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App Installers for Jamf School

Updated over 2 months ago

Description

Jamf School App Installers enable you to distribute third-party macOS apps to managed computers, removing the need to package the software. These third-party apps represent software not available in the App Store, as well as some Mac App Store apps.

Jamf continuously reviews third-party macOS apps to add them to the Jamf School App Installers Apps list. If you would like a new title added to the list, please submit a feature request https://ideas.jamf.com/ideas/new and select Jamf App Catalog installers as the category.

Note: Jamf School cannot uninstall Jamf School App Installers. Apps removed from the Jamf School App library will remain on the device unless removed manually by the user.

Deploying Apps Using App Installers

  1. If not done already, accept the App Installers' Terms and Conditions and enable App Installers.

    1. In Jamf School, go to Organization > Settings in the sidebar and select the App Installers payload.

    2. Review the terms and conditions, and then select the checkbox for I understand and agree to these terms and conditions.

    3. Click Enable App Installers.
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  2. Add an app installer title by completing the steps below:

    1. In Jamf School, go to Apps > App Installers in the sidebar.

    2. Click +Add App in the upper-right corner.

    3. Click Add for the desired app title. Command+F can be used to search for the desired app title.

    4. Repeat step C for all desired app titles, then click Done once all desired titles are added.

  3. Add desired device groups to the scope for each App Installer record:

    1. In Jamf School, under Apps > App Installers, click the app you want to deploy.

    2. Click the + icon in the lower-left corner and select the device group you want to scope the app to.
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    3. Click Save in the lower-right corner.

    4. The app will install the next time devices in scope check in.

      1. To prompt devices to check-in, navigate to Devices > Inventory, select the checkboxes for desired devices, and select Refresh.

Redeploying App Installers

In the case where App Installers fail to install on certain devices, follow this additional workflow to retry the installation:

  1. In Jamf School, create a Device Group: Devices > Device Groups > Add Group.

  2. In the new group, add the devices that experienced the installation failure.

  3. Reassign the App Installer:

    1. Go to Apps > Inventory > Select the App Installer.

    2. Add the newly created Device Group to the scope of the App Installer.

  4. The system will automatically attempt to reinstall the app on the devices within the group.

App Installers Not Visible in Jamf School

If App Installers are missing in your Jamf School interface:

OR

  • In Jamf School:

    • Go to Devices > Inventory.

    • Expand the Apps section in the left-hand menu.

    • Look for App Installers listed there.

More Resources

For a video demo of the deployment steps, please see How to Use App Installers in Jamf School.


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