Resources that the speakers have chosen to provide from the MacDeployment workshop on June 5, 2014 are posted to this page. It also includes all the pre-conference information, such as the files needed to do the demos. (There was also a user survey e-mailed to people who registered.)
Slide Decks [PDF]
- Packaging (0.4 MB) — Vaughn Miller
- Deployment and Selecting the Right Workflow (2.9 MB) — Anthony Reimer (updated 2014-06-12 to clarify that Patchoo provides Munki-like functionality for Casper Suite)
- Professional Development Resources (0.5 MB) — Anthony Reimer (numerous live links in the slides)
- Modular Image Creation (2.8 MB) — Anthony Reimer
Additional Resources Mentioned or Speaker-suggested
- DiskWarrior
- Krypted — Charles Edge
- JAMF Nation
- Added 2014-06-10: MacIT has publicly posted videos of their general (plenary) sessions from March 2014
- softwareupdate as a command line tool
- Using Wikipedia articles on OS X releases to determine if OS releases are fragmented by model. e.g., Mavericks releases, Mountain Lion releases (does not mention the 12F2015 build of 10.8.5 that was needed for the iMac Late 2013 model), Lion releases. Note: You can grab the main OS releases in Mactracker and check the model-specific releases by going to the model information, but it is not unified like it is in the Wikipedia pages.
- Added 2014-07-25: Anthony has posted his AutoDMG templates on GitHub
Files for Follow-Along Demos
The following apps were used in the demos:
- Packages
- Pacifist — as a trial
- AutoDMG
- CreateUserPkg
The following installers were used in the demos:
- Firefox install image (regular version or ESR)
- Adobe Reader XI (also, if you want Admin-friendly versions of Reader, Flash and/or AIR, use the link on the page to sign up for a free license)
- OS Installer (or InstallESD) corresponding to the operating system you are running (e.g., if you are running Mavericks, get the latest “Install OS X Mavericks” installer via the App Store)
Disclaimer: The presence of the U of C Coat of Arms on a brochure distributed by OSI at the workshop should not be construed as an official endorsement by the University of Calgary of OSI or any of the products or services mentioned therein. OSI’s intent was only to recognize the three partners in the 2014 MacDeployment workshop.