Ask HN: What's my best option for managing Macbooks in my organisation?

10 pointsracontour11y ago6 comments

I've currently been tasked with the management of a small number of Macbooks. I just need to be able to enforce policies and full disk encryption, and limit user rights. Does anyone have any suggestions of what could suit my needs?

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mtmail11y ago

A Google employee gave an overview of the tools they use to manage their (1000s of) staff Macs. https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/managing-macs-googl... For example he points to https://github.com/google/macops

racontourOP11y ago

They have quite the suite that you can host on GCE. If I can eek out the time to deploy it, this looks like a winner, thanks.

opless11y ago

Windows</sarcasm>

In all seriousness, I'm not sure that Apple supply anything remotely close to the functionality of windows policy manager, though I've heard some good mumblings about centrify and their offerings.

http://www.centrify.com/mac/group-policy-for-mac-os-x-deskto...

cromulent11y ago

Profile manager?

https://help.apple.com/serverapp/mac/4.0/#/apd0E2214C6-50F0-...

bashinator11y ago

I've had pretty mixed-to-bad experiences with profile manager. It doesn't seem to be a product that Apple puts much care into. On the other hand, I've had very good luck with Casper from JAMF.

bigbossman11y ago

You can use AirWatch to manage Macs, although this may be too much for your needs.

http://www.air-watch.com/solutions/macos

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