Post #4039730
2026-07-23 15:30 UTC
Context: I use both Windows and macOS, but I’m much more up-to-speed on Windows management, and none of the management platforms I’m versed in require a logged in user to work for anything except user-targeted policy/app/etc., deployments. I also can’t seem to find reference to this online, but I’m hearing it almost dogmatically from our macadmins.
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@nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-07-23 15:33
@ajn142@infosec.exchange I'm not an Apple person at all, but this just completely sounds like MacOS behavior. I've had to admin some MacOS networks before, and yeah, it just reeks of plausible.
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@talkingmoose@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 16:55
@ajn142@infosec.exchange I work for Jamf. It doesn’t require someone be logged in. So long as the computer has a network connection and can communicate with its management server and Apple, it’ll receive updates, software installs, etc. Keep in mind some app installers are poorly built and may require either having a user logged in or repackaging. That’s not a Jamf limitation. Many developers simply don’t understand the macOS platform and how it works for distribution.