Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple platform deployment
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- Declarative app configuration
- Authentication credentials and identity asset declaration
- Background task management declarative
- Calendar declarative configuration
- Certificates declarative configuration
- Contacts declarative configuration
- Exchange declarative configuration
- Google Accounts declarative configuration
- LDAP declarative configuration
- Legacy interactive profile declarative configuration
- Legacy profile declarative configuration
- Mail declarative configuration
- Math and Calculator app declarative configuration
- Passcode declarative configuration
- Passkey Attestation declarative configuration
- Safari extensions management declarative configuration
- Screen Sharing declarative configuration
- Service configuration files declarative configuration
- Software Update declarative configuration
- Software Update settings declarative configuration
- Storage management declarative configuration
- Subscribed Calendars declarative configuration
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- Accessibility payload settings
- Active Directory Certificate payload settings
- AirPlay payload settings
- AirPlay Security payload settings
- AirPrint payload settings
- App Lock payload settings
- Associated Domains payload settings
- Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) payload settings
- Autonomous Single App Mode payload settings
- Calendar payload settings
- Cellular payload settings
- Cellular Private Network payload settings
- Certificate Preference payload settings
- Certificate Revocation payload settings
- Certificate Transparency payload settings
- Certificates payload settings
- Conference Room Display payload settings
- Contacts payload settings
- Content Caching payload settings
- Directory Service payload settings
- DNS Proxy payload settings
- DNS Settings payload settings
- Dock payload settings
- Domains payload settings
- Energy Saver payload settings
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) payload settings
- Exchange Web Services (EWS) payload settings
- Extensible Single Sign-on payload settings
- Extensible Single Sign-on Kerberos payload settings
- Extensions payload settings
- FileVault payload settings
- Finder payload settings
- Firewall payload settings
- Fonts payload settings
- Global HTTP Proxy payload settings
- Google Accounts payload settings
- Home Screen Layout payload settings
- Identification payload settings
- Identity Preference payload settings
- Kernel Extension Policy payload settings
- LDAP payload settings
- Lights Out Management payload settings
- Lock Screen Message payload settings
- Login Window payload settings
- Managed Login Items payload settings
- Mail payload settings
- Network Usage Rules payload settings
- Notifications payload settings
- Parental Controls payload settings
- Passcode payload settings
- Printing payload settings
- Privacy Preferences Policy Control payload settings
- Relay payload settings
- SCEP payload settings
- Security payload settings
- Setup Assistant payload settings
- Single Sign-on payload settings
- Smart Card payload settings
- Subscribed Calendars payload settings
- System Extensions payload settings
- System Migration payload settings
- Time Machine payload settings
- TV Remote payload settings
- Web Clips payload settings
- Web Content Filter payload settings
- Xsan payload settings
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Finder MDM payload settings for Apple devices
Use the Finder payload to control Finder settings and specify which commands can be used on a Mac computer enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution.
The Finder payload supports the following. For more information, see Payload information.
Supported payload identifier: com.apple.finder
Supported operating systems and channels: macOS device, macOS user.
Supported enrollment methods: Device Enrollment, Automated Device Enrollment.
Duplicates allowed: False—only one Finder payload can be delivered to a user or device.
The tables that follow show the Finder payload settings that apply to Finder preferences and Finder commands.
Finder settings
Setting | Description | Required | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use Regular Finder or Simple Finder | Choose Regular Finder or Simple Finder. Simple Finder restricts most apps and settings. | Yes | |||||||||
Show specific items on the Desktop | The following items can be hidden from appearing on the Desktop:
| No | |||||||||
Show warning before emptying the Trash | The warning before a user empties the Trash can be disabled. | No | |||||||||
Finder commands
Setting | Description | Required | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connect to Server | Users can use a dialog that lets them view, select, or manually connect to servers on your local network or on the internet. | No | |||||||||
Eject | Users can eject any mounted volumes or media attached to the Mac. | No | |||||||||
Burn Disc | Information can written to a CD or DVD. | No | |||||||||
Go to Folder | Users can open a folder or file by typing the path to that item. | No | |||||||||
Restart | Users can restart their Mac. | No | |||||||||
Shut Down | Users can shut down their Mac. | No | |||||||||
Log Out | Users can log out of their Mac. | No | |||||||||
Note: Each MDM vendor implements these settings differently. To learn how various Finder settings are applied to your devices and users, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.