Registration Closed
Packaging for macOS Admins
An intensive 8-hour workshop on building and signing packages for Mac devices, from your first package to packages that work with MDM tools.
Registration for the last batch is closed. Register your interest and we will tell you when the next batch is planned.
Workshop at a glance
- Duration
- 8 hours in total
- Batch size
- Limited
- Format
- Live online
- Level
- Intermediate, for Mac admins and IT engineers
What's Covered
- macOS Package Fundamentals Package structure, flat packages and component packages
- Building with pkgbuild and productbuild Command-line packaging and distribution XML
- Pre- and Post-Install Scripts preinstall, postinstall and error handling
- Repackaging Third-Party Apps DMGs, zip archives and app bundles into packages
- Code Signing and Notarisation Developer ID Installer, notarytool and Gatekeeper
- Packages That Work with MDM Building packages an MDM can install, and an introduction to AutoPkg
- Testing and Troubleshooting installer -verbose, Console and log debugging