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Auto-Update Catalogue Browser - User Guide

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Introduction

Auto-Update Catalogue Browser is an application which can be used to browse the latest titles and versions included in the Auto-Update library, as well as give details on any additional resources available or workflows applicable to that title.

This is an application developed by dataJAR, and is provided as part of the Auto-Update subscription.

If your organisation has a datajar.mobi fully-managed or hybrid subscription, please review the titles available within the Auto-Update Application Catalogue article and request that they are added to your datajar.mobi instance via https://support.datajar.co.uk/hc/en-us/requests/new.

Requirements

  • Auto-Update Catalogue Browser should be installed on one or more of your administration Macs during the initial installation of Auto-Update, if it is not please review and complete the steps within the Auto-Update - Installation Guide before proceeding.
  • The administration Mac needs to have Auto-Update installed on the device.
  • The user launching Auto-Update Catalogue Browser.app needs to be an administrator on the administration Mac.

Usage

On Launch

Launch the Auto-Update Catalogue Browser.app from within /Applications.

Upon launching, you should be presented with a window giving a list of titles and the top of the window looking similar to that shown below:

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You can simply scroll down the list of titles, select a title then press ⌘C to copy the Auto-Update Name, to be used within an Auto-Update policy.

Search

The Search box can be used to search the list of titles, this will bring back one or many titles depending on the search criteria.

Below is an example when searching for 365:

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You can select a title from the sub list of titles, then press ⌘C to copy the Auto-Update Name. Which can then be used within an Auto-Update policy.

Headers

As for the headers under the Search box:

  • Display Name - The more readable name for a title, and the name shown when installing on devices.
  • Auto-Update Name - The name of the title needed for an Auto-Update policy.
  • Version - The version of the title.
  • Min OS - Lowest OS version with which this item is compatible
  • Max OS - Highest OS version with which this item is compatible
  • Required Processor - This column denotes if a title can only be deployed to a Mac device with an Apple Silicon or Intel processor. There may be duplicate entries for a title with one requiring one processor over another. However, when creating an Auto-Update policy you can just use the same Auto-Update Name regardless.
  • Resources - A (*) within the resources column for a title denotes that there are additional resources for the title available.  Details on these resources for all titles shown within the main window can be exported by selecting  Window > Export or by using the ⌘E keyboard shortcut. This will generate a .csv file, like the below:

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The following are an explanation for every header:

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