Common tools are macOS Server’s NetInstall, DeployStudio, AutoCasperNBI, or Imagr. NetBoot and NetInstall are used by many administrators to provide a centralized workflow to (re-)deploy or re-purpose a Mac. The assumption is, that will also be true for all new Macs with the T2 or a newer system controller. Then, with the release of the iMac Pro in December, it became clear that NetBoot and NetInstall, will not be supported with the new hardware. (I posted an article on this back in October.) In this article Apple lists the supported means of installing and upgrading macOS and explicitly states that ‘monolithic imaging’ is not recommended and will not ensure that the firmware of a Mac is of the correct version to run the OS image that was just laid down.
However, for Mac admins it brought the support article HT208020: “ Upgrade macOS on a Mac at your institution”. High Sierra came with many features for both users and admins. Please check it out: “ macOS Installation for Apple Administrators“ Quick Recap I have written a book which expands on this topic and is regularly updated. (NetInstall got a bit of a life extension, though.) The initial premise is still unchanged: Imaging is still dead. With the recent release of 10.13.4 (the ‘spring update’) a few things have changed for the deployment of macOS.
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