Updating OS components on a macOS device

2 min

You can use Ivanti EPMM to update the operating system components on a macOS device running macOS 10.12.6 or supported newer versions. This functionality is available only when you select a single macOS device.

Procedure

Go to Devices & Users.

Select the macOS device whose system components you wish to update.

Select Actions > iOS and macOS > Update OS Software.

The Update OS Software window is displayed. If a scan of the device had already been done, the available system component updates are displayed, along with the date the scan was done. Otherwise, no available updates are displayed.

Select Scan for Updates if you would like to scan the device for an up-to-date list of available system component updates.

Ivanti EPMM sends a request to the device to send Ivanti EPMM the available system component updates. When Ivanti EPMM receives the response, it populates the display as described in the table below. Because a scan can take a long time, you can close the window, and return to it later to see the results and the date of the scan.

Item	Description
Update Name	The name of the macOS component that can be updated.
Version	The new version of the macOS component.
Size	The size in megabytes or gigabytes of the update.
Restart required	Whether applying this update requires a restart on the device.
Critical	Whether Apple considers the update critical.
Config Data	Whether the update impacts configuration data on the device.
Firmware	Whether the update impacts firmware on the device.

Select the components that you want to update on the device.

Select Confirm.

Ivanti EPMM sends a request to the device to update the selected components.

The device details for the selected device indicates update information in the fields App OS Update Product Key, App OS Update Product Version, and Apple OS Update Status. To see the device details, select the carat (^) next to the relevant device on Devices & Users > Devices.