machine?
Yeah, to do things like clean up the dock, add specific items to the dock, set the finder preferences etc.
Manually running it once the user is logged in, isn't an issue, just a nuisance.
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@larsen161 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
@DustinB3403 Head on over to macadmins slack and perhaps check out #macos. Lots of people there supporting mac's and it's not just mac focused. https://macadmins.herokuapp.com/
I'll consider it, jumping into another community for this may not be something I really want to do. Most of this I can figure out on my own and without much hassle.
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@DustinB3403 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
@SmithErick said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Are you just trying to have scripts run on login for each new user on each new machine?
Yeah, to do things like clean up the dock, add specific items to the dock, set the finder preferences etc.
Manually running it once the user is logged in, isn't an issue, just a nuisance.
For this use docutil
Also, look at outset which will let you run scripts at login, logout, etc.
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MacOS has a locale directory template somewhere for new users, need to find that that could make something work right?
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@larsen161 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
@DustinB3403 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
@SmithErick said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Are you just trying to have scripts run on login for each new user on each new machine?
Yeah, to do things like clean up the dock, add specific items to the dock, set the finder preferences etc.
Manually running it once the user is logged in, isn't an issue, just a nuisance.
For this use docutil
Also, look at outset which will let you run scripts at login, logout, etc.
Already am using dockutil, I'll check out outset. Thanks
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Also, are you using anything like DEP with jamf, munki, fleetsmith etc to help manage the endpoints?
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@larsen161 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Also, are you using anything like DEP with jamf, munki, fleetsmith etc to help manage the endpoints?
No, nothing like that, solutions like jamf are also DoA as far as apple is concerned. They're forcing everyone to MDMs. Which only work in extreme cases.
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https://www.amsys.co.uk/modifying-os-x-user-template/
I know its old, but may help. -
@DustinB3403 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
@larsen161 said in Apple OSX - Public Desktop:
Also, are you using anything like DEP with jamf, munki, fleetsmith etc to help manage the endpoints?
No, nothing like that, solutions like jamf are also DoA as far as apple is concerned. They're forcing everyone to MDMs. Which only work in extreme cases.
Interesting. Did not know that.
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Another good resource that lists a bunch of useful tools for macOS management.
https://github.com/smashism/awesome-macadmin-tools -
I'm marking this solved as I create a direction from
/calledscriptsand that does what I need.No real need for a public shareable desktop when this works just fine.
